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Music Fat Joe Boldly Calls Himself "The Realest Rapper To Ever Live" With Just One Exception Fat Joe made this wild remark on his podcast with Jadakiss, which recently hosted Ghostface Killah after releasing "Supreme Clientele 2." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 29, 2025
Music RZA Admits Panic & Acceptance Over Martin Shkreli Buying Wu-Tang Clan Album RZA reflected on Martin Shkreli buying the one-of-one Wu-Tang Clan album "Once Upon A Time In Shaolin" before his controversies emerged. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 18, 2026
Music Usher Apologizes To His Fans For Not Handing Out Cherries During Abu Dhabi Performance Usher presumably took this decision in order to comply with the United Arab Emirates' public decency laws. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 20, 2025
Music Chris Brown Challenges $13M Dog Attack Verdict Due To Rihanna Reference In Court Chris Brown's former housekeeper's attorney made him reference his 2009 conviction for assaulting Rihanna, which he believes swayed the jury. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 15, 2026
Music Quavo & Takeoff's Street Racing Movie Finally Gets A Release Date Quavo and Takeoff are going to be on screen together one last time later this spring as the makers of "Takeover" have exciting news. By Zachary Horvath March 12, 2026
Music DJ Hed Compares Drake & Kendrick Lamar To LeBron James & Nikola Jokic DJ Hed is a big Los Angeles basketball and rap fan, so his thoughts on Drake, LeBron James, Kendrick Lamar, and Nikola Jokic may surprise you. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 06, 2025
Music Big Boi Doesn't Regret His NFL Super Bowl Performance Big Boi can think for himself. By Chantilly Post September 13, 2019
Music Lil Pump Denies Stealing Teejayx6's Flow Lil Pump aggressively defends himself against Teejayx6's recent accusations. By Noah C March 02, 2020
Music Stefflon Don And Melli Add To List of Tory Lanez Support Letters Two more prominent voices add their support for the Canadian rapper. By Ben Mock August 19, 2023
Music Ja Rule Makes Emotional Confession About Irv Gotti’s Death According to Ja Rule, he finds comfort in the fact that the late Irv Gotti lived his life on his own terms. By Caroline Fisher April 11, 2025
Music SZA & Lizzo Recorded A "Handful Of Tracks": "She Gets Me" Lizzo lent a helping hand on "F2F," and we may hear more from these two if a deluxe version of "SOS" hits the streets. By Erika Marie December 19, 2022
Pop Culture Drake's "Red Button" Lyrics Give Taylor Swift Her Flowers: "The Only Ni**a I Ever Rated" There was plenty of shade thrown on "Scary Hours 3," but Drizzy still made a point to show love to his favourites too. By Hayley Hynes November 17, 2023