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Music Lil Poppa Memorial Shooting Sends Four Victims To Hospital Lil Poppa's life was being celebrated at a memorial service over the weekend, but it was sadly interrupted by a gunman still on the run. By Zachary Horvath February 23, 2026
Music North West Joins Kanye As She Signs To Gamma Amid His "Bully" Deal Amid the rapid growth in North West's music career, Kanye West's eldest is inking a deal with rising label gamma. just like him. By Zachary Horvath February 20, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar's Fans & Haters Have A Field Day With His Baby Keem Features Baby Keem had a few other stellar guests on his new album "Ca$ino," but Kendrick Lamar's appearances caused a lot of conversation. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 20, 2026
Music Baby Keem Ramps Up Excitement For "Ca$ino" With New Snippet Baby Keem's new album "Ca$ino" is just hours away from dropping and fans cannot wait for second LP to finally arrive. By Zachary Horvath February 19, 2026
Music 50 Cent Offers Advice On Enemies After Ja Rule Says They’ll “Never” Squash Beef Earlier this week, Ja Rule opened up about his longtime feud with 50 Cent and Tony Yayo after confronting the latter on a plane. By Caroline Fisher February 19, 2026
Music Jacksonville Rapper Lil Poppa Dead At 25 The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office has confirmed that Lil Poppa was pronounced dead at 11:23 a.m. ET today. By Caroline Fisher February 18, 2026
Music Bad Bunny To Star In Residente's Directorial Debut Alongside A Star-Studded Cast The announcement comes after Bad Bunny put on a historic performance in the Super Bowl Halftime Show, earlier this month. By Cole Blake February 18, 2026
Music Astroworld Crowd Crush Survivor Recalls His Sister’s Tragic Death Four years ago today, 23-year-old Madison Dubiski lost her life in a deadly crowd crush at Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival. By Caroline Fisher November 05, 2025
Music Master P Pays Tribute To Young Bleed With The Help Of A.I. Young Bleed passed away, earlier this week, after suffering a brain aneurysm following his performance on "Verzuz." By Cole Blake November 05, 2025
Music 50 Cent Claims Diddy Is Looking A Little Too Happy In Prison Diddy was transferred to FCI Fort Dix, last week, where he will serve the remainder of his prison sentence. By Cole Blake November 03, 2025
Music Kanye West And Kodak Black Song Leaks Ahead Of "BULLY" Kanye West is supposedly releasing "BULLY" once and for all this Friday, November 7, despite a past of numerous delays. By Zachary Horvath November 03, 2025
Music Big U's Son Allegedly Shot & Killed In Los Angeles The Los Angeles Police Department still hasn't confirmed whether a shooting victim is really Eugene "Big U" Henley's son. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 01, 2025