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Music Beyonce Honors D’Angelo In Moving Statement Following His Death Countless fans and peers have posted about D'Angelo's life and legacy since he passed away yesterday at the age of 51. By Caroline Fisher October 15, 2025
Music YNW Bortlen’s New Mugshot Surfaces As He Begins 10-Year Sentence In YNW Melly Case Last month, YNW Bortlen accepted a plea deal in his double murder case just a day before his trial was set to begin. By Caroline Fisher October 09, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Jim Jones, Maino, Fabolous, & Dave East Launched A Podcast Based On No Money In Music DJ Akademiks began livestreaming after achieving success on YouTube and Instagram with his self-made hip-hop exposés. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 28, 2025
Music LaRussell Deactivates Social Media Amid Backlash To "Heaven Sent" Track LaRussell garnered controversy for calling Donald Trump, Adolf Hitler, Jeffrey Epstein, and more "heaven-sent" on a new song. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 20, 2026
Music Boosie Badazz Exposes Alleged “Stalker” Who Called CPS On Him According to Boosie Badazz, he recently spent his morning dealing with CPS, prompting him to track down the person who called them. By Caroline Fisher March 17, 2026
TV Dame Dash Talk Show Gets Approved By BET Dame Dash has received some thrilling news about a talk show he's producing and hosting called "OG Stories." By Zachary Horvath March 13, 2026
Music Wiz Khalifa Loses Appeal Over Romanian Drug Possession Sentence Wiz Khalifa was believed to be appealing this decision in December 2025 and sure enough, him and his legal team did, but to no avail. By Zachary Horvath February 27, 2026
Music Feds Plan To Use Yella Beezy’s Lyrics And Boosie Badazz Shooting To Build Case In Mo3 Murder Trial Federal prosecutors plan to use Yella Beezy’s lyrics, alleged gang ties, and the Boosie Badazz shooting to build their case in the Mo3 murder trial. By Tallie Spencer February 26, 2026
Music Curren$y Responds To Freddie Gibbs Diss On "Alfredo 2" Freddie Gibbs and Curren$y fell out because the latter allegedly didn't promote their collab album like the former wanted him to. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 27, 2025
Music Drake Promises “ICEMAN” Live Stream Finale Will Be His Best Yet According to Drake, his "ICEMAN" livestream series "sounded like the perfect mix of risk and reward" to him. By Caroline Fisher November 18, 2025
Music D’Angelo’s Son Swayvo Twain Opens Up About Their Final Moments Together Rest in peace, D'Angelo! By Tallie Spencer November 13, 2025
Music Denzel Curry Is Here For Commercial Rap Being "Dead" It's unclear what prompted Denzel Curry to sound off on the state of mainstream rap, but it may have to do with its struggles on the charts. By Zachary Horvath November 13, 2025