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Music DJ Akademiks Confirms NBA YoungBoy's Location Following Release From Prison DJ Akademiks recently took to X where he revealed that NBA YoungBoy is currently planning a tour for his fans. By Alexander Cole March 25, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Refutes First Week Sales Numbers As "MUSIC" Fails To Meet Expectations This is not the first time that Playboi Carti has had an issue with the reporting for the sales projections. By Zachary Horvath March 24, 2025
Music Yella Beezy Charged With Capital Murder In Death Of Rapper Mo3 Yella Beezy and Mo3 feuded during the latter's lifetime, but now Beezy is facing serious criminal charges for Mo3's death. By Elias Andrews March 20, 2025
Music BG Explains How He "Toned Down" His New Album, "Freedom Of Speech," To Avoid Legal Trouble BG released his first studio album since getting out of prison in 2023, "Freedom of Speech," last Friday. By Cole Blake March 20, 2025
Music Travis Scott Promises Fans His Upcoming "Secret" Album Is "Crazy" Travis Scott has been crushing it outside of the music world, but now he's getting back to what he's best known for. By Elias Andrews March 19, 2025
Music Lil Kim Calls Biggie Smalls' Mother Voletta Wallace Her "Second Mom" In Tender Tribute Biggie Smalls discovered Lil Kim in the early 1990s, and their bond eventually extended to his mother, the late Voletta Wallace. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Music Lil Tjay Claims To Have No Beef With Offset Following Shooting Lil Tjay's energy has shifted drastically since his arrest that occurred shortly after the Offset shooting, and it seems things are good. By Zachary Horvath April 30, 2026
Music Multiple Teenagers Detained After NBA YoungBoy Documentary Screening Reportedly, police were called about a large group of people who appeared to be fighting in North Hills, North Carolina, this weekend. By Caroline Fisher April 28, 2026
Relationships Kodak Black's Ex Maranda Johnson Details Horrifying Alleged Abuse On Instagram Live Maranda Johnson accused Kodak Black of physical abuse in a scathing rant, also calling out his (apparent lack of) parenting skills. By Devin Morton August 10, 2025
Music Cassie Reveals $10 Million Settlement With Hotel Where Diddy Assaulted Her The leaked video of Diddy physically assaulting Cassie in a hotel in 2016 became a controversial part of Sean Combs' federal trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2025
Music JID Fights For Survival In A Dystopiant Zone 6 In "WRK" Visual JID and Ari Lennox are among the latest artist to depart J. Cole's Dreamville imprint. He signed with record label in 2017. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 15, 2025
Music ASAP Rocky Reveals His Dream Role Ahead Of “Highest 2 Lowest” Release According to ASAP Rocky, he'd need a few months to prepare for his dream role, but it would certainly be worth it. By Caroline Fisher May 11, 2025