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Music Joe Budden Implies Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR's "$$$4U" Is His Album Of The Year So Far Despite their beef, it seems like Drake's new album "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U" has grown on Joe Budden even more after first listen. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 26, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Reveals He Wants More Kids While Joking About Outdoing Nick Cannon & Elon Musk Boosie Badazz welcomed his first child with Rajel Nelson, earlier this week, marking his ninth kid overall. By Cole Blake April 24, 2025
Music Lil Durk Finally Gets Good News In His Murder-For-Hire Case Thanks To His Judge As his federal trial for alleged murder-for-hire develops, Lil Durk has reportedly found community with various fellow inmates through Islam. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 24, 2025
Music Lil Wayne Admits He Didn't Know Lil Durk Was In Prison Lil Wayne and Lil Durk do not have any collabs together, but even if Wayne doesn't know Durk's situation, he's in support of him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Relationships ASAP Rocky Says Rihanna Knew They Were Meant To Be Years Before They Started Dating Recently, ASAP Rocky looked back on the process of recruiting Rihanna for his iconic "Fashion Killa" music video. By Caroline Fisher April 16, 2025
Music Kanye West Believes The Music Industry Is Trying To Replace Him With Kendrick Lamar Kanye West has appeared extremely jealous of Kendrick Lamar since his Twitter rants restarted back in February. By Zachary Horvath April 14, 2025
Music Lesley Nicole, Aaliyah's Former Backup Dancer, Remembers Final Moments With Singer Before Tragic Death Lesley Nicole dancer in Aaliyah's music video, "Rock The Boat," the last video the singer shot in the Bahamas. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 12, 2025
Music 50 Cent Claims To Have Snitching Paperwork On Big Meech Courtesy Of 1090 Jake 50 Cent is escalating his feud with Big Meech more and more by the day, this time with the help of 1090 Jake. By Cole Blake February 25, 2025
Music Drake Fails To Dethrone Kendrick Lamar On The Billboard Hot 100 Drake landed two songs on the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, but it wasn't enough to take down Kendrick Lamar. By Cole Blake February 24, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs Allegedly Disses J Cole Following Dreamville MC's New Song "cLOUDs" Freddie Gibbs allegedly took to his Instagram burner account to dismissively react to J Cole's new single, "cLOUDs." By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 22, 2025
Music From Brooklyn To The World: The Undeniable Legacy Of Pop Smoke Five years after his passing, Pop Smoke's influence on hip-hop endures. By Aron A. February 19, 2025
Music Joe Budden & Melyssa Ford Concern Fans With Seemingly Awkward Dynamic After Drake's "Gimme A Hug" Diss Fans think Drake got under their skin. By Cole Blake February 19, 2025