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Music Ray J Clowns Tyrese For Disappointing Verzuz Battle With Tank Ray J crowned Tank the winner in the Tyrese Gibson "Verzuz" battle, comparing Tyrese's performance to Ray's own meager showing in 2022. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 27, 2026
Music Young Dolph's Self-Admitted Gunman Delays His Fate Again Young Dolph's murder case is inches away from closing, but Cornelius Smith and his legal reps are hung up on one detail of his plea deal. By Zachary Horvath March 30, 2026
Music Pretty Ricky: Where Are They Now? Several lineup changes later, and the OG four are back together. By Demi Phillips December 28, 2023
Music North West Shares Another Snippet Of Her New Song Sampling An Iconic Kanye West Track Kanye West originally released "Coldest Winter" on his fourth studio album, "808s & Heartbreak," in 2008. By Cole Blake March 18, 2026
Music Soulja Boy Unleashes On Kai Cenat Over His “Hate Wall” Soulja Boy is almost always beefing with someone, and this week, he appears to have set his sights on Kai Cenat. By Caroline Fisher March 19, 2026
Music Playboi Carti's Next Album Is Dropping Sooner Than You Think Playboi Carti is an artist who doesn't like to give much away, although it appears as though he is hyped for his next album. By Alexander Cole March 12, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Reacts To Ebro Calling His Life "Sad" DJ Akademiks and Ebro's feud has been intensifying in recent days and the latter just fired back with some hard-hitting critiques. By Zachary Horvath March 19, 2026
Sneakers Travis Scott Shouts Out Nike On Kanye West's Bully Album Travis Scott's verse on "Father" from Kanye West's newly released Bully album includes a direct Nike reference By Ben Atkinson March 28, 2026
Music Lil Woody Claims Young Thug Has "Gay Secrets" Against Rappers In His Circle Lil Woody was recently on DJ Akademiks' stream, where he offered up his views on the latest with Young Thug. By Alexander Cole March 24, 2026
Music Quavo Hit With Significant Tax Lien Quavo isn't the only Migos rapper dealing with unpaid taxes as Offset recently spent $1.5 million paying back the United States. By Cole Blake March 04, 2026
Music Boosie Badazz Snaps On "Racist" Airport Employee Boosie Badazz said that he was traveling in Minneapolis when a TSA agent told him that his jewelry could be a weapon. By Cole Blake March 30, 2026
Music Adam22 Calls Out Clavicular Over Viral Blueface Moment Clav has been gaining attention for various questionable reasons lately. By Tallie Spencer March 19, 2026