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Music YBN Nahmir Says YBN Cordae & YBN Almighty Jay No Longer Associate With Him The YBN Crew is no longer a thing as YBN Nahmir has announced that YBN Cordae and YBN Almighty Jay have both gone their separate ways. By Alex Zidel August 07, 2020
Music Pop Smoke's Housemate Denies Setting Him Up Pop Smoke's close friend and housemate, Mike Dee, has spoken about the rapper's death after being accused by fans of setting him up. By Alex Zidel February 19, 2020
Random Swizz Beatz Explains Why Son Wore Skeleton Face Paint To Grammys Swizz Beatz's 19-year-old son wore this skeleton makeup as part of his artistic alter-ego, Note Marcato. By Noah C February 19, 2020
Music Lana Del Rey Responds To Racism Accusations Following Open Letter Controversy Lana Del Rey addresses accusations of racism after she wrote an open letter about women in the music industry. By Erika Marie May 21, 2020
Music Janet Jackson Told To Forgive Justin Timberlake By His Manager: Report She was left to pick up the pieces & take the fall for their infamous 2004 Super Bowl incident, & earlier this year, Timberlake apologized. By Erika Marie April 02, 2021
Music Jay-Z Changes Twitter Name, Tweets For The First Time Since 2018 Jay-Z made a major $297 million deal with Square, Inc. to sell a majority stake in TIDAL. By Alex Zidel March 04, 2021
Music King Von Memorialized Through Chicago Billboard A little over one month removed from his death, a Chicago billboard has been spotted memorializing King Von's legacy. By Mitch Findlay December 07, 2020
Music J. Cole & 21 Savage Win Their First Grammy For Best Rap Song, "A Lot" 21 Savage and J. Cole are officially Grammy Award-winning artists. By Dominiq R. January 26, 2020
Music Yo Gotti Now Has His Own Day In St. Louis Many are confused as to why Memphis, Tennessee native Yo Gotti just got a day named after him in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. By Keenan Higgins February 25, 2020
Music Tyler, The Creator Shows Just How "Petty" He Is By Retweeting Hater From 2011 This tweet aged pretty well. By Erika Marie January 27, 2020
TV Diddy Dances With Kids With Cancer On "Ellen" Diddy finally got to dance with the kids from Fighting All Monsters, who have turned his song "Bad Boy For Life" into a cancer-fighting anthem, after surprising them on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." By Lynn S. February 20, 2020
Music What Is Kanye West's Net Worth? The controversial creative icon's net worth is hard to capture, as Kanye West's business decisions have been disjointed as of recent. By Caleb Hardy March 07, 2023