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Music Joe Budden Theorizes Why Infamous Def Jam Video Game Hasn't Been Remade Joe Budden hopes a new "Def Jam Vendetta" video game gets made. By Cole Blake February 21, 2024
Music Boosie Badazz Claims He Was Racially Profiled When Pepper Sprayed At Mall Boosie Badazz claims he was targeted for shopping while Black, although police argue otherwise. By Aron A. January 07, 2019
Music Kanye West Gets Lil RT's Mom To Sign Off On AI "Bully" Vocals Ye-I strikes again. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 06, 2025
Music Ferg Reveals That He Was Molested At A Young Age The rapper opened up both on wax and during a recent "Breakfast Club" interview. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 14, 2024
Music LL Cool J Teases New Album In 2023 The legendary Queens rapper says that he's competing with himself and bringing a great body of work. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 16, 2023
Music Bow Wow Clarifies It's All Love Between Him & Soulja Boy He took a moment to remind those unfamiliar with his relationship with Soulja that their back and forth is all just fun and games. By Madusa S. June 09, 2021
Music BROCKHAMPTON Announces New Single With Danny Brown BROCKHAMPTON's next single, titled "BUZZCUT," will feature Danny Brown and arrive tonight alongside a music video. By Joshua Robinson March 24, 2021
Music Rolling Stone Readies Their Own "Music Charts" To Challenge Billboard's Monopoly Rolling Stone prepares the launch of their own "music charts" upon a year of being purchased by the Penske Group. By Devin Ch May 08, 2019
Music DJ Akademiks Jokes About Using OVO Chain From Drake To Slide In DMs DJ Akademiks got his OVO chain from Drake earlier this year when he participated in the "ICEMAN" reveal stream. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 18, 2026
Music Latto & Cardi B "Put It On Da Floor Again" For This Week's "Fire Emoji" Playlist Gunna's controversial new "bread & butter" single also made the cut. By Hayley Hynes June 03, 2023
Music BET Awards: Usher Gives Emotional Speech On Family & Forgiveness While Receiving Lifetime Achievement Award Usher took home a rare honor at the BET Awards. By Cole Blake July 01, 2024
Music Woman Accused Of Setting Up Foolio's Murder Will Go To Trial Authorities accused Alicia Andrews of trailing Foolio's location and setting up his murder last June in South Florida. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 15, 2025