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Music Diddy Wants Out Of Dawn Richard's Lawsuit In New Motion Dawn Richard was apart of Diddy's Danity Kane and Dirty Money groups after being a contestant on Making The Band. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 17, 2025
Music Gunna Reveals How He Lost "30-40 Pounds" After Prison Release Gunna plans to stay in shape. By Cole Blake April 16, 2024
Music DJ Akademiks Believes LeBron James' Absence From Caribana Shows He Was Never That Close With Drake A few days ago, Drake's close friend OVO Chubbs taunted LeBron James over missing Caribana amid the two superstars' beef. By Zachary Horvath August 05, 2025
Music Cardi B Garners Fans' Praises & Potshots Over New Single "Imaginary Playerz" Cardi B's homage to a Jay-Z classic drew a lot of acclaim from hardcore fans and some skepticism from others. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 15, 2025
Music Marc Lamont Hill Goes Off On Brian McKnight For Claiming He Could "Destroy" Him Marc Lamont Hill labeled Brian McKnight an "asshole" and explained his reasoning in lengthy detail on "The Joe Budden Podcast." By Cole Blake November 26, 2025
Music Dame Dash Claps Back After Cam'ron Previews New Diss Track "Do The Dusky" Cam'ron and Dame Dash have been beefing for a while, and now, Cam is back with a diss track, "Do The Dusky." By Alexander Cole May 04, 2026
Music 21 Savage Inspires Various Hip-Hop Artists To Condemn "The Streets" Pooh Shiesty, YFN Lucci, and G Herbo are the latest rappers to follow 21 Savage's lead and seemingly leave "the streets" behind. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 19, 2025
Music Joey Bada$$ Reveals He Was Crip Walking To Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” All Summer According to Joey Bada$$, his goal was "never to come for the West Coast," and he meant no disrespect to Kendrick Lamar. By Caroline Fisher August 20, 2025
Music Drake Is On Pace To Have His Biggest Year Ever On Spotify After Latest Feat With the new album "ICEMAN" presumably coming soon, it's likely that Drake will have even more success to boast by the end of the year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 19, 2025
Music "The Joe Budden Podcast" Debates Their Issues With Lil Wayne's New Album "Tha Carter VI" While "The Joe Budden Podcast" had some criticisms of Lil Wayne's new album, they also had praise for "Tha Carter VI" and its lyricism. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 07, 2025
Music YNW Melly's Lawyer Under Investigation As Judge Sets Retrial Date YNW Melly's attorney has reportedly been under investigation for 18 months for possible alleged witness tampering. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 17, 2025
Music Drake Honors Lil Wayne Ahead Of "ICEMAN" It's been a while since we've had a Drake and Lil Wayne collab, but maybe Drizzy's latest move on Instagram is a sign of things to come. By Zachary Horvath May 01, 2026