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Music 6ix9ine Is Reportedly Staying At The Same Prison As Diddy After NYC Arrest 6ix9ine was arrested earlier this week for allegedly violating probation. By Caroline Fisher October 30, 2024
Music Drake Can't Catch A Break As The Houston Rockets Troll Him After Beating Toronto Raptors Toronto's been a sadly easy target this year for both NBA and hip-hop fans. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 23, 2024
Music Lil Wayne Squashes Super Bowl Beef With Kendrick Lamar After Phone Call Weezy buried the hatchet. By Elias Andrews December 16, 2024
Music Nicki Minaj Takes Aim At Shannon Sharpe & Jay-Z On Lil Wayne's “Banned From NO” Remix Nicki Minaj was left off the original version of Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter VI," but now, she has her very own remix with "Banned From NO." By Alexander Cole June 11, 2025
Music Drake Collaborator Smiley Reveals The 6ix God's Hardcore Work Ethic For His Next Solo Album Drake previously confirmed he's hard at work on a new solo album during a gambling livestream with Adin Ross. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 05, 2025
Music DeJ Loaf Responds After Fans Claim Coi Leray Is Copying Her Sound People believe that Leray is sliding into DeJ's lane, but Coi stated that she sounds like no one but herself. By Erika Marie February 26, 2021
Music 50 Cent Expresses Regret Over How Lloyd Banks & Tony Yayo's Careers Played Out In 50 Cent's book "Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter," he spoke about why Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo never were able to amass the same amount of success as himself. By Erika Marie May 07, 2020
Music A$AP Rocky Accidentally Shares "Grim Freestyle" The rapper accidentally previewed a new song on Instagram. By Madusa S. December 21, 2020
Music BG Explains How He "Toned Down" His New Album, "Freedom Of Speech," To Avoid Legal Trouble BG released his first studio album since getting out of prison in 2023, "Freedom of Speech," last Friday. By Cole Blake March 20, 2025
Music Erykah Badu Reveals She's Preparing An Album Entirely Produced By The Alchemist The highly-anticipated project will be Erykah Badu's first studio album in 15 years. By Cole Blake March 20, 2025
Music Cassie Joins Playboi Carti In Telling Kanye West To "STFU" After His Diddy Extortion Claims Kanye West's thoughts have been running wild on Twitter and Cassie has had just about enough of his outlandish outrage. By Zachary Horvath March 19, 2025
Music 21 Savage Urges Drake To Drop "ICEMAN" Drake's "Her Loss" collaborator, 21 Savage, is like a lot of the former's fans right now. He's just as ready for "ICEMAN" as they are. By Zachary Horvath August 20, 2025