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Music Jay-Z Fans Left Frustrated With Massive Ticket Queues For His Yankee Stadium Shows Jay-Z will be performing back-to-back concerts in celebration of his iconic albums, "Reasonable Doubt" and "The Blueprint." By Cole Blake March 23, 2026
Music King Harris Claims He Copyrighted 50 Cent's Mom's Name For Weed Brand 50 Cent and King Harris dissed each other's mothers amid Fif's feud with T.I., and King continues to disrespect the late Sabrina Jackson. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Music Drake Is Reportedly On Pace To Achieve Hip-Hop's Biggest Streaming Year Ever Drake might make this hypothetical streaming achievement even more significant if he drops "ICEMAN" later in 2026. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Music Afroman Beat The Case—So Where Are Free Speech Warriors When Hip-Hop’s On Trial? Free speech is a right, but it's often framed as a privilege. Afroman refused to let it be weaponized against him. By Aron A. March 21, 2026
Music Maino Puts Joe Budden, DJ Akademiks, & More On Blast With New Diss Track, "The Algorithm" Maino also included more shots for 50 Cent, with whom he has been beefing for several months. By Cole Blake March 16, 2026
Music Jackboy Enters Prison Debate With Pointed Comments For Kodak Black Another one of Kodak Black's enemies, Jackboy, is chiming in with his two cents on the former's time in protective custody. By Zachary Horvath March 13, 2026
Music Kodak Black Claims He's Sober, But Doesn't Care To Convince Fans Kodak Black has been concerning fans with his behavior for a while now, but he claims he hasn't gotten high in a long time. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2026
Music Jack Harlow's Neo-Soul Album Has Fans Divided Jack Harlow ended a three-year hiatus with "Monica" today and a lot of folks have been caught off guard by the sonic and stylistic switch up. By Zachary Horvath March 13, 2026
Music Keefe D Left Scrambling After Latest Update In His Tupac Murder Trial Duane "Keefe D" Davis will have to find new legal counsel to help him navigate the murder case against him regarding Tupac Shakur. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2026
Music Diddy's Appeal Date Has Officially Been Set It was reported in October 2025 that Diddy was trying to speed up the appeal process. He succeeded and now he's going to be in court soon. By Zachary Horvath February 05, 2026
Reviews J. Cole’s "Birthday Blizzard ’26" Proves Skill Outlasts Status With his four-track "Birthday Blizzard ’26," J. Cole brings back a format rap has been missing, and losing the top spot has only fueled his fire. By Aron A. February 03, 2026
Politics Kehlani Proclaims "F**k ICE" During Grammys 2026 Acceptance Speech Kehlani took home Grammys for Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song thanks to their hit "Folded," and they took the chance to condemn ICE. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 01, 2026