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Music Mo3's Alleged Killer Gets Trial Delayed While Yella Beezy's Case Sees Problems Prosecutors claim that Yella Beezy hired hitman Kewon White to kill Mo3 in Dallas back in 2020, and they are facing separate trials. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 16, 2026
Music Drake Sends Odd Message About "Good Times" Amid "Iceman" Rollout Ahead of the release of the new album "Iceman," Drake is busy overseas on tour. How many good times can he have before they're draining? By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 18, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Admits He Was Terrified During Casanova Confrontation At Barclays Center According to 6ix9ine, he was severely outnumbered when he clashed with Casanova's crew at Barclays Center in 2018. By Caroline Fisher September 29, 2025
Music Tyler The Creator Postpones Camp Flog Gnaw Due To Heavy Storm In L.A. Tyler, The Creator's Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival will now take place next weekend, which is sad news for folks traveling for it right now. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 14, 2025
Music Rick Ross Has A Blast With His New Girlfriend During Trip To Target Rick Ross and his new girlfriend, Jazzma Kendrick, made their red carpet debut at the launch of his RR22 brand, earlier this month. By Cole Blake August 25, 2025
Music Lil Wayne Opens Up About His Relationships With Drake & Kendrick Lamar In his new "Rolling Stone" cover Story Lil Wayne admits that he refused to watch Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show. By Caroline Fisher April 17, 2025
Music Orlando Brown Receives Apologies From Fans For His Old Comments Following Diddy Arrest Many fans feel like Orlando Brown's thoughts on Diddy might not be as wild and unfounded as they initially thought. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 23, 2024
Music Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist Secure Solid First Week Sales For New Album "Alfredo 2" This is the biggest debut sales week for both Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist, which is a great achievement to see. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 07, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Passionately Argues That Drake Needs Hits On "ICEMAN" Recently, folks in Drake's circle have encouraged him to ditch the hits for more bar-heavy tracks, but DJ Akademiks completely disagrees. By Zachary Horvath April 03, 2026
Music Jay Electronica Finally Releases "Act 1" & "Act 2" On Streaming Both of these Jay Electronica projects now appear on Apple Music, although only one of them is available on Spotify at press time. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 18, 2025
Music Bill Maher Catches Heat For Suggesting Cassie's Responsible If Diddy Is Acquitted In Trial Bill Maher believes Cassie's text messages to Diddy might lead him to avoid a conviction in his federal sex trafficking trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 01, 2025
Original Content Kanye West's "College Dropout" Songs Ranked, Best to Worst It's arguably one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time, and we're ranking all the songs on Ye's celebrated record. By Wyatt Westlake April 04, 2023