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Music T-Hood's Family Hires Lawyer To "Uncover Facts" After Fatal Shooting T-Hood's family have secured legal counsel following the rapper's death on August 9 as they seek insight into exactly what happened. By Devin Morton August 24, 2025
Music Drake Appears To Have Purchased 2Pac's Iconic Death Row Chain In New Instagram Post Drake is currently in Copenhagen as part of his EU tour, and he recently showed off the Death Row chain he appears to have purchased. By Devin Morton August 24, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs Blasts "Lazy" Use Of A.I. In Hip-Hop Freddie Gibbs raised some eyebrows with this take given his participation on Kanye West's "VULTURES" series. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 24, 2025
Music Offset Takes A Personal Turn On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update "Fire Emoji" has big albums for you from Offset, Earl Sweatshirt, and Ghostface Killah, plus another killer Joey Bada$$ single. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 23, 2025
Music Missy Elliott Settles Lengthy Songwriting Credit Dispute Moments Before Trial Missy Elliott and producer Terry Williams have legally been at each other's throats for multiple years over two songs from the 1990s. By Zachary Horvath August 23, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs Reveals 50 Cent & Scarface Were His Earliest Rap Inspirations Freddie Gibbs is one of the premier gangsta rap voices of our time and we have 50 Cent and Scarface to thank for his career existing. By Zachary Horvath August 23, 2025
Music Scru Face Jean Drops Another Drake Diss About UMG Lawsuit Scru Face Jean appeared in Drake's recent amendments to his UMG lawsuit, as he's accused of helping the supposed campaign against Drizzy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 22, 2025
Relationships Ice Spice Sparks Sauce Gardner Breakup Rumors After Lunch Date With Diamant Blazi Ice Spice and Sauce Gardner met while recording episode of LeBron James' HBO show, "The Shop," back in 2024. By Cole Blake August 22, 2025
Music Ice Spice Samples M.I.A. Hit In Upcoming Single Fans haven't heard much from Ice Spice on the music front lately, but now, it looks like the Bronx femcee is gearing up for something new. By Caroline Fisher August 21, 2025
Music PlaqueBoyMax Reveals He’s Launching His Own Record Label Earlier this week, PlaqueBoyMax took to Twitter/X to invite fans to submit their music in hopes of being picked to join him on stream. By Caroline Fisher August 21, 2025
Music Soulja Boy Hypes Up New Album By Cutting His Dreads Off Soulja Boy threw it back to the old days by getting a new haircut before "Draco Season," his new album dropping this week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 21, 2025
Music Art Made Of Snoop Dogg’s Roaches And Ashes Sells For Thousands At Auction Artist Erica Kovitz transformed Snoop Dogg's ashes, roaches, pieces, and more into the "Ashes to Art" collection. By Caroline Fisher August 20, 2025