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Music YSL Woody Is Expecting A Child After Accident & Young Thug Drama Lil Woody was a big part of the YSL RICO trial as the state's prime witness, and he's dealing with more fallout than the Young Thug's scandal. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2025
TV Ray J And Zeus CEO Lemuel Plummer Almost Throw Hands Again One Year After Their BET Skirmish Ray J and Zeus CEO Lemuel Plummer got involved in brawl outside of the 2024 BET Awards afterparty. The former seemingly swung first. By Zachary Horvath September 05, 2025
Music Cardi B Says Only She Provides For Her & Offset's Kids Cardi B is fresh off of her civil assault case win and is just two weeks away from making her awaited return with her sophomore LP. By Zachary Horvath September 05, 2025
Music Rick Ross Mercilessly Trolls Drake For Panned "Iceman" Rollout Rick Ross' rap rival Drake previewed three new tracks last night, not all of which have to do with his next album "Iceman." By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2025
Music Drake Admits He “F*cked Up” Last Summer In New Track In ICEMAN Episode 3 In Summer 2024, Drake battled Kendrick Lamar for Hip Hop supremacy. Kendrick’s “Not Like Us” reigned over Drake’s disses. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 04, 2025
Politics Cardi B Explains Why America Is In A "Very Bad Place" Cardi B spoke about the state of the country with Billboard ahead of her new album, "Am I The Drama?" which he dropping this month. By Cole Blake September 04, 2025
Pop Culture iShowSpeed Links Up With Meek Mill & Receives DreamChasers Chain During U.S. Tour Stream iShowSpeed continued his tour of the United States with a stop in Philly, where he got a DreamChasers chain from Meek Mill. By Devin Morton September 04, 2025
Music Keefe D Receives Prison Sentence For Fighting With Another Inmate Keefe D was already in jail awaiting trial for his alleged role in the 1996 killing of the legendary rapper 2Pac. By Cole Blake September 04, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Links Up With Lul Timm At NBA YoungBoy Show DJ Akademiks was in attendance as NBA YoungBoy kicked off his highly anticipated "MASA Tour (Make America Slime Again)." By Cole Blake September 03, 2025
Music Some Fans Are Eager For 6ix9ine's Return To Music Amid Atlanta Snitching Scandal 6ix9ine was ostracized from hip-hop circles after "snitching," but some fans are ready to welcome him back after the Young Thug controversy. By Devin Morton September 03, 2025
Music Young Thug's Sister Passionately Defends Her Brother Against Ralo Ralo and Young Thug have traded shots since the beginning of this untamable stretch of snitching allegations. By Zachary Horvath September 02, 2025
Music Drake Makes Fun Of Rick Ross With Witty Joke About Fake Jewelry Drake and Rick Ross are still not on great terms after The Boy went after him on "Push Ups" during the start of the Kendrick Lamar feud. By Zachary Horvath September 02, 2025