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Music Megan Thee Stallion Receives Glowing Praise From High School Peers, Yearbook Reveals She Was "Sophomore Class Favorite" Many are rushing to Meg's defense this morning. By Alexander Cole January 29, 2024
Music Fredo Bang Talks "Yes, I'm Sad," Kevin Gates Collabs, His OnlyFans Spending, And His Infamous Crush On Coi Leray In this exclusive HNHH interview, we spoke to Fredo Bang about his new album "Yes, I'm Sad," as well as his crush on Coi Leray, label issues, and his collaboration with Kevin Gates, among many other topics. By Shirley Ju January 25, 2024
Music Ice Spice Posts Nearly-NSFW Snapchat Video And Puts Some Fans In A State Of Disbelief Ice Spice caused quite the stir. By Alexander Cole March 08, 2024
Music Kendrick Lamar Accused Of Using Ghostwriter Amid Drake Beef, Reference Track Surfaces As if this feud couldn't get any spicier... By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 13, 2024
Music Rappers Who Have Had Streets Named After Them These icons have become physically memorialized. By Demi Phillips March 13, 2024
Music Kay Flock's Lawyer Responds To Rumors That He Was Stabbed In Prison Rumors that Kay Flock was a victim of a prison stabbing went viral last week and the rapper's lawyer is stepping to address them. By Zachary Horvath January 19, 2026
Music Gucci Mane Announces New Book & Album, "Episodes," With Author Kathy Iandoli Coming October 14 Gucci Mane announced plans for a biopic in 2017 to connect with his original memoir, 'The Autobiography of Gucci Mane.' By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 22, 2025
Music August Alsina Calls Young Thug's Comments On Gay Men "Dumb" Thugger had a controversial hot take on gay men who are closeted, and August Alsina addressed the remarks, calling them "stupid." By Erika Marie June 24, 2026
Music Doechii's "Anxiety" Has Reportedly Led To A Major Pay Day For Gotye Doechii's popular single, "Anxiety," famously samples Gotye's iconic 2011 song, "Somebody That I Used to Know." By Cole Blake June 10, 2025
Music Viral Megan Thee Stallion Fan Who Grabbed Her Butt Claims He Asked Her First This caused a lot of controversy for Megan Thee Stallion fans, who debated whether or not this excused the fan's behavior. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 05, 2025
TV Drake Disses Clavicular In The Most Drake Way Possible Drake is someone who is always paying attention to the streaming world, so it should come as no surprise he is aware of Clavicular. By Alexander Cole March 12, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks' Trolling Backfires After He Said Young Thug Has The "Worst Build" DJ Akademiks has been very critical of Young Thug as of late, clowning him and Lil Baby for teasing collaborations without Gunna. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 08, 2026