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Music Dr. Dre & Ice Cube's Sir Jinx Sues Warner, Atlantic, & UMG Over Legendary West Coast Rapper Yo-Yo Sir Jinx ain't playing with Yo-Yo and the record labels. By Bryson "Boom" Paul January 01, 2025
Music Pooh Shiesty Reacts With Jubilation After Being Released Early From Federal Prison Pooh Shiesty had previously been convicted of firearms and drug trafficking charges. Last night, he was released from prison early. By Alexander Cole October 07, 2025
Music Dame Dash Assets Approved For Auction As Financial Fallout Continues Dash originally filed for bankruptcy back in September, citing unpaid taxes, child support, legal judgments, and more. By Cole Blake October 02, 2025
Music Sean Kingston & His Mother Must Pay Fraud Victim Almost $40K Sean Kingston and Janice Turner were convicted of a $1 million fraud scheme and will now serve their respective sentences. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 29, 2025
Music Young Thug Says Drake, Lil Baby & 21 Savage Stood By Him Amid Call Leaks Young Thug's comments about – and to – Drake, Lil Baby, and 21 Savage in leaked jail calls caused a lot of beef rumors... Which persist. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 26, 2025
Music Diddy Forced To Explain Why He Wants To Wear His Own Clothes In Court Diddy was found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in his high-profile criminal trial By Cole Blake September 26, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Hits The Studio With Jim Jones Ahead Of "BABY BOI" Album Hip-hop fans may not expect these two artists to work together, but Playboi Carti and Jim Jones have an odd commonality in the game. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 25, 2025
Music A Comprehensive List Of Every Single Person Who Wrote A Character Letter For Diddy Diddy was found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in his high-profile criminal trial By Cole Blake September 23, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Boldly Accuses Iggy Azalea Of Paying Tory Lanez's Legal Fees Iggy Azalea previously voiced her support for Tory Lanez back in 2022, before he was convicted of shooting Megan Thee Stallion. By Cole Blake September 17, 2025
Music Mos Def Wants All The Smoke, Teams With King Los & Black Thought To Issue An Open Rap Challenge To Any Rapper Mos Def’s Brooklyn rap style has been acknowledged by many in hip hop, ranging from Drake to Joey Bada$$ to Jay-Z. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 12, 2025
Music Benzino Claims Young Thug's Jail Calls Are Leaked By The U.S. Government Benzino's rap career began in the 90s, it has included beefs with 50 Cent, Eminem, Fat Joe, and his daughter Coi Leray. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 07, 2025
Music Math Teacher Goes Viral With Back-To-School Rap Over Drake’s “Nokia” Drake’s “Nokia,” which appeared on $ome $exy $songs 4 U reached No. 1 on the Billboard Rhythmic charts and almost dethroned “Luther.” By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 23, 2025