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Music Wack 100 Confronts Bodyguard Who Claims Busta Rhymes Is Gay The music exec doesn't believe it. By Elias Andrews December 05, 2024
Music 6ix9ine Reveals How Many Years In Prison He's Facing Following Mall Altercation Following an altercation at a mall, 6ix9ine is facing some serious jail time as he violated his probation, yet again. By Alexander Cole October 29, 2025
Music Drake's "ICEMAN" Exits Number One Spot On Billboard 200 In Fifth Week Given how much people will continue to play Drake's "ICEMAN" into the summer and beyond, we're sure it could get more chart-topping weeks. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 21, 2026
Music Nicki Minaj’s Mother Rushes To Papa Bear’s Defense After Cardi B Alleges He’s Disabled Nicki Minaj and Cardi B traded some fiery insults on X recently, and their small children even got dragged into the feud. By Caroline Fisher October 08, 2025
Music Fat Joe Reflects On His Road To Friendship With 50 Cent On Mogul’s 50th Birthday 50 Cent and Fat Joe buried their rivalry years ago. They have been frequently seen courtside at New York Knicks games. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 06, 2025
Music Drake Has More Bars For His Haters On Yet Another New "ICEMAN" Snippet DJ Akademiks already apologized to Drake for sharing another "ICEMAN" snippet this week, specifically on J. Cole's release night. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 07, 2026
Music Drake Shares Wholesome Moment With His Son Adonis Backstage In an adorable new clip, Drake is seen greeting his 7-year-old son Adonis backstage at one of his concerts. By Caroline Fisher July 21, 2025
Music 50 Cent Piles On Jim Jones By Seemingly Linking Up With His Landlord Earlier today, 50 cent shared footage of Jim Jones allegedly trying to get back into his allegedly evicted podcast studio. By Zachary Horvath February 20, 2026
Music Rod Wave Reportedly Arrested On Gun Charge In Atlanta Very few details about this alleged arrest have surfaced at press time, which sadly is not Rod Wave's only legal debacle these days. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 08, 2025
Music Gene Simmons Makes Racist Comments About Rappers Making The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame It's not my music. I don't come from the ghetto. It doesn't speak my language." By Tallie Spencer February 12, 2026
Music Young Thug Says He Helped Squash Lil Baby & 21 Savage Beef In New Interview Young Thug sat down for a conversation with Big Bank, where he discussed several recent happenings and discussed some past issues as well. By Devin Morton September 07, 2025
Music Drake Debuts "What Did I Miss" Live At Wireless Festival Drake's "What Did I Miss" addresses the aftermath of the rap star's battle with Kendrick Lamar. He doesn't name anyone. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 12, 2025