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Music Young Threat, A Feature On Kendrick Lamar's "GNX," Was Hit With Murder Charges Young Threat was one of many Los Angeles-based collaborators Kendrick Lamar worked with on his 2024 album, "GNX." By Cole Blake January 06, 2026
Music 6ix9ine Issues Cryptic Warning Ahead Of Prison Sentence Last month, 6ix9ine was sentenced to 90 days behind bars for violating the terms of his probation. and he seems to have some serious concerns. By Caroline Fisher January 01, 2026
Music Prosecutors Fight To Stay On Lil Durk Case As They Unveil Another Violent Threat In April, a lead attorney in Lil Durk's case received a phone call from someone threatening to "shoot that motherf*cker up." By Caroline Fisher December 11, 2025
Music Jim Jones Welcomes Home Treyway Member Who Did Time With 6ix9ine Mel Murda, also known as Mel Matrix, served a six-year RICO sentence from the same case 6ix9ine cooperated in. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 29, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Believes LeBron James' Absence From Caribana Shows He Was Never That Close With Drake A few days ago, Drake's close friend OVO Chubbs taunted LeBron James over missing Caribana amid the two superstars' beef. By Zachary Horvath August 05, 2025
Music Drake Reignites Beef With Anthony Fantano By Trolling Him On Instagram Amid Controversy Drake took to Instagram to laugh at Anthony Fantano after videos of the YouTuber using slurs resurfaced online. By Devin Morton August 03, 2025
Music Former NBA Star Marcus Morris Arrested On Fraud Charge Marcus Morris last played for the Philadelphia 76ers and Cleveland Cavaliers during the 2023-24 NBA season. By Cole Blake July 28, 2025
Music Big Sean Denies Fake Ab Allegations As Social Media Users Compare Him To Drake According to Big Sean, his physique is all natural, despite whatever social media sleuths have to say about it. By Caroline Fisher July 09, 2025
Music ASAP Rocky Denies Siding With Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Or J Cole On Upcoming Song While a release date for ASAP Rocky's album "Don't Be Dumb" has yet to be confirmed, he recently claimed he was in the mixing stage. By Caroline Fisher March 16, 2025
Music Hallelujah! Kanye West & The Sunday Service Choir Makes Its Return On March 16 Kanye West and Sunday Service are no longer at odds as they reconcile for an unknown cause after the choir worked with Will Smith. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 09, 2025
Music Future Confirms Plans For A New Album & Fans Can't Wait Future confirmed his plans for the project amid ongoing drama with Instagram model Gorgeous Doll on social media. By Cole Blake March 05, 2025
Music Mario Judah Returns With New Song And Fans Are Left Flabbergasted By His Transformation Mario Judah has always been of rap's most interesting characters and fans are both happy and surprised to see him in this state. By Zachary Horvath March 04, 2025