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Music How Tall Is Slim? Exploring The Cash Money Co-Founder's Height Unraveling the mystery surrounding Slim's height and delving into his influential role in music business. By Axl Banks February 14, 2024
Music Young Thug Mourns Lil Keed And Disses His YSL Affiliates While "Big And Mack" Snippet Surfaces Young Thug's "Big And Mack" snippet appears to tribute two friends whom he respected a lot more than some off his YSL crew. By Zachary Horvath September 06, 2025
Music Kanye West Pushes "Bully" Release Date Back Once Again Kanye West originally announced the project back in September 2024 and has delayed it multiple times in recent months. By Cole Blake July 18, 2025
Music Fetty Wap Doesn't Want To Make Music About Prison After His Release Fetty Wap recently stopped by "The Breakfast Club" to reflect on his career and predict what's to come after his release from jail. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music Jim Jones Declares Drake Is The GOAT, Praises His Pen Game Drake's recent three releases have certainly stirred the industry, and Jim Jones doesn't think anyone can match that impact. By Erika Marie May 28, 2026
Music Cardi B's Pregnancy Announcement Leads To Extreme Fan Reactions Cardi B confirmed that she is pregnant in an interview with Gayle King. Unsurprisingly, fans had a lot to say. By Devin Morton September 17, 2025
TV Joe Budden Questions Whether Or Not DJ Akademiks Wants War With Him DJ Akademiks has been calling out Joe Budden as of late, and the podcast host is curious about what's going on. By Alexander Cole May 06, 2026
Music J. Cole & Cam'ron Finally Settle Their Lawsuit J. Cole and Cam'ron were in a lawsuit involving the song "Ready '24," although the entire case has been officially settled. By Alexander Cole May 26, 2026
Music The Game Hints That He's Also Involved With Drake's "ICEMAN" The Game, despite having deep West Coast ties, has always been supportive of Drake's career and it seems he may be linking back up with him. By Zachary Horvath March 20, 2026
Music Bizarre Lawsuit Accuses Cardi B Of Violating Gang Code By Working With Megan Thee Stallion Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion previously collaborated on the popular singles, "WAP," as well as "Bongos." By Cole Blake August 28, 2025
Music Southside Says Young Thug Friendship Can't Bring Him To Work With Gunna Gunna and Young Thug's relationship is essentially over and its causing people to choose sides like trap producer Southside. By Zachary Horvath August 25, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Hits Offset With A Reality Check Following Lil Tjay Altercation Following an altercation with Lil Tjay on Monday, Offset spoke to DJ Akademiks, who had some words of wisdom. By Alexander Cole April 08, 2026