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Music Gene Deal Banned From Diddy Trial After Alleged Altercation Outside The Courthouse Diddy's trial is continuing with more witness testimony on Thursday, but it looks like Gene Deal won't be in attendance. By Cole Blake May 29, 2025
Music Ice Spice Shocks Fans With Dramatic New Hair Color Ice Spice's new look has fans split. By Caroline Fisher October 16, 2024
Music Drake Affirms His UMG Lawsuit Is A Fight Against "The Man" On "ICEMAN" Drake's appealing a dismissed lawsuit against his label UMG for releasing Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us," which Drizzy addressed on "ICEMAN." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 15, 2026
Music Drake, Eminem & More Among Spotify’s Most-Streamed Rappers Ever Spotify recently released lists of the most-streamed artists, songs, albums, and more in honor of the 20th anniversary of its launch. By Caroline Fisher April 23, 2026
Music Domani Reignites 50 Cent Beef With Music Video For "Firebug" Diss Track T.I.'s son Domani Harris officially released the 50 Cent diss track "Firebug" (originally titled "Ms. Jackson") on his new album "Hot Seat." By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2026
Music Chief Keef Announces 19 Tour Dates For "Chief Keef Live 2026": How To Cop Tickets Chief Keef is going to be going on tour this Spring, and he will be performing all over the United States, from Chicago to Las Vegas. By Alexander Cole July 08, 2026
Music Rick Ross Claims He's Already Been Paid For His New Album "Set In Stone" Rick Ross is trying to show his fans how the industry has changed, and he is using his new album "Set In Stone" as an example. By Alexander Cole July 06, 2026
Music Drake Fans Drag Lil Yachty For Linking Up With A$AP Rocky While Lil Yachty and A$AP Rocky share a friendship outside of the Drake context, tensions between all three make this moment debatable. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 21, 2026
Pop Culture Blueface Announces He's Having A Child With Nevaeh Blueface hopped on a livestream with Nevaeh Akira this weekend to share some exciting news, and they both seem really thrilled! By Zachary Horvath February 23, 2026
Music Joe Budden Loves Kendrick Lamar's Diss To Drake & J. Cole On Future & Metro Boomin's "WE DON'T TRUST YOU" The rapper and podcast host is tired of all the supposedly fake friendships, and applauded Fewtch for drawing the line in the sand. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 23, 2024
Music YG's "My Krazy Life" Turns 10: A Modern West Coast Classic The career-defining album set the scene for the YG we know today. By Demi Phillips March 19, 2024
Music Rappers Who Own Their Masters One of the greatest business moves artists and rappers can make is owning their masters. Here's a list of rappers who have been shrewd enough to gain ownership of their masters. By Angelique Garr February 12, 2024