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TV Erica Mena Speaks Out After Contestant On Her Dating Show Is Murdered Erica Mena shared a warm tribute for Jardyn “Pee Wee” Walker. By Tallie Spencer January 22, 2026
Music Lil Durk Suffers Big Loss In Court Due To Death Threat Motion Falling Through Lil Durk's legal team had hoped to get his murder-for-hire case dismissed over death threats that prosecutors reportedly failed to disclose. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music Drake's New Album Gets A Huge Update From DJ Akademiks: "The IceMan Is Coming" DJ Akademiks has dropped yet another hint about Drake's highly anticipated ninth studio album, "ICEMAN," following months of teasing. By Caroline Fisher January 07, 2026
Music Jamie Foxx Livid After GloRilla Gets A Bottle Thrown At Her Head During Halloween Party GloRilla was one of several performers at SKVLK Fest, a private party hosted by Jamie Foxx and his 17-year-old daughter. By Zachary Horvath October 27, 2025
Music Macklemore Has Spotify’s Most-Streamed Hip-Hop Song & Fans Are Stunned Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ “Can’t Hold Us” is reportedly Spotify’s most-streamed hip-hop song with 3.4 billion streams. By Aron A. August 14, 2026
Music Boosie BadAzz Apologizes After Falling For Fake A$AP Rocky Thong Photo The viral A$AP Rocky image fooled Boosie BadAzz, who has now apologized after hearing the rapper’s explanation. By Erika Marie August 07, 2026
Music Drake Spotted Recording New Music As "ICEMAN" Continues To Dominate The Charts Drake has been having lots of success thanks to "ICEMAN," and now, the artist is looking to make new music. By Alexander Cole August 03, 2026
Music Wale & Stat Quo Get Into It After Stat Calls Rapper A "Buster" Stat Quo and Wale clapped back at each other online after Stat and Justin Hunte discussed Wale's "everything is a lot" album. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 09, 2026
Music Blueface At Risk Of Losing Music Royalties To Satisfy Defamation Judgment Blueface's release from prison may be just around the corner, but his legal issues are far from over with this defamation suit. By Zachary Horvath October 20, 2025
Relationships HoodTrophy Bino Breaks Up With Chrisean Rock For Refusing To Get Blueface Tattoo Removed Chrisean Rock and HoodTrophy Bino confirmed that they started dating back in August, as Blueface remains in prison. By Cole Blake October 15, 2025
Music Tasha K Claims Nicki Minaj Filed A Police Report Against Stylist For Alleged Theft According to Nicki Minaj, multiple people have been making unauthorized purchases with her American Express card, costing her roughly $25K. By Caroline Fisher October 14, 2025
Music Young Thug Ignites Debate By Revealing His Best Album According to Young Thug, when he dropped what he sees as his best album, he felt like he had "achieved the world." By Caroline Fisher October 02, 2025