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Music Kanye West Wants To Help Tory Lanez Get Out Of Prison After Jail Stabbing Kanye West's supportive message to Top5 comes as Tory Lanez's legal team is alleging new evidence in his case will clear his name. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2025
Music Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg & Pat McAfee Donate $50K To Support Pittsburgh Public Schools Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg, and Pat McAfee are once again giving back to the Pittsburgh public school system with a big donation. By Devin Morton June 29, 2025
Music YNW Melly's Mother Claims He's "Pissed" At His Lawyers After Court Denied His Bond YNW Melly is awaiting his double murder retrial, and has been controversially locked up since 2019 with no chance for bond. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 21, 2025
Music A$AP Relli Secures A Major Legal Win In Defamation Lawsuit Against A$AP Rocky And Joe Tacopina A$AP Relli was warned by Judge Randolph M. Hammock about suing for defamation, but so far, his decision has paid off. By Zachary Horvath October 24, 2025
Music Akon Labels Former Friend Be.I A "Scammer" In Fiery Exchange Be.I has since responded to Akon's fiery comments, calling out Akon City and accusing him of also being a scammer as well. By Cole Blake July 30, 2025
Music Cardi B Walks Back Some Of Her "WAP" Lyrics After Showing Off Her Cooking Skills Cardi B is distracting herself from a nasty divorce from Offset, who recently filed for joint custody and for a 50/50 assets split. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 15, 2025
Music Lil Wayne's Rock Performance Divides Fans During Latest Concert Wayne famously experimented with the rock genre for his polarizing seventh studio album, "Rebirth," in 2010. By Cole Blake August 20, 2025
Music Soulja Boy Goes Ballistic On DDG And Challenges Him To Boxing Match Soulja Boy has not been letting up on DDG since the allegations from Halle Bailey arose almost a week ago. By Zachary Horvath May 19, 2025
Original Content Megan Thee Stallion Vs. Carl Crawford & 1501: A Complete History How did Megan Thee Stallion and 1501 Certified Entertainment get to this point? By Joshua Robinson September 01, 2022
Music Kanye West Reportedly Living "Upper-Class Homeless" In Tokyo While Crafting New Album Touré offered some alleged insight into Ye's situation. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 11, 2024
Music Busta Rhymes Honors D’Angelo With Emotional New Tribute Track “Magic” Busta Rhymes shares a beautiful tribute to D'Angelo with "Magic." By Tallie Spencer October 31, 2025
Music Lil Tjay Shows He Still Gets Love By Linking Up With Huge Crowd Of Fans Lil Tjay has plenty of individual beefs and controversies that send hate his way online, but all that changes once he actually steps outside. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 24, 2025