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Music 50 Cent's "In Da Club" Surpasses 2 Billion Streams On Spotify The newest milestone comes after 50 Cent finished 2025 as the most popular rapper from New York on YouTube. By Cole Blake January 06, 2026
Music Rapper Signed To Future's Freebandz Label Shot In Dallas On New Year's Day ZeeTheWizard reportedly signed with Future's Freebandz label in November of last year after building a name in Dallas hip-hop. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 02, 2026
Music Finesse2tymes Demands That J. Prince Jr. Release Him From Mob Ties Contract Finesse2tymes has been releasing music under the Mob Ties record label for years now, but it seems like he's frustrated with J. Prince Jr. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 02, 2026
Music Dave East Accused Of Scamming Woman Out Of $30K According to one woman, Dave East allegedly ruined her life last year, nearly driving her to commit suicide. By Caroline Fisher December 30, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Surpasses Jay-Z For Most Grammys In Hip-Hop History Kendrick Lamar went into tonight with 22 Grammys, while Jay-Z had 25. Now, Kendrick holds the record thanks to a phenomenal night. By Alexander Cole February 01, 2026
Music 50 Cent Trolls Jim Jones For Allegedly Having No Electricity At His Studio Not only is this far from 50 Cent and Jim Jones' first public spat, but 50's clowned on Jones' podcast set before. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 16, 2026
Music Mal Takes A Victory Lap After J. Cole Finally Shares "The Fall-Off" Release Date J. Cole finally confirmed that "The Fall-Off" will be arriving next month and pre-orders are already available. By Cole Blake January 14, 2026
Music Lil Bibby Shares Advice For Dave Blunts After His Viral Oxygen Tank Performance Lil Bibby says Dave Blunts should "put the cup down." By Cole Blake December 01, 2024
Music 50 Cent Mocks Lil Meech For Losing “BMF” Job After Show’s Cancellation 50 Cent is still not letting up on his former friend Lil Meech after months of relentless online trolling. By Caroline Fisher October 29, 2025
Music Drake & Kanye West Continue To Carry Hip-Hop's Streaming Numbers Thanks To Impressive New Achievement Drake and Kanye West both continue to rack up impressive streaming numbers on Spotify, leaving their competitors in the dust. By Caroline Fisher October 29, 2025
Music Yeat Brings Don Toliver, Sexyy Red, Lil Yachty & More To ComplexCon Set Yeat's 30-track set also included special appearances from BNYX, Che, xaviersobased, Quavo, and Sheck Wes. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 26, 2025
Music Kanye West Wants R Kelly Released From Prison Kanye West is still a vocal supporter of R Kelly, even though the disgraced singer is serving 30 years for child sexual abuse. By Caroline Fisher April 25, 2025