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Music Young Thug Officially Announces "UY SCUTI" Album With New Merch Drop Young Thug has been hyping up "UY SCUTI" for weeks now and we finally get confirmation of it with bundles and physical copies. By Zachary Horvath April 16, 2025
Music Jermaine Dupri Reveals Usher & Jagged Edge Are Still Angry At Him For Supporting Another Group At least Jermaine Dupri gave Jagged Edge another hit remix after this debacle, but it seems like they and Usher still feel a way about it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 13, 2025
Music Eminem Fans Shocked At Writing Credit On Justin Bieber's New Album "SWAG" Eminem has a writing credit on Justin Bieber's new "SWAG" album cut, "YUKON," which features background vocals from 2 Chainz. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 11, 2025
Music XXXTentacion’s Old Notebook Surfaces Online Seven Years After His Death Recently, one XXXTentacion fan got a hold of one of his old notebooks thanks to his former manager, and his team has confirmed it's real. By Caroline Fisher July 10, 2025
Music Diddy Reportedly Looked Sad During His Trial's Explosive Closing Arguments Prosecutors in the Diddy trial laid out their allegations for four long hours, whereas the defense will have their turn today. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025
Music Peewee Longway Reportedly Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison Peewee Longway entered a plea deal on Federal gun and drug charges back in May, and now, he has been sentenced. By Alexander Cole July 09, 2026
Music Young Scooter Receives Outpouring Of Love During Emotional Funeral Young Scooter drew in hundreds of people at his funeral/Celebration of Life on Monday and it's clear he touched a lot of people. By Zachary Horvath April 08, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Sets Another Impressive Milestone With "GNX" Album Sales The Kendrick Lamar and SZA collab "luther" is leading these staggering "GNX" album sales, as it remains number one on the Billboard Hot 100. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 05, 2025
Music Police Investigate Shooting Outside Of Tupac Shakur Murder Trial In Las Vegas The Tupac Shakur murder trial started in Las Vegas this week, as Duane "Keefe D" Davis stands accused of orchestrating the rapper's murder. By Alexander Cole August 19, 2026
Music Rick Ross Retracts Shade To Biggs Burke While Dissing Rory & Mal This situation with Rory, Mal, and Biggs Burke all started when Rick Ross chose to trash Drake's new album "ICEMAN." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2026
Politics Streamer Presses DJ Khaled To Support Palestine After Drake's "ICEMAN" Diss Drake called out DJ Khaled on "ICEMAN" for not supporting his parents' native Palestine, which has been suffering a genocide. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2026
Music Is Kendrick Lamar Dropping? Mysterious "Who Is The Giant" Poster Leads To Speculation A "Who Is The Giant" poster has appeared in Los Angeles, New York, and Atlanta, and it has led to questions about Kendrick Lamar. By Alexander Cole May 13, 2026