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Music Police Appear To Confirm Troy Ave Shoot-Out Was A Hoax Last month, celebrity chef Geoff Cole shared a video that appeared to show Troy Ave allegedly scaring off a wannabe robber with a gun. By Caroline Fisher August 08, 2025
Music JID Reveals He & J. Cole Finished A 15-Song Project Together JID, who dropped his own album, "God Does Like Ugly," on Friday, also hyped up J. Cole's upcoming project, "The Fall Off." By Cole Blake August 08, 2025
Music JID Defends J Cole's Kendrick Lamar Apology JID believes that J Cole has done too much for his Dreamville artists to lose sleep over an apology to Kendrick Lamar for a diss track. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 08, 2025
Music Gunna Responds To Young Thug's Scathing Tweet & Delete On New Album "The Last Wun" The deleted tweet in question has to do with Gunna and Young Thug's fractured friendship after the YSL RICO trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 08, 2025
Music Offset Shares Update On His Relationship With Quavo Offset and Quavo's has gotten complicated over the years, particularly following the 2022 death of Takeoff. By Caroline Fisher August 07, 2025
Music Drake Says He's Tired From Making "Too Many Bangers" For New Album "Iceman" Drake's latest Instagram photo dump rounds up some of the hype on his "$ome $pecial $hows 4 U" tour with PARTYNEXTDOOR. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 07, 2025
Music Clipse Reveal Surprising Picks For Favorite Albums Of All Time Pusha T and Malice gave many hip-hop fans their favorite album of the year so far with Clipse's "Let God Sort Em Out." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 07, 2025
Music Diddy's Legal Team Clarifies They Haven't Spoken To Donald Trump About A Pardon Another member of Diddy's legal team previously told CNN that they thought someone representing the Bad Boy mogul reached out to Donald Trump. By Cole Blake August 07, 2025
Music Erica Banks Arrested For Allegedly Bringing Stolen Gun To Airport Reportedly, Erica Banks was booked into the Clayton County Jail last night on a charge of alleged theft by receiving stolen property. By Caroline Fisher August 07, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist Secure Solid First Week Sales For New Album "Alfredo 2" This is the biggest debut sales week for both Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist, which is a great achievement to see. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 07, 2025
Original Content NBA Youngboy Albums, By The Numbers: A Complete Ranking Of First-Week Sales NBA YoungBoy has been one of the most commercially successful artists of his generation. This is his career, by the numbers. By Devin Morton August 08, 2025
Music Sheff G Shares Heartfelt Message As He Prepares For Prison Earlier this year, Sheff G pleaded guilty to attempted murder, and his sentencing is scheduled for next week. By Caroline Fisher August 06, 2025