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Music Lil Durk's Lawyer Believes Only "Weak-Legged" Prosecutors Take Hip-Hop RICO Cases Lil Durk is the subject of a federal murder-for-hire case, which doesn't actually have any racketeering charges to make it a RICO. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2025
Music Kanye West Berates An Old Clip Of His Son Saint Finding A Kim Kardashian Sex Tape Reference Kanye West has drawn a lot of controversy for his own promotion of content that is inappropriate for his children. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 26, 2025
Music Kanye West Buys Into The Doechii Industry Plant Allegations As usual, Kanye West used his conspiracy rhetoric and fascist leanings to speak on the industry plant allegations against Doechii. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 26, 2025
Music Diddy's Legal Trouble Gets Yet Another Documentary Treatment From BBC This follows other Diddy documentaries from TMZ, MAX, and more. The new BBC doc also preludes the Bad Boy mogul's federal trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 24, 2025
Music Kanye West Slammed By Non-Profit Founder For Comments About Jay-Z & Beyonce’s Children Kanye West has been making all sorts of headlines for his wildly controversial antics on social media in recent months. By Cole Blake April 20, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Wastes No Time In Catching Up To Drake's Massive Spotify Achievement Kendrick Lamar and Drake are also challenging each other for Billboard Hot 100 dominance amid their Spotify success. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 19, 2025
Music GloRilla Can't Contain Her Emotions While Receiving Gold & Platinum Plaques Onstage GloRilla thanked her fans for her sky-rocketed success and praised her label CMG for the constant support and dedication. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 17, 2025
Music Too Short Explains Why He Avoided Hanging Out With 2Pac Too Short's currently gearing up to release his first album in five years, "Sir Too Short, Vol 1," on Friday. By Cole Blake April 17, 2025
Music Stevie J Addresses Chopper’s Shocking Allegation That He Slept With Eve Chopper had a lot to say about Stevie J and one of the artist's exes during his recent interview with "The Art Of Dialogue." By Caroline Fisher April 16, 2025
Music Azealia Banks Suggests “Sniffing Them Drugs” Allegedly Caused Lil Nas X’s Facial Paralysis Azealia Banks is still throwing plenty of shade Lil Nas X's way despite the performer's latest health scare. By Caroline Fisher April 16, 2025
Music Kanye West Claims He & Dave Blunts Are "Almost Finished" With "WW3" Album Dave Blunts also played the lead single for Kanye West's "WW3" at a recent show, so maybe its really dropping? By Zachary Horvath April 15, 2025
Music Travis Scott Shows Love To Drake's "NOKIA" With Electrifying Mashup At Coachella Many folks have speculated on Travis Scott's relationship with Drake amid the Kendrick Lamar battle, but it seems like they're still in sync. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 13, 2025