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Music Travis Scott Sends Fans Into Frenzy By Teasing New Music: "I'm Coming" "New chapter" incoming. By Elias Andrews November 20, 2024
Music Blueface Gets His Las Vegas Strip Ban Lifted But There's A Catch Blueface was able to dodge a 2-5-year prison sentence stemming from this Las Vegas strip club shooting that occurred in October 2022. By Zachary Horvath October 10, 2025
Music Rihanna Celebrates New Record-Breaking Diamond Certifications For "Umbrella" & More Per the RIAA's website, "Umbrella," "Work," "Stay," and "Needed Me" have propelled Rihanna to make history this week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 01, 2024
Music DJ Swamp Izzo Recalls How Hospital Allegedly Misled Young Scooter's Family About His Passing DJ Swamp Izzo hosted Young Scooter's first mixtapes, and recently reflected on the late rapper's relationship with making music. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 14, 2025
Music JT Shows No Mercy To Her Hip-Hop Opps On New Mixtape "City Cinderella" While there's not much in the way of explicit and direct shots on JT's latest, a couple of shady bars throughout had her fully on the offensive. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 19, 2024
Music UK Rapper Bugzy Malone "Seriously Injured" In Motorcycle Accident UK grime star, Bugzy Malone, was involved in a motorcycle accident in Manchester on Wednesday, from which he suffered serious injuries. By Lynn S. March 26, 2020
Music Remy Ma Calls Drill Rap "Overrated" Drill has exploded across the globe, but Remy Ma shares she's not its biggest fan. By Erika Marie February 17, 2023
Sports Boosie Badazz Goes Off In Defense Of Gilbert Arenas After Illegal Gambling Arrest Authorities arrested Gilbert Arenas in Southern California on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in an illegal gambling business. By Cole Blake July 31, 2025
Music Future & BlocBoy JB Deliver Heartfelt Tributes To Tay Keith Tay Keith's funeral was held earlier this week, and it led to some nice tributes from Future and BlocBoy JB. By Alexander Cole July 02, 2026
Relationships Russell Simmons Uses “Hotel Lobby” AI Trend Amid Kimora Lee Tension Quavo and Takeoff’s “Hotel Lobby” performance gets an unusual remake as Russell Simmons uses AI to feature himself and ex-wife Kimora Lee. By Erika Marie September 24, 2026
Music Travis Scott's Rep Slams Astroworld Victim's Lawyer Over NYC Show Criticism The attorney for 10-year-old Ezra Blount's family criticized Travis Scott after the rapper stopped an NYC concert to ensure a fan's safety. By Aron A. July 07, 2022
Music Gunna Receives Celebration Gift For His Album Being Certified Gold Gunna is definitely poppin' champagne to celebrate the achievement. By Tallie Spencer October 03, 2023