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Music John Forté’s Cause Of Death Officially Revealed In January, John Forté was found unresponsive on his kitchen floor in Chilmark by a neighbor at the age of 50. By Caroline Fisher April 28, 2026
Music Joe Budden Accused Of Hypocrisy After Revealing He Took Ozempic Joe Budden revealed his experience with Ozempic on his podcast, which made folks look back at Melyssa Ford's remarks on her usage of it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 03, 2026
Music Wale & Stat Quo Get Into It After Stat Calls Rapper A "Buster" Stat Quo and Wale clapped back at each other online after Stat and Justin Hunte discussed Wale's "everything is a lot" album. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 09, 2026
Music Bobby Shmurda Has Chain Busted After Violent Minnesota Brawl Bobby Shmurda got into a nasty scuffle after someone reportedly provoked him while performing this past weekend. By Zachary Horvath December 15, 2025
Music J Prince Jr. Trades Shots With Finesse2Tymes Amid Mob Ties Dispute Finesse2Tymes has been demanding that J Prince Jr. let him out of his contract with Mob Ties in recent months. By Cole Blake March 30, 2026
Music Anonymous Source Alleges Drake's Latest Music Video Shoot Is For A Song With Lil Baby Drake has been all over Toronto shooting music videos, and according to one anonymous source, Lil Baby is involved. By Alexander Cole May 07, 2026
Music Gavin Newsom Makes Nicki Minaj Rant Again By Cosigning Megan Thee Stallion Nicki Minaj hates California governor Gavin Newsom, recently trashing his defense of transgender children and his political aspirations. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 13, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Finally Unveils Cover Art & Pre-Save Links For "Don't Be Dumb" A$AP Rocky is dropping "Don't Be Dumb" in due time, and it appears as though Tim Burton helped him with his cover art. By Alexander Cole December 17, 2025
Music The Game Calls Current Hip-Hop "Trash" And Claims He's One Of The Best MCs The Game was supposed to drop his first ever "Gangsta Grillz" mixtape this week, but it seems like it's still in the oven. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 28, 2025
Music Brian McKnight Allegedly Rejected Dying Son Niko's Plea For Love During a recent interview, Brian McKnight Jr. recalled a heartbreaking phone call he received from his brother Niko shortly before he died. By Caroline Fisher December 04, 2025
Music Joe Budden Is Ready To Investigate The DJ Akademiks & Charlamagne Tha God Beef Charlamagne Tha God has been attacked by one of DJ Akademiks' X accounts, and now, Joe Budden is weighing in. By Alexander Cole June 10, 2026
Music 50 Cent Suggests He's Making A New Album After Dropping Untitled Track If 50 Cent's "The Algorithm" is really on the way, then it might have more to do with his hip-hop beefs than his current career status. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2026