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Music Boosie Badazz Reveals He Wants More Kids While Joking About Outdoing Nick Cannon & Elon Musk Boosie Badazz welcomed his first child with Rajel Nelson, earlier this week, marking his ninth kid overall. By Cole Blake April 24, 2025
Music Lil Durk Finally Gets Good News In His Murder-For-Hire Case Thanks To His Judge As his federal trial for alleged murder-for-hire develops, Lil Durk has reportedly found community with various fellow inmates through Islam. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 24, 2025
Music SZA Overtakes Adele With Staggering Record For A Billboard Top 10 Album SZA's "SOS" album from late 2022 has maintained its dominance even two and a half years after its release, something Adele can also boast. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 24, 2025
Music Meek Mill Hints At Having A New Project Ready For Release Fans may get to hear new music from Meek Mill before the start of the summer according to his recent X posts. By Cole Blake April 24, 2025
Music Chris Brown Accused Of Depicting Superfan As A Stalker In New Lawsuit Angela Reliford, AKA chrisbrownzwife777, speculates that Chris Brown has secretly been sending her messages through his music videos. By Caroline Fisher April 24, 2025
Wrestling Killer Mike Bodies Freestyle Over "FE!N" Following Travis Scott's Controversial WrestleMania 41 Run Killer Mike has no issues with Travis Scott anymore, but it's still kind of funny to see the former rap over one of La Flame's beats. By Zachary Horvath April 23, 2025
Sports Ja Rule Hilariously Blames Knicks' Playoff Loss On 50 Cent 50 Cent was in attendance as the New York Knicks dropped Game 2 to the Detroit Pistons on Monday night, leaving the series tied at 1-1. By Cole Blake April 23, 2025
Sports Kevin Gates Adds Fuel To The LeBron & Savannah James Fire By Sitting Courtside At The Lakers Game Kevin Gates brought along his latest romantic interest, Brittany Renner, to watch the Lakers on Tuesday night. By Cole Blake April 23, 2025
Music Snoop Dogg & Death Row Records Push Hard To Toss Out $107 Million Suit Against Them Snoop Dogg and Death Row have been fighting this court battle since 2002, and it was amended in 2022 when the former became the founder. By Zachary Horvath April 22, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Gets Deeply Honest About Why Most Rappers Are Struggling On The Charts DJ Akademiks believes there are a handful of key factors playing into the lack of variety hip-hop is seeing on the charts. By Zachary Horvath April 22, 2025
Music Lil Wayne To Headline Historic Madison Square Garden Concert To Debut “Tha Carter VI” Lil Wayne is planning to release "Tha Carter VI" as his first album in the iconic series since 2018 on June 6th. By Cole Blake April 22, 2025
Music Lil Uzi Vert Rushed To The Hospital With JT By His Side Further details on Lil Uzi Vert's current condition or why paramedics brought them to the hospital remain unclear. By Cole Blake April 22, 2025