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Music GELO Reveals Tracklist For Debut Album "League Of My Own" LiAngelo Ball is ready to release his debut album after killer cosigns from Lil Wayne and GloRilla on previous singles. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 14, 2025
Music The Cause Of Diddy's Head Injury In Prison Has Been Revealed Diddy recently suffered a head injury at FCI Fort Dix, and it caused him to be transported to the hospital for treatment. By Alexander Cole October 14, 2026
Music Saweetie Says The Industry Challenges Only Fuels Her Passion To Succeed Saweetie's music career has been sidelined for a thriving acting career that includes a role in Starz's hit series, BMF. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 14, 2025
Music Young Thug’s “UY Scuti” To Face Off Against Cardi B’s “Am I The Drama?” Yesterday, Young Thug dropped a seven-minute track called “Man I Miss My Dogs," apologizing to his loved ones. By Caroline Fisher September 12, 2025
Music Drake & Central Cee Get Icy On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update We have a hearty "Fire Emoji" playlist this week with Drake, Central Cee, Tyler, The Creator, Wale, Freddie Gibbs, NBA YoungBoy, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 26, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Lil Baby's Team Offered Promo Payment Despite Beef DJ Akademiks is not a fan of Lil Baby at all, and continues to claim a member of Baby's entourage tried to "swing on" him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 16, 2026
Music Drake Brings Out Yeat During Day 2 Of His Wireless Festival Headliner Night 1 of Wireless saw Drake bring out R&B superstars Mario, Bryson Tiller, Lauryn Hill, and Giveon. Hill performed “Nice For What.” By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 12, 2025
Music Slim Thug Firmly Shuts Down Accusations Of Stalking Megan Thee Stallion Slim Thug's comments come after Megan Thee Stallion went public with her relationship with Klay Thompson, earlier this month. By Cole Blake July 28, 2025
Music Drake Plans To Fly Out Streamers For His Triple-Headlining Wireless Festival Appearance This weekend, Drake will perform at Wireless Festival in London, along with PartyNextDoor, Burna Boy, Vybz Kartel, and more. By Caroline Fisher July 08, 2025
Music Mickey Factz Answers Mos Def’s Rap Challenge, Factz Enlists Lupe Fiasco & Daylyt To Battle Black Thought & King Los Mickey Factz went viral recently for his claim that Lupe Fiasco is a better "lyricist" than Kendrick Lamar. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 12, 2025
Music John Legend Reacts To Kanye West Saying He Smells Like "Mashed Potatoes" John Legend discussed his former collaborator, Kanye West, during a recent appearance on "Ebro in the Morning." By Cole Blake July 01, 2025
Music What Happened To Chrisean Rock's Tooth? Among everything else that happened, 2020 was the year Chrisean Rock got her tooth knocked out. By Brittnye Webb-Earl March 01, 2023