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Music BigXThaPlug Answered Reporters With Clever “I Hope You’re Happy” LP Promotion While Leaving Jail In Dallas BigXThaPlug’s sophomore album, Take Care, was certified platinum in August. The album features “The Largest” and “Change Me.” By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 23, 2025
Music JAY-Z Severed Ties With Weed Company Just Before It Suffered $500M Loss JAY-Z apparently get out before the company suffered huge losses. By Cole Blake December 05, 2024
Music Snoop Dogg Performs Iconic Medley After Delivering Touching Acceptance Speech At The BET Awards Snoop Dogg was honored with the Ultimate Icon Tribute Award and put one heck of show afterwards to wrap up his evening. By Zachary Horvath June 10, 2025
Music TDE Punch Clears Up Ab-Soul And J Cole Rumors With Important Clarification About "Pi" Punch says all of the verses were recorded well beforehand. By Cole Blake October 14, 2024
Music Ebro Says Labels No Longer Want To Sign Rappers According to Ebro, labels are prioritizing African and Latin music. By Caroline Fisher August 17, 2023
Music Megan Thee Stallion & Milagro Gramz Case Faces Delay Thanks To Foolio Trial Recently, Milagro Gramz's lawyer asked a judge to reschedule the pretrial hearing in Megan Thee Stallion's lawsuit. By Caroline Fisher October 29, 2025
Music Rick Ross Gives Evasive Answer When Asked About Drake’s Monumental UMG Lawsuit The Drake and Rick Ross beef headlines have fallen to the wayside, but it's clear that Rozay still feels a way about his former collaborator. By Zachary Horvath April 29, 2025
Music Outkast & Salt-N-Pepa Are Hip-Hop's Latest Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Outkast and Salt-N-Pepa will join the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame alongside Soundgarden, Cyndi Lauper, and more this year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 28, 2025
Music Foxy Brown Appears To React To Diddy's Arrest In New York Diddy's arrest has everyone talking. By Alexander Cole September 17, 2024
Music Quavo Ordered To Pay $700K For Valet Assault Another legal obstacle for Quavo. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 26, 2024
Pop Culture Complex To Host Eminem Look Alike Competition In New York Very Soon A massive fleet of Eminem doppelgangers will be flocking to New York City next week for the ultimate bragging rights. By Zachary Horvath August 02, 2025
Music Sexyy Red Brings Out Latto, Yeat, & More For London Residency Sexyy Red's three-night-long club residency in London over the weekend appears to have been a massive success. By Cole Blake July 16, 2025