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Music 6ix9ine Claims He's Going Back To Jail Because A Close Friend Snitched On Him 6ix9ine pleaded guilty to violating the terms of his supervised release in 2025 and will spend the next three months in jail. By Cole Blake January 07, 2026
Music Chris Brown Addresses Fans' Massive Ticket Issues For "Breezy Bowl" Tour Chris Brown fans have reportedly gotten their tickets invalidated for unexplained reasons, which led to some backlash. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 04, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claims He Has The Release Date For Drake's "ICEMAN" Drake has been teasing "ICEMAN" for months and months now, and the hype from DJ Akademiks and the wider OVO fanbase is reaching peak levels. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 25, 2026
Music North West Shows Off Her Producing Talents With Beat Snippet North West had a lot of involvement with her dad's first "Vultures" album in 2024, so it's not a surprise that she's experimenting. By Zachary Horvath January 02, 2026
Music Papoose Completely Unleashes On 50 Cent With Surprise Diss Track "Agent Provocateur" Papoose remains one of the fiercest MCs out there, and with 50 Cent on a war path, it appears as though diss tracks are flying. By Alexander Cole March 11, 2026
Music 50 Cent Savagely Taunts Diddy For His Four-Year Prison Sentence You knew that once Diddy received his punishment, 50 Cent was going to be there to share his over-the-top reaction. By Zachary Horvath October 03, 2025
Music NLE Choppa Channels Tupac To Reveal Shocking New Look NLE Choppa not only debuted a new look seemingly inspired by Tupac, but he also announced a diss track coming out later today. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 07, 2025
Music Fat Joe Finally Breaks Silence On Disturbing Allegations In Terrance Dixon’s Lawsuit Fat Joe's former hypeman, Terrance Dixon, filed a $20 million lawsuit against him in New York, earlier this month. By Cole Blake June 25, 2025
Music What We Learned From Clipse’s GQ Interview: Kendrick Lamar Feature, "Story Of Adidon" Politics & More From Pusha T's beef with Kanye and Jim Jones to how Kendrick Lamar became the catalyst for the Clipse's departure from Def Jam. By Aron A. June 04, 2025
Music Diddy Trial Stops Jury Deliberations Due To A Juror Being Confused About Their Instructions Both prosecutors and defense attorneys in the Diddy trial gave Judge Arun Subramanian suggestions on how to proceed. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 30, 2025
Music Kevin McCall & Chris Brown Trade Shots: A Timeline Of Beef From hit records to EBT cards, here's what went wrong between Kevin McCall and Chris Brown. By Aron A. October 26, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Breaks Silence In First On-Camera Interview With NBC: "I Believe I Was Wrongfully Convicted" "The amount of new evidence that has emerged since that trial has been overwhelming," Lanez said. By Tallie Spencer December 18, 2025