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Music Young Thug's New Snippet Has Fans Begging For An Official Release Young Thug has been mostly quiet when it comes to releasing new music in the time since getting out of jail. By Cole Blake March 03, 2025
Music Ray J Clarifies His Comments On Diddy Having A "Demon" Inside Of Him Diddy is currently residing behind bars on charges of alleged sex trafficking and racketeering. By Cole Blake March 03, 2025
Music "Baby Girrrl!" Latto Keeps Praising Drake's "NOKIA" By Showing Off Her Dance Skills Latto got a first-hand look at Drake's hit-making process last year thanks to their "Housekeeping Knows" collab. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 02, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Lil Wayne & NBA YoungBoy Nearly Performed At The Cash Money "Verzuz" Cash Money and No Limit faced off during the first "Verzuz" battle in years at ComplexCon over the weekend. By Cole Blake October 29, 2025
Music Mustard Laughs Uncontrollably At Drake For Losing "Not Like Us" Lawsuit After months of UMG trying to dismiss Drake's lawsuit against them, they were finally able to do so today, and Mustard is loving it. By Zachary Horvath October 09, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Voices Confusion After PARTYNEXTDOOR Diss Apology PARTYNEXTDOOR declared war on Tory Lanez and then apologized, and Lanez wants to know what happened. By Elias Andrews February 28, 2025
Music Drake's Attorney Torches UMG After Label Requests Defamation Case Delay The pretrial conference is approaching. By Elias Andrews February 24, 2025
Music Elliott Wilson Says Drake’s New Album Is “Not Enough” To Overshadow Kendrick Lamar Recently, Elliott Wilson weighed in on Drake and PartyNextDoor's new album "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U," revealing that it has him split. By Caroline Fisher February 22, 2025
Music Stephen A Smith Slams Jay-Z's Friends For Not Defending Him After Accuser Drops Rape Lawsuit Stephen A Smith has a question for Jay-Z's friends. By Cole Blake February 18, 2025
Music Travis Scott's "4X4" Suffers The Steepest Drop-Off From Number One In Billboard History This is not the first time Scott has been on the wrong side of chart history. By Zachary Horvath February 11, 2025
Music Jay-Z Fan Catches A Brief Video Of Him Enjoying A Quiet Outing On His Bike Jay-Z was doing a bit of "Biking," and a fan caught him outside. Jay waved to the camera and continued on his workout. By Devin Morton August 01, 2025
Music Will.i.am Argues Black Thought Is Better Than Jay-Z But Wants To See Them Battle Will.i.am also shared his picks for the five best rappers of all time, including Big Daddy Kane, Nas, and more. By Cole Blake July 31, 2025