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Music Plies Net Worth 2023: What Is The Rapper Worth? The rhythmic journey of rapper Plies: artist, entrepreneur, philanthropist, with beats that resonate to a stacked net worth. By Jake Skudder August 17, 2023
Music Tony Yayo Reveals The Real Reason Behind The Game & 50 Cent Beef In a recent interview, Tony Yayo claimed that The Game's beef with 50 Cent was rooted in Jimmy Henchman's attitude toward Chris Lighty. By Rex Provost May 17, 2022
Music Kanye West Accused Of Assaulting Model Jenn An In New Lawsuit Jenn An accuses Ye of gender-motivated violence. By Caroline Fisher November 22, 2024
Music Trump Administration Uses LL Cool J Hit Over Footage Of Alleged Drug Boat Strike Artists like Sabrina Carpenter, SZA, and more have spoken out against their music being used in political messaging without permission. By Caroline Fisher December 11, 2025
Music Lil Meech Reveals Why He Decided Against A Career In Music Lil Meech says hip-hop wasn't for him. By Cole Blake April 07, 2024
Music How Sexyy Red Managed To Dominate Rap In 2023 From “SkeeYee,” to that killer hook on “Rich Baby Daddy,” 2023 belonged to Sexyy Red. By Demi Phillips December 14, 2023
Pop Culture Fredo Sentenced To Five Years In Dubai Prison For Drug Possession, Reports Say Fredo finds himself back behind bars just about three months later. By Zachary Horvath January 29, 2024
Music Drake Gave Fans An R&B Odyssey With Wireless Night One Setlist Drake brought out a lot of special guests for his first 2025 Wireless Festival slot, including Lauryn Hill and PARTYNEXTDOOR. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 12, 2025
Music Fans Wrestle With Possibility That Drake Sampled The Weeknd On "What Did I Miss?" The Weeknd and Drake's relationship has been spotty throughout the last decade, but at this moment in time, things are far from friendly. By Zachary Horvath July 05, 2025
Music Drake Announces Release Date For "ICEMAN" Episode 3 Drake's second "ICEMAN" livestream premiered at the end of July. After it ended, he released the second single "Which One." By Zachary Horvath September 03, 2025
Music Diddy Must Hand Over His "Freak-Off" Tapes & Recording Devices This part of Diddy's recent prison sentence for prostitution charges relates to items that federal authorities seized back in March of 2024. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 10, 2025
Music Cassie Admits She Was Jealous Of Kim Porter's Relationship With Diddy Cassie has been testifying in Diddy's ongoing criminal trial since Tuesday and will return to the stand on Friday. By Cole Blake May 15, 2025