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Music Meek Mill Downplays Diddy Connection By Claiming "Something Ain't Right" Meek wants to launch an investigation. By Elias Andrews September 23, 2024
Music Mase Reveals Whether Or Not He Regrets Quitting Rap At His Peak In the late 90s, Mase took a step back from his music career to become an ordained minister. By Caroline Fisher March 23, 2024
Music Lil Pump Trashes Lil Tracy As The SoundCloud Era Debate Rages On Lil Pump was one of the biggest rappers in the world in 2017, and now, he is going off about his place in the music world. By Alexander Cole February 25, 2026
Music Akademiks Was Right About J. Cole–He Can't Claim King Anymore If "Birthday Blizzard ’26" is an honest preview of "The Fall Off," then Cole is taking control of the story that tried to bury his legacy. And whether that’s enough to climb back to the top matters less than the fact that he’s climbing on his own terms. By Aron A. February 05, 2026
Music Pooh Shiesty Continues To Seek Bail As Trial Date Gets Pushed Back Pooh Shiesty's trial has been pushed back to next February, and now, the artist is looking to make sure he gets bail By Alexander Cole June 12, 2026
Music Drake Paid For "ICEMAN" Rollout Himself, Says DJ Akademiks Akademiks was able to meet Drake for the first time after the rapper flew him out to Toronto on a private jet. By Erika Marie May 21, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Has An Out-Of-Body Experience As Drake Announces Triple-Album Release DJ Akademiks was live on stream last night when Drake came through with the announcement that he was dropping three albums. By Alexander Cole May 15, 2026
Music DDG & Nick Cannon Insult Each Other's Parenting In "Wild 'N Out" Rap Battle DDG dissed Nick Cannon's many children with many women, whereas Cannon brought up the rapper and streamer's custody issues with Halle Bailey. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 10, 2026
Music Meek Mill Reveals Astonishing Earnings Since Drake Beef Meek Mill continues to defend his career as ongoing rumors about the outcome of his feud with Drake swirl. By Caroline Fisher April 29, 2026
Music Rick Ross Revisits 50 Cent Lawsuit, Claims He Felt "Bad" After Seeing His Finances Rick Ross is still throwing shade at 50 Cent. By Tallie Spencer April 16, 2026
Music Diddy, Biggie's Estate, & Snoop Dogg Hit With Lawsuit Over "Nasty Girl" And "I Wanna Thank Ya" Diddy, Snoop Dogg, and even the estate of The Notorious B.I.G. are being sued for alleged copyright infringement. By Alexander Cole July 15, 2026
Music Charleston White Calls NBA YoungBoy Fans "Mentally R*tarded" Reportedly, Charleston White was banned from going backstage by NBA YoungBoy's team. If true, it explains why White is lashing out. By Zachary Horvath October 30, 2025