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Music Pooh Shiesty’s Record Label Clarifies He’s Not In Jail Following Reports Of His Arrest Pooh Shiesty just finished spending three years behind bars for a firearm charge back in October. By Cole Blake January 12, 2026
Music Jadakiss Calls Jay-Z A "Professional Curver" After Hov Praised Him & Fat Joe Fat Joe and Jadakiss have different levels of hope when it comes to potentially securing a Jay-Z interview for their podcast. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music Jim Jones Delivers A Harsh Reality About The Drake & Kendrick Lamar Beef Jim Jones has shared some bold takes about the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef before, but this one may make folks the most uncomfortable. By Zachary Horvath December 29, 2025
Music Who Is TraxNYC? The New York City Jeweler Who Went Viral For Standing On Business TraxNYC has supplied jewelry for a number of hip-hop artists, including Busta Rhymes, Cardi B, Snoop Dogg, and more. By Cole Blake January 05, 2026
Music Fabolous Fans Hope His Cryptic IG Message Is A 50 Cent Warning Shot Neither 50 Cent nor Fabolous are explicitly going at each other on social media right now... But their fans want blood. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 28, 2025
Music Lil Durk Suffers Big Loss In Court Due To Death Threat Motion Falling Through Lil Durk's legal team had hoped to get his murder-for-hire case dismissed over death threats that prosecutors reportedly failed to disclose. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music Max B Admits He “Took His D*ck Out” During Angela Yee Interview In November, Max B was released from prison after spending roughly 16 years behind bars for a robbery-gone-wrong. By Caroline Fisher January 13, 2026
Music J. Cole Has Hip-Hop Fans Stunned With New Single "Disc 2 Track 2" J. Cole has officially released the first single from his long-awaited seventh studio album, "The Fall-Off." By Caroline Fisher January 14, 2026
Music J. Cole Reveals The Release Date For "The Fall Off" With Gorgeous Teaser Trailer J. Cole has been teasing "The Fall Off" for years, and today, the artist came through with the album's official release date. By Alexander Cole January 14, 2026
Politics Lizzo Proposes Interesting Theory About Nicki Minaj's Donald Trump Support Lizzo's comments on Nicki Minaj and Donald Trump apply not just to this example, but to the general intersection of celebrity and politics. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 27, 2025
Music Jay Rock Shadily Responds To The Game's Kendrick Lamar Comments Jay Rock reacted to The Game doubling down on his claim that he wanted to sign Kendrick Lamar, which TDE affiliate 2Teez already denied. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 20, 2025
Music Doechii's Appearance On A$AP Rocky's "Robbery" Is Facing Harsh Backlash Doechii's popularity and success has been controversial, to put it simply, and it's muddying the responses to her guest spot on "Robbery." By Zachary Horvath January 16, 2026