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Music Salt-N-Pepa's Federal Recording Lawsuit Against UMG Has Been Dismissed Salt-N-Pepa's federal suit against UMG was a long battle, one that started to grow legs in 2022. However, they didn't emerge victorious. By Zachary Horvath January 09, 2026
Music Wu-Tang Clan Says Goodbye To Oliver "Power" Grant With Powerful Tribute Oliver "Power" Grant sadly passed away last week and his Wu-Tang Clan brethren have been struggling to stomach the loss. By Zachary Horvath March 02, 2026
Music Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae Knock Kendrick Lamar & SZA's "luther" Off The Hot 100 Throne Kendrick Lamar and SZA did something unprecedented for the hip-hop genre with "luther" and that cannot be ignored despite this news. By Zachary Horvath May 27, 2025
Music Travis Scott Wants To Announce His Next Album Title But Fears "People Aren't Going To Understand It" La Flame isn't ready to let the cat out of the bag just yet, but he does have some wild collaborations he's envisioning. By Zachary Horvath February 10, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Dethrones Drake Once Again With Impressive Spotify Feat Recently, it was revealed that Kendrick Lamar pulled off yet another boastworthy streaming feat, surpassing Drake. By Caroline Fisher March 02, 2025
Music Chlöe Bailey Shows Off Her Beat Making Skills, Fans React Chlöe Bailey released her latest album, Trouble In Paradise, August 2024. The album features YG Marley, Jeremih, and Ty Dolla $ign. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 17, 2025
Music Billy McFarland Sells Fyre Festival Brand On eBay, Is Disappointed In "Low" Price Fyre Festival creator Billy McFarland sold off the infamous festival's IP to an eBay bidder after initially struggling to attract a buyer. By Devin Morton July 16, 2025
Music TMZ Reporter Who Interrogated Kanye West About Bianca Censori, Arrested For Public Intoxication: Report She was scolded by Ye after she asked if Bianca had "her free will." By Zachary Horvath March 06, 2024
Music Kanye West Claims He Finally Wants To Drop “YANDHI” Social media users have mixed feelings about Kanye West claiming he wants to drop "YANDHI" several years later. By Caroline Fisher May 02, 2025
Music French Montana Skates By On A Technicality In Multi-Year Sampling Lawsuit French Montana had been locked into a copyright lawsuit with producer Eddie Lee Richardson over an instrumental. By Zachary Horvath October 17, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Slams Megan Thee Stallion’s Team For Trying To Make Him Pay For Deposition Earlier this week, DJ Akademiks did his second deposition over Megan Thee Stallion and Milagro Gramz's case. By Caroline Fisher October 23, 2025
Music d4vd Loses Partnerships With Sony Music & The·Team Amid Arrest The news of d4vd's arrest has led to him to losing deals with labels and now publishing entities as the Celeste Rivas case takes shape. By Zachary Horvath April 17, 2026