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Original Content Black Atlass: From Bedroom Records To Signing With The Weeknd INTERVIEW: The Weeknd's latest signee to XO, Black Atlass, chops it up about his latest project, "Pain & Pleasure," creative evolution and more. By Aron A. July 12, 2018
Music Drake Submits Massive Witness List For His UMG Lawsuit Featuring Several High-Profile Names Drake is taking legal action against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar's diss track, "Not Like Us." By Cole Blake July 15, 2025
Music Fetty Wap Is All Smiles In New Prison Photos As Fans Call For His Release Fetty Wap is currently serving a six-year prison sentence at a low-security facility in Sandstone, Minnesota. By Caroline Fisher July 10, 2025
Music Ray J Claims He Smoked Weed With Biggie When He Was 14 The Internet has previously speculated about wild rumors that Ray J inadvertently influenced Biggie's beef with Tupac. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 04, 2025
Music YK Osiris Sparks Concern For His Health After Bizarre Picture While YK Osiris often catches heat online for some of his antics, reasonable social media users didn't let that stop their prayers. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 04, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Cheekily Responds To A Fan Daring Him To Drop His New Album "BABY BOI" Ever since early "Whole Lotta Red" leaks, Playboi Carti mastered the art of teasing fans with new material. But not the art of dropping it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 08, 2025
Music 2 Chainz Looks Back On Dealing Drugs For His Mother As A Young Boy 2 Chainz spoke on his upbringing and his familial relationships during his recent conversation with Shannon Sharpe on "Club Shay Shay." By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 05, 2025
Music Eminem Sends Detroit Crowd Into Frenzy With Surprise Performance Of "Lose Yourself" Alongside Jelly Roll Eminem and Jelly Roll have shown a deep admiration for one another and seeing them live onstage together looks to have been a treat for them. By Zachary Horvath May 19, 2025
Music Gucci Mane Recalls Cutting Off Friends Who Took Advantage Of His Schizophrenia Gucci Mane opened up about his mental health struggles alongside his wife on "The Breakfast Club" on Monday. By Cole Blake October 21, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Trolls Jay-Z With Bizarre AI Wig Image After Her Instagram Vanishes Earlier this week, Nicki Minaj's Instagram profile mysteriously disappeared, prompting her and the Barbz to speculate. By Caroline Fisher October 21, 2025
Music 50 Cent Tells Dr. Umar To "Shut Up" Over "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" Criticism 50 Cent served as an executive producer on Netflix's new documentary about Diddy, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning." By Cole Blake December 17, 2025
Music Ben Baller Claims Kendrick Lamar's New Album "GNX" Is Full Of Skips He's not taking Drake's side, though. By Elias Andrews December 04, 2024