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Music Drake & UMG Have Scheduled Mediation Coming Up For Defamation Appeal Drake had his defamation lawsuit against his parent label, UMG, dismissed in early October. The Toronto rapper filed an appeal weeks later. By Zachary Horvath November 17, 2025
Music Earl Sweatshirt Reveals He No Longer Speaks To Frank Ocean In New Interview Earl Sweatshirt announced the anticipated surprise album, Live Love Laugh, last week with a featureless tracklist. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 24, 2025
Viral PlaqueBoyMax Plays Beats For Lil Baby & Veeze On Stream, But They Were Not Impressed PlaqueBoyMax has much better music under his belt whether Lil Baby and Veeze liked these beats or not, so it's no sweat. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 10, 2025
Music Azealia Banks Revels In Anthony Fantano Slur Controversy Last week, Anthony Fantano addressed resurfaced old clips of him using slurs, prompting a response from Azealia Banks. By Caroline Fisher August 04, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar & Dave Free's pgLang Announce New Agency Venture pgLang and Dave Free have been Kendrick Lamar's creative directors for his new music, performances, and much more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 31, 2025
Music Wale Thinks Hip-Hop Music Discourse Is Oversaturated Now Wale believes the general state of social media and a dependence on hyperbole have "cooked" music discourse and hip-hop media. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 31, 2025
Music Jackboy Ignites Kodak Black Snitching Rumors With 2015 Interrogation Video Recently, Jackboy took to social media to revive his years-long feud with Kodak Black by trying to expose him. By Caroline Fisher October 30, 2025
Music Juvenile Reveals He Helped 50 Cent Sign With Eminem 50 Cent ended up releasing his iconic debut studio album, "Get Rich or Die Tryin‘," through Eminem's Shady Records. By Cole Blake October 29, 2025
Music 50 Cent Teases Tony Yayo For Taking So Long To Respond To Jim Jones 50 Cent joked that he wants more urgency from Tony Yayo after Jim Jones called him out during a recent interview. By Cole Blake October 27, 2025
Music KARRAHBOOO Blasts DJ Akademiks For Saweetie & Rubi Rose Escort Claims KARRAHBOOO called out one of the DJ Akademiks-affiliated social media pages for claiming Saweetie and Rubi Rose performed escort services. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 18, 2025
Music Man Sparks Outrage By Filming Himself Sneak Into GloRilla's Dressing Room In the viral clip, the man steals food out of GloRilla's dressing room and jokes that she'll be angry about him doing so. By Cole Blake October 15, 2025
Music Yung Miami Accused Of Shading Diddy’s Alleged Victims Amid Federal Trial Diddy was arrested last year and hit with charges related to alleged sex trafficking and racketeering, and his trial began in May. By Caroline Fisher June 08, 2025