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Music Young Thug Doubles Down On His Denial Of Snitching Allegations With Court Evidence Young Thug fans caused commotion online when resurfaced audio of him allegedly speaking about Peewee Roscoe to police hit the timeline. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 28, 2025
Music Noname Says She Spoke With J. Cole Before & After Release Of "Snow On Tha Bluff" Fans believed Cole's controversial 2020 single was about Noname, and she recently spoke about her conversations with the Dreamville mogul. By Erika Marie August 24, 2021
Music 50 Cent Sends Another Shot Ja Rule's Way 50 Cent refers to a battle with Ja Rule as "stupid" in his latest Instagram post. By Rose Lilah April 14, 2020
Music Drake's Team Responds To Rumors Of Rapper's Arrest In Sweden Drake's team shuts down rumors claiming that the rapper and his team were arrested in Sweden. By Aron A. July 15, 2022
Music Lil Wayne Will Celebrate 10 Years Of "Tha Carter III" At 4th Annual Lil Weezyana Fest This years Lil Weezyana Fest is going to be something special. By Matthew Parizot May 08, 2018
Music Kanye West Responds To Former Nike Designer's Plagiarism Claims Kanye West has fired the person responsible for presenting Tony Spackman's designs as his own. By Alex Zidel May 04, 2018
Music Akon On Young Thug: "His Career Will Be Over" If He Cooperates In YSL RICO Case According to the "Smack That" artist, Thugger may still be able to salvage himself as a pop or country star. Hip-hop, however, may be out of the question. By Hayley Hynes November 14, 2022
Music Wifisfuneral Retires From Rap Wifisfuneral announces his retirement from rap, upsetting thousands of his fans. By Alex Zidel May 11, 2020
Pop Culture Young Thug's Lawyer Speaks On Recent YSL Deals Brian Steel said that people are unjustly connecting Thugger to other crimes for deals, and had to handle a Zoom bomb too while on trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 17, 2022
Music Ed Sheeran Raps Gang Starr Lyrics Word For Word Ed Sheeran's appreciation for bars has been well documented over the years. By Aron A. November 09, 2021
Sneakers YBN Cordae On Ian Connor's Sneakers: "They Seem A Little Rapey" YBN Cordae prefers shoes from designers who "respect women." By Alex Zidel September 03, 2018
Music Drake Earns Ninth #1 Album With “Care Package” Drizzy earned his ninth #1 album with the release of "Care Package." By Kevin Goddard August 11, 2019