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Music Young Thug Leads Fans Down A Rabbit Hole With His "Release Date" For "UY SCUTI" Despite receiving snippets, a single, and physical copy pre-orders for "UY SCUTI," Young Thug has still not provided an exact drop date. By Zachary Horvath June 04, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Expands His "Make America Slime Again" Tour With New Dates NBA YoungBoy is celebrating his recent pardon from United States President Donald Trump by hitting the road a few more times. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 02, 2025
Music Diddy's Former Assistant Alleges He Maintained An Abusive And Toxic Work Environment An anonymous alleged victim referred to as "Mia" took the stand in Diddy's federal sex trafficking trial on Wednesday. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 29, 2025
Pop Culture Timmy Bandsome Admits To Faking DMs With BossMan Dlow About two weeks ago, Florida rapper BossMan Dlow was dragged into some drama with influencer Timmy Bandsome, who's now apologizing. By Zachary Horvath May 28, 2025
Music Machine Gun Kelly Responds To Homophobic Backlash Over His New Pop Single "Cliché" Machine Gun Kelly has a new single out called "Cliché" and it has been getting a whole lot of hate online these days. By Alexander Cole May 27, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Reveals How She's Approaching Her Next Album Nicki Minaj also hinted at wanting to embark on a major tour "for the Barbz" to promote her next album release. By Cole Blake May 27, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Loses Daily In New Gatorade Commercial Kendrick Lamar’s GNX album is the top-selling rap album of 2025. It is lead by hit songs “Luther,” “Peekaboo,” and “TV Off.” By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 25, 2025
Viral DJ Akademiks Calls Out Google For Listing His Net Worth At A Shocking One Billion Dollars DJ Akademiks joked that Google's wildly exaggerated assessment of his net worth is why people have sued him over the years. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 22, 2025
Music DaBaby Gets $4 Million Bowling Alley Case Thrown Out, But There's A Catch DaBaby has been fighting off these assault allegations since 2022, but he finally is off the hook thanks to Brandon Bills' "lack of urgency." By Zachary Horvath May 21, 2025
Music Hitta J3 Challenges Joey Bada$$ To Respond Once Again On "HEADSHOT" The Joey Bada$$ beef seems to be settling down finally, but HItta J3 is still looking to get active on the mic. By Zachary Horvath May 21, 2025
Music Rod Wave Arrested In Atlanta On Assault And Gun Charges Rod Wave has reportedly been released from police custody since getting arrested yesterday on 13 felony counts. By Caroline Fisher May 21, 2025
Music Former Assistant For Diddy Testifies That Cassie Was Too Scared To Leave The Diddy trial continued on Monday and it was here where we heard testimony from the mogul's former assistant, David James. By Alexander Cole May 20, 2025