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Music Cardi B Expresses Paranoia Over Conspiracy Theory That Cell Phones Can "Read Our Minds" While Cardi B is putting her tinfoil hat on to question our surveillance age, fans' conspiracies are all about her pregnancy rumors. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 29, 2025
Music Peewee Roscoe Clears Young Thug Of Snitching Allegations Audio of Young Thug allegedly mentioning Peewee Roscoe during a police interrogation has been going viral. By Cole Blake August 28, 2025
Music Cops List Alleged Injuries From Lil Nas X Arrest Lil Nas X did post a $75,000 bail but he's still up for a few years in prison as the authorities are taking this arrest seriously. By Zachary Horvath August 26, 2025
Music Lil Nas X’s Father Breaks Silence On Son's Arrest And Hospitalization Lil Nas X's father Robert Stafford recently asked fans to keep him in their prayers following his arrest and hospitalization. By Caroline Fisher August 25, 2025
Music Ice-T Reflects On The Deaths Of Coolio And Michael K. Williams In New Documentary Special Coolio and Michael K. Williams both died after suffering accidental overdoses involving fentanyl in recent years. By Cole Blake August 25, 2025
Music Southside Says Young Thug Friendship Can't Bring Him To Work With Gunna Gunna and Young Thug's relationship is essentially over and its causing people to choose sides like trap producer Southside. By Zachary Horvath August 25, 2025
Music Future Is Remixing "DS2" For A Special 10th Anniversary Ballet Concert Coming Soon The scrapped music video for Future's "DS2" highlight "Thought It Was A Drought" recently surfaced online, adding more to this celebration. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 24, 2025
Music BigXThaPlug Answered Reporters With Clever “I Hope You’re Happy” LP Promotion While Leaving Jail In Dallas BigXThaPlug’s sophomore album, Take Care, was certified platinum in August. The album features “The Largest” and “Change Me.” By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 23, 2025
Music ASAP Rocky Claims For The Umpteenth Time That His New Album “Don’t Be Dumb” Is Done ASAP Rocky acknowledged to Spike Lee that his busy schedule and constant delays have made him want to drop "Don't Be Dumb" out of the blue. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 22, 2025
Music Lil Nas X To Spend The Weekend In Jail After Bizarre Stroll Through Los Angeles Yesterday, Lil Nas X was arrested on suspicion of battery on a cop after being spotted roaming the streets in his underwear. By Caroline Fisher August 22, 2025
Music Fat Joe Says He Can’t Support An Alleged “Rat” Despite Liking Gunna’s New Album During a recent episode of his podcast, Fat Joe weighed in one Gunna's final album under YSL, "The Last Wun." By Caroline Fisher August 21, 2025
Tech Kanye West's New Crypto Coin Rises And Crashes Within Hours Kanye West has toyed with cryptocurrency initiatives before, but this represents his biggest and riskiest leap yet. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 21, 2025