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Music NBA YoungBoy Thirsts For Doja Cat Again On "Slime Cry" NBA YoungBoy has had a celebrity crush on Doja Cat for a little while now and the rapper decided to shoot his shot again on "Slime Cry." By Zachary Horvath January 17, 2026
Music Halo Hilariously Indicates That His Dad DDG Doesn't Have The Best Hygiene Caught in 4K. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 01, 2024
Music Street Bud Is The Latest Kid-Friendly Rap Star On His New Album "Back 2 The Lab" 15-year-old Huncho Records signee Street Bud plans to follow in Quavo's footsteps of success with his debut Quality Control album "Back 2 The Lab." By Keenan Higgins February 22, 2020
Music Jim Jones Calls Out Swizz Beatz For Allegedly Backdooring Him During his recent appearance on "The Breakfast Club," Jim Jones looked back on Dipset's famous Verzuz battle against The Lox. By Caroline Fisher March 01, 2025
Sports LeBron James Spotted Dancing To Kendrick Lamar's Drake Diss "Not Like Us" LeBron seems to have picked a side. By Jamil David May 10, 2024
Music Time Magazine Snubs Hip-Hop On "100 Most Influential People" List Time Magazine has shrugged off the impact of the hip-hop community. By Mitch Findlay April 17, 2019
Music Joe Budden Implies Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR's "$$$4U" Is His Album Of The Year So Far Despite their beef, it seems like Drake's new album "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U" has grown on Joe Budden even more after first listen. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 26, 2025
Music Lizzo Recalls Meeting Prince, Says He Was Supposed To Produce Her EP The singer shares that Prince told her, "You're next," and they discussed him producing one of her EPs, but sadly, he passed away prior to production. By Erika Marie July 19, 2022
Music Kanye West Has Another Heated Paparazzi Encounter, Defends His Rights & Wife In yet another chapter of Ye's recent paps saga, he said he still has the rights to demand privacy and asked photographers to leave his wife alone. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 17, 2023
Music Diddy's Lawyers Propose "Far More Robust" Bail Package In Latest Attempt At Getting Him Out Of Jail Diddy is still working on getting out. By Cole Blake November 11, 2024
Music Jagged Edge & 112 Verzuz Battle Clowned For Audio Issues Jagged Edge and 112 came through with their Instagram Live battle but the masses were unimpressed with the audio issues that continually arose. By Alex Zidel May 26, 2020
Music Juice WRLD & Pop Smoke Posthumously Hold Top Spots On Apple Music Deceased hip-hop stars Juice WRLD and Pop Smoke prove their legacies will live on forever after they occupied the #1 and #2 spots on Apple Music with their posthumous albums "Legends Never Die" and "Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon," respectively. By Keenan Higgins July 10, 2020