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Politics Plies Thinks Donald Trump’s Alleged Ties To Jeffrey Epstein Are Being Downplayed By Mainstream Media Plies says the media has "failed the American people." By Caroline Fisher July 10, 2024
Music Young Thug Debuts Colorful New Look At Coachella Young Thug performed tons of his biggest hits while on stage at Coachella, including "Check," "Havana," and more. By Cole Blake April 13, 2026
Music Willie D Blasts Grammys For Including Scarface, But Not Geto Boys, In Hip-Hop Tribute The Recording Academy apparently did not reach out to the legendary Houston rap group's other living member to perform at the ceremony. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 06, 2023
Music Cardi B Says Her Sophomore Album Will Drop In 2024 Don't expect a new album from Cardi B before the end of the year. By Cole Blake September 09, 2023
Music MF DOOM's Notebooks Returned To His Widow After Dispute With DOOM's Former A&R Egon MF DOOM's widow Jasmine Thompson previously claimed that Egon unrightfully took the late rap legend's notebooks and acted greedy with them. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 28, 2025
Music AWGE Reveals Timeline For A$AP Rocky's "Don't Be Dumb" Deluxe A$AP Rocky will be giving fans even more material from the "Don't Be Dumb" era and it seems like they won't have to wait much longer. By Zachary Horvath April 06, 2026
Music Rod Wave’s Legal Battle Over $27 Million Tour Problems Escalates Earlier this year, Rod Wave's former concert promoter Grizzly Touring LLC hit him with a massive $27 million lawsuit. By Caroline Fisher November 04, 2025
Pop Culture The Weeknd Teases New Future Collab, Fans Say It's "About To Be The Most Toxic Track Of The Century" Mike Dean is producing the upcoming release, though an official drop date remains unknown at this time. By Hayley Hynes April 11, 2023
Music Vic Mensa To Make TV Debut On Lil Rel Howery's New Sitcom "Rel" Does Vic Mensa have acting chops? We'll soon find out. By Devin Ch September 13, 2018
Music Master P Claims To Be "The First Person To Believe In" 50 Cent The No Limit legend spoke about financing 50's first four shows when the G-Unit mogul was just starting up. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 05, 2023
Music Tyler, The Creator Links Up With Sampha Tyler and Sampha could make some fire music together. By Lavender Alexandria July 11, 2023
Music EST Gee Walks Out On Bootleg Kev, Tells Him He "Plays Crazy" After leaving an interview with Bootleg Kev early, EST Gee sounded off on Instagram. By Caroline Fisher August 16, 2023