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Music Kendrick Lamar Named Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist Of The Year Kendrick Lamar dominated the charts in 2025, mostly from his album, "GNX," as well as his popular Drake diss, "Not Like Us." By Cole Blake December 09, 2025
Music Ebro Claims Popular Woman Rapper Told Him Most Female MCs' Fans Don't Like Rap Ebro was on his live show today, where he told his co-hosts that one female MC wasn't exactly pleased with her fanbase. By Alexander Cole August 20, 2026
Music Beyoncé’s “Alien Superstar” Faces New Legal Threat Over Sample Hirose says Beyoncé’s team cleared the wrong rights holder and now wants “Alien Superstar” pulled from further distribution. By Erika Marie August 12, 2026
Music 6ix9ine Reacts To A$AP Rocky Praising Him For Bringing Gangs Together Despite 6ix9ine's snitching controversy, A$AP Rocky recently called him "entertaining" and showed him some love. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 08, 2026
Music Cam’ron Threatens To Expose Cardi B’s Team After Unreleased Verse The shelved collaboration left Cam’ron questioning why Cardi B’s team made promises they apparently could not keep. By Erika Marie August 05, 2026
Music Tanna Leone Reminds Hip Hop He’s Still Signed To Kendrick Lamar’s pgLang Tanna Leone previously revealed that he and Kendrick Lamar have recorded several tracks. Leone previewed a collaboration on social media. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 24, 2025
Music Living Legends Rapper Aesop Has Passed Away Several of Aesop's fellow Living Legends members have been sharing tributes on social media after his passing. By Cole Blake August 19, 2025
Music Yung Miami Goes Off On Tyla For Allegedly Stealing Her Song Yung Miami had fans talking after tweeting out that someone "ran off with [her] song" earlier today, but now we know the alleged culprit. By Zachary Horvath October 16, 2025
Music Cardi B & JT Beef: A Full Timeline Where did it go wrong? By Aron A. October 08, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Gets Pre-Trial Date For Allegedly Assaulting Woman & Driver Playboi Carti and his purported boo Giovanna "Gio" Ramos seemed to deny these claims back when they first surfaced last October. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 23, 2026
Music FNG King Clarifies His Relationship With Finesse2tymes After 11-Year-Old Allegedly Ran Away From The Rapper Finesse's godson speaks out. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 12, 2025
Music Chubbs Seems To Support Theory That Drake's Freestyle Is A LeBron James Diss Of course, the likely explanation is that it targets a whole bunch of people. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 04, 2025