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Music Island Boys' Kodiyakredd Insists He Was Taken To Jail For "No Reason" Reportedly, Kodiyakredd was booked on various alleged driving offenses. By Caroline Fisher May 26, 2024
Music YK Osiris Called Out By YouTuber For Scamming Him For $60K In Basketball Game Apparently the rapper's "double or nothing" bets brought his total debt up a lot, one that he's now accused of refusing to honor. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 15, 2023
Music Deborah Dugan Becomes Recording Academy's First Permanent Female CEO Dugan makes history. By Milca P. April 13, 2019
Music A$AP Rocky Returns To Sweden Years After Infamous Arrest A$AP Rocky found himself back in Sweden on Monday, years after his situation where he was kept in custody by authorities. By Alexander Cole September 22, 2026
Pop Culture Ice Spice Achieves Over 1 Billion Spotify Streams Less Than A Year After Blowing Up According to "TMZ," Ice Spice's "Like..?" EP is the top-performing hip-hop project of 2023 so far. By Hayley Hynes June 20, 2023
Music SZA's Scrapped Verse On Lil Tjay's "Calling My Phone" Leaks Some fans say they prefer SZA's verse to 6LACK's. By Caroline Fisher June 09, 2023
Music Sheck Wes And Nardwuar Dive Into The Senegal Music Scene Sheck was unbothered by Nardwuar's questions. By Alexander Cole January 28, 2019
Music Homeland Security Denies Leaking Diddy & Cassie Footage After Lawyer's Accusations The government made their stance clear. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 11, 2024
Music Travis Scott & Live Nation Settle Lawsuit With Third Family Over Astroworld Festival Tragedy: Report The family of 14-year-old John Hilgert withdrew their lawsuit against Travis Scott and Live Nation By Aron A. August 04, 2023
Relationships Cardi B & Offset Turn Their Drama Into Art In New "Jealousy" Single Teaser: Watch The couple's first collab since "Clout" is set to land on DSPs at midnight. By Hayley Hynes July 27, 2023
Music Playboi Carti's "MUSIC" Eligible For Gold Certification Just Three Weeks After Release With Playboi Carti having a strong first week of sales and staying atop the charts for consecutive weeks, it seems "MUSIC" is here to stay. By Zachary Horvath April 01, 2025
Music Black Star: Where Are They Now? Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli made hip hop history with the formation of the rap duo Black Star. Here's a look at where the duo is today. By TeeJay Small January 29, 2024