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Music Fans Turn On Gucci Mane Amid Pooh Shiesty Snitching Allegations Pooh Shiesty was recently arrested for allegedly kidnapping and robbing Gucci Mane to get out of his 1017 contract. By Caroline Fisher April 06, 2026
Music Kanye West & NBA YoungBoy Drop Surprise Song Sampling Playboi Carti Kanye West just took to his Instagram where he shared a new song that features NBA YoungBoy and a DJ Swamp Izzo sample. By Alexander Cole May 21, 2025
Music Joe Budden Dragged For Comments On Megan Thee Stallion's "Call Of Duty" Denial These alleged comments about Megan Thee Stallion on "The Joe Budden Podcast" are up for interpretation, but nonetheless divisive. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 23, 2025
Pop Culture Donald Trump Officially Pardons NBA YoungBoy & Commutes Larry Hoover’s Sentence Donald Trump had a long list of pardons released earlier today and NBA YoungBoy was on it. Larry Hoover is also getting a shorter sentence. By Zachary Horvath May 28, 2025
Music T.I. Reveals Which Rapper Gave Him "The Greatest Ass-Whooping" On A Song T.I.'s comments on which rapper lyrically bested him are very curious, mainly due to his ongoing beef with 50 Cent. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 07, 2026
Music Big Sean Denies Fake Ab Allegations As Social Media Users Compare Him To Drake According to Big Sean, his physique is all natural, despite whatever social media sleuths have to say about it. By Caroline Fisher July 09, 2025
Music What Happened To Chrisean Rock's Tooth? Among everything else that happened, 2020 was the year Chrisean Rock got her tooth knocked out. By Brittnye Webb-Earl March 01, 2023
Relationships Jayda Cheaves Alleges That Lil Baby Did Sleep With Ari Fletcher Jayda Cheaves is stepping forward and claiming that the history between Lil Baby and Ari Fletcher is more than just a rumor. By Zachary Horvath January 17, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Speculates Drake’s "4PM In Calabasas" Is A Diddy Diss After Cassie Testimony Cassie recently accused Diddy of physically assaulting her after learning she'd be attending Drake's OVO Fest. By Caroline Fisher May 14, 2025
Music Drake Fans Are Convinced He Just Revealed "ICEMAN's" Release Date The hype for Drake's "ICEMAN" is as high as it's ever been, and rumors of rollout strategies and features are becoming more inescapable. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 14, 2026
Music Drake Angry With DJ Akademiks For Leaking His Snippet On J. Cole's Big Night It appears that Drake did not in fact sign off on DJ Akademiks teasing this snippet. But the question still remains: What's up with J. Cole? By Zachary Horvath February 06, 2026
Music NBA YoungBoy Affiliate Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison Over Fatal Car Crash D Dawg pleaded no contest to charges of negligent homicide and illegal carrying of weapons with controlled dangerous substances. By Cole Blake November 12, 2025