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Music Joe Budden Explains Why He Didn't Like Jay-Z's Roots Picnic Freestyle Joe Budden went on his podcast this week to discuss the recent Jay-Z freestyle, and he did not mince words. By Alexander Cole June 03, 2026
Music Young Thug Unleashes On Future With More Brutal Blows In Extended Leaked Jail Call The leaked Young Thug jail calls are getting more and more crippling as he continues to disparage Future in this lengthy clip. By Zachary Horvath September 06, 2025
Music Sheff G Shares Heartfelt Message As He Prepares For Prison Earlier this year, Sheff G pleaded guilty to attempted murder, and his sentencing is scheduled for next week. By Caroline Fisher August 06, 2025
Music Fetty Wap Looks Unbothered In New Prison Photo Fetty Wap was sentenced to a six-year prison sentence for drug trafficking in 2023, and is expected to be out in January of 2027. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 29, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy's Chicago Show Canceled Amid Rampant Security Concerns NBA YoungBoy was slated to perform at the United Center in Chicago on Wednesday, September 24th, but that appears to be dead in the water. By Alexander Cole September 23, 2025
Music Drake Submits Massive Witness List For His UMG Lawsuit Featuring Several High-Profile Names Drake is taking legal action against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar's diss track, "Not Like Us." By Cole Blake July 15, 2025
Music 50 Cent Reacts To Pooh Shiesty & His Father’s Arrest After FBI Raid Earlier this week, Pooh Shiesty and his father were both arrested following a raid of the rapper's Tennessee home. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2026
Music Joyner Lucas Fires Back At Skepta With New Diss Track, "Nobody Cares" Joyner Lucas and Skepta have been hinting at dropping diss tracks aimed at one another for the last couple of weeks. By Cole Blake July 15, 2025
Music Pusha T Addresses Why Jay-Z Didn’t Feature On New Clipse Album "Let God Sort Em Out" Pusha T and Malice recently pulled up to "The Breakfast Club" to talk about the new Clipse album and the fruitless Jay-Z collab rumors. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 14, 2025
Music The Game Responds After Being Exposed For Using Same Pick-up Line On Multiple Women The Game is still trying to find love and making things worse is that his go-to pick-up line isn't working. By Zachary Horvath March 20, 2026
Music Did JID Diss J. Cole? Dreamville Rapper Lashes Out At Label Boss & BET Awards In Deleted Tweets JID seemingly had some words for BET and J. Cole is a pair of since-deleted tweets. By Aron A. May 20, 2026
Music Cardi B Seemingly Trolls JT Again With Response To New Diss Track Cardi B and JT have now launched various diss tracks against one another, although it seems like their overt shots have turned subliminal. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 05, 2025