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Music Finesse2tymes Reveals He Might Be Heading Back To Jail Over FNG King Incident Finesse2tymes allegedly got into a major dispute with a woman claiming to be FNG King's guardian, earlier this year. By Cole Blake May 01, 2025
Music Kanye West Targets Kendrick Lamar During Passionate Rant With Drake Affiliate Top5 Kanye West seems to have switched up his opinion of Kendrick Lamar several times in the past couple of months. By Caroline Fisher May 01, 2025
Music TDE Punch Jokes That He's Done With The "Ticket Business" As Kendrick Lamar & SZA's Tour Ramps Up Kendrick Lamar and SZA are scheduled to continue performing on the "Grand National" tour through August 9th. By Cole Blake April 30, 2025
Music Kanye West Snaps On Pusha T In Fiery Livestream Rant Kanye West brought up Pusha T's infamous feud with Drake while criticizing his former collaborator. By Cole Blake April 29, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Surprisingly Gives Major Props To Kendrick Lamar For His "Grand National Tour" DJ Akademiks, who has defended Drake throughout his feud with Kendrick Lamar, took a nuanced position on the tour. By Cole Blake April 28, 2025
Music Lil Durk Leaves DJ Akademiks Stunned With Unforeseen Phone Call From Behind Bars DJ Akademiks has previously interviewed Lil Durk and extensively covered the rapper's murder-for-hire allegations. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 28, 2025
Music BigXThaPlug Iced Out Jimmy Kimmel With 100k Chain Before Late-Nite Perfromance Of "Take Care" BigXThaPlug prepared for his world tour with Lil Baby with an outstanding set at Coachella 2025. Lil Baby's Wham Tour begins next month. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 24, 2025
Pop Culture Ray J Shares Way Too Much Information As He Reacts To Shannon Sharpe’s $50M Lawsuit Shannon Sharpe is being sued by an anonymous woman accusing him of rape and sexual assault, which he denies. By Caroline Fisher April 24, 2025
Music Lil Wayne Will Hit Las Vegas For "Shared" Residency Shows, The First Of Their Kind Two venues in Las Vegas have essentially joined forces to provide two different Lil Wayne residencies back to back. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 15, 2024
Music Young Thug Trial: Brian Steel Compares The DA To "Communist Russia" Brian Steel is working harder than ever. By Alexander Cole June 13, 2024
Music Megan Thee Stallion Shades Charlamagne Over Arena Criticism Meg is officially playing arenas now. By Elias Andrews June 12, 2024
Music 50 Cent Deletes Controversial Michael Rainey Jr. Post Amid Public Outcry 50 Cent has caved to public outcry. By Cole Blake June 11, 2024