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Music 50 Cent Brutally Rejects Dame Dash’s Truce Attempt Earlier this month, Dame Dash took to Instagram to reveal that he wants to squash his beef with both Cam'ron and 50 Cent. By Caroline Fisher September 23, 2025
Music Diddy's Twins Hit Their Senior Prom In Matching Red Dresses After Attending Dad's Trial Diddy has missed several of The Combs Twins coming-of-age events as he addresses his legal battles in New York. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 18, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Alleges Dave Free Asked Him If Drake Was Paying Him According to DJ Akademiks, he was incredibly offended by a question he was asked at Kendrick Lamar and SZA's show. By Caroline Fisher June 11, 2025
Music Wack 100 Suggests That He's Been The One Leaking Young Thug's Jail Calls The internet has been wondering who's been leaking these Young Thug jail calls and it seems like Wack 100 may have just blown his cover. By Zachary Horvath September 05, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist Are Reportedly Dropping "Alfredo 2" Soonn Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist dropped a modern classic with "Alfredo" in 2020, so developments on a sequel are exciting. By Zachary Horvath June 25, 2025
Music Clipse & John Legend Perform “The Birds Don’t Sing” As 1st Rap Act Ever At The Vatican Clipse is the first hip hop act ever to perform at The Vatican. They created their latest album with Pharrell Williams in France. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 13, 2025
Music Wack 100 Claims Pooh Shiesty's Dad Has Been A Snitch Since 2009 Pooh Shiesty's father, Lontrell Williams Sr., was also arrested in connection to his case which involves the alleged kidnapping of Gucci Mane. By Zachary Horvath April 03, 2026
Music U.S. Department Of War Uses Chief Keef's "Love Sosa" In New Ad Chief Keef has some pretty epic and hype tracks in his catalog and the U.S. Department of War decided to call on him for their new ad. By Zachary Horvath January 17, 2026
Music 50 Cent Hilariously Chimes In On The Ja Rule Jumping Rumors Ja Rule has been the trending topic today after allegedly getting jumped on Thursday, November 21 at a concert. By Zachary Horvath November 21, 2025
Music 6ix9ine & Adin Ross Drop Offensive Diss Track Aimed At Lil Durk, Doechii, Gigi Alayah, & More 6ix9ine, Adin Ross, and Cuffem hopped on stream last night, and it resulted in an offensive diss track aimed at their "opps." By Alexander Cole December 31, 2025
Pop Culture Lil Peep's Tattoos & Their Meanings Late rapper Lil Peep had around 59 tattoos at the time of his death. Here's a look at some of their meanings. By Josh Megson March 30, 2023
Music Ab-Soul Addresses Disappointing Freestyle On Kai Cenat's "Mafiathon 3" Stream Ab-Soul appeared on the "On The Radar" segment on Kai Cenat's "Mafiathon 3" stream and underwhelmed. He went live to address it. By Devin Morton September 28, 2025