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Music Top5 All Smiles In Paris Days After Being Stabbed Top5 was stabbed in the neck in London earlier this month while chatting with fans, but he appears to have made a quick recovery. By Caroline Fisher July 21, 2025
Music Diddy's Legal Trouble Gets Yet Another Documentary Treatment From BBC This follows other Diddy documentaries from TMZ, MAX, and more. The new BBC doc also preludes the Bad Boy mogul's federal trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 24, 2025
Music Kanye West Gives A Health Update On Lil Uzi Vert After Concerning Hospital Trip Kanye West took a break from his nonstop offensive and bizarre antics on social media to speak on Lil Uzi Vert. By Cole Blake April 23, 2025
Music Ja Rule Goes Off On “Trash” 50 Cent After Getting Mocked For Irv Gotti Interview Comments 50 Cent recently taunted Ja Rule for admitting he was upset by his reaction to the death of his longtime friend, Irv Gotti. By Caroline Fisher April 13, 2025
Music Nelly Wants Court To Impose Sanctions On Ali Jones For Dropped St. Lunatics Lawsuit Ali Jones accused Nelly of unjust enrichment and copyright infringement, but the rest of the St. Lunatics distanced themselves from the suit. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 11, 2025
Music Drake Surpasses The Beatles While Reaching Unfathomable RIAA Milestone Drake is the most decorated rapper of all time, but some of these marks he's hitting may never be replicated. By Zachary Horvath April 08, 2025
Music JID Performs Snippet Of Metro Boomin Collab "WRK" At Dreamville Fest JID told "Complex" that he felt it was necessary to play this snippet live to give fans peace of mind that his album in indeed on the way. By Zachary Horvath April 07, 2025
Music Suge Knight's Son Questions Dr. Dre And Eminem's Relevance Amidst Feud Suge Knight got into it with Snoop Dogg, and now his son has decided to keep the trend alive by going at two other legends. By Elias Andrews March 11, 2025
Music Tupac Shakur's Early Songs & Lyrics Up For Sale With A Staggering $250K Price Tag This follows other stories and discoveries concerning Tupac's career, such as an A&R's story about how 2Pac's album led to Eminem's rise. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 09, 2025
Music Kanye West Tries To Use Dave Blunts To Call Out Rolling Loud But Gets A Firm Response Bringing up Dave Blunts is just one of countless headline-grabbing posts Kanye West has made in recent weeks. By Cole Blake March 06, 2025
Music 50 Cent Won't Let His Foot Off Joe Budden's Neck After Sharing Wild Story From Budden's Girlfriend This 50 Cent move probably won't affect Joe Budden much, as he already made fun of himself for his... proclivities. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 28, 2025
Music The DOC Says Dr. Dre Told Him To Stop Rapping After Nearly Fatal Car Crash During a recent interview, The DOC recalled some brutally honest advice he once got from his close friend, Dr. Dre. By Caroline Fisher February 26, 2025