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Music Kendrick Lamar Blows The Roof Off Crypto.com Arena After Popping Out For Playboi Carti's Show Kendrick Lamar made the most of his time back in Los Angeles on Tuesday night as he found himself at the Playboi Carti show. By Alexander Cole October 15, 2025
Music Teenage NBA YoungBoy Fan Hit With Felony Assault Charge After Mauling Usher NBA YoungBoy's concert in Kansas City got incredibly violent when a teenager pounced on an usher working the show and whaled on him. By Zachary Horvath October 01, 2025
Music Yella Beezy Wants Informants' Names Before Mo3 Murder Trial Yella Beezy will stand trial for allegedly hiring a hitman to murder Mo3 in 2020 on February 2 of next year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 29, 2025
Music Young Thug Is The Biggest Star On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update In addition to Young Thug's new album "UY SCUTI," "Fire Emoji" boasts new drops from Danny Brown and Mobb Deep this week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 27, 2025
Pop Culture Ray J Warns That A RICO "Worse Than Diddy" Is Allegedly Coming For The Kardashians Ray J also recently took aim at Kim Kardashian for not donating to Kai Cenat's livestream after making an appearance. By Cole Blake September 24, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Turns Fans Up In Mexico City As South American Leg Of The "GNX" Tour Begins Kendrick Lamar has just a handful of shows left for this successful "GNX" tour, which will wrap in December in Australia. By Zachary Horvath September 24, 2025
Music Celeste Rivas Vigil Ignites Calls For Justice After Teen Is Found Dead In D4vd’s Car The severely decomposed body of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas was discovered in the trunk of a Tesla registered to D4vd earlier this month. By Caroline Fisher September 22, 2025
Music Young Thug Previews “UY Scuti” With Another New Snippet Amid Delays Young Thug's fourth studio album "UY Scuti" is slated for release on September 26 after being pushed back out of respect for Cardi B. By Caroline Fisher September 19, 2025
Music D4vd’s “Romantic Homicide” Climbs Charts After Missing Teen Is Found In His Tesla The body of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas, who went missing last year, was found in an impounded Tesla registered to D4vd this month. By Caroline Fisher September 19, 2025
Music Drake, Yeat, & Julia Wolf's "Dog House" Has Strong Spotify Opening Day Drake, Yeat, and Julia Wolf's "DOG HOUSE" was the most-streamed rap song of the day when it dropped, a potentially encouraging sign. By Devin Morton September 14, 2025
Music Mariah Carey Receives Storied Video Vanguard Award And Performs Medley Of Hits At VMAs Mariah Carey was celebrated like the true icon she is at the VMAs and reciprocated by putting on a stunning performance to boot. By Zachary Horvath September 08, 2025
Music Wack 100 Explains New Street Rules After Young Thug Scandal Wack 100 compared the current accusations against Young Thug to those that Gunna faced early in the YSL RICO trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 29, 2025