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Music Kanye West Confirms "Donda 2" Was Taken Down Because Producers Are Now Coming After Him Until Wednesday, Kanye West's 2022 "Donda" sequel was only available for fans through the Stem Player. By Cole Blake April 30, 2025
Music Elliott Wilson Breaks Silence On B.Dot Blaming Him For The End Of "Rap Radar" Elliott Wilson and Brian “B.Dot” Miller co-hosted the "Rap Radar" podcast for a number of years before it ended in 2023. By Cole Blake April 27, 2025
Music Kanye West Taunts 50 Cent By Calling Him "25 Cent" While Remembering Their 2007 Feud Kanye West was the underdog during the 2007 rivalry with 50 Cent for hip-hop supremacy between Graduation and Curtis. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 26, 2025
Music Young Thug Finally Addresses Rich Homie Quan Relationship And How They Grew Apart During this new GQ interview, Young Thug addressed not just past collabs with Rich Homie Quan, but also the Gunna fallout and "UY SCUTI." By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 26, 2025
Music B.G. Is Fighting The Same Battle As N.W.A & 2 Live Crew: On “Freedom Of Speech,” Censorship & Hot Boys Reunion EXCLUSIVE: B.G. reflects on censorship, mental health, his album "Freedom Of Speech," and how hip-hop has been on trial since the 90s. By Aron A. April 28, 2025
Music Kanye West Banned Ten Minutes Into Twitch Stream After Performing Nazi Salute Shortly before he was banned from Twitch, Kanye West bragged about how many "passes" Elon Musk has given him. By Caroline Fisher April 25, 2025
Music Justin Bieber Has Fans Worried About His Health After Coachella Video Surfaces Several clips of Justin Bieber partying are circulating on social media after the second weekend of Coachella. By Cole Blake April 21, 2025
Music SZA Launches "No Beauty" Cosmetics Ahead Of Kendrick Lamar's The Grand National Tour SZA and Kendrick Lamar's "luther" has held the top spot on the Billboard charts for 8 weeks in a row. Their tour begins this week. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 17, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Might Be Held In Contempt Due To Disrespectful Megan Thee Stallion Deposition This debacle is over Megan Thee Stallion's defamation claims against commentator Milagro Gramz for her Tory Lanez case coverage. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 17, 2025
Music Kanye West Admits He "Hates" One Of His Classic Albums In Latest Jay-Z & Beyonce Rant Kanye West previously made insensitive comments about Jay-Z and Beyonce's twins, which he followed with "apologies," to a degree. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 12, 2025
Music Drake's Toilets Are Programmable And He Keeps Using Them To Play 2Pac Songs This isn't the first we've heard of Drake's Tupac toilets, although this certainly feels different a year after "Taylor Made Freestyle." By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 11, 2025
Music Soulja Boy Accuser Awarded $4 Million In Sexual Battery Civil Case Soulja Boy's alleged victim previously asked for almost $74 million in damages in this sexual assault, battery, and false imprisonment case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 10, 2025