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Music Lil Nas X To Spend The Weekend In Jail After Bizarre Stroll Through Los Angeles Yesterday, Lil Nas X was arrested on suspicion of battery on a cop after being spotted roaming the streets in his underwear. By Caroline Fisher August 22, 2025
Music Lil Nas X Posts Flurry Of Random Images & Snippets Amid Demands Of "DREAMBOY" Lil Nas X has unfortunately lost a lot of momentum to no fault of his own as he went through a major health scare. By Zachary Horvath August 20, 2025
Music Drake Teams Up With Amazon For New Virtual Merch Warehouse Drake's new virtual Amazon warehouse features t-shirts, posters, hats, tote bags, exclusive vinyl, and much more. By Caroline Fisher August 20, 2025
Music R Kelly Takes Another Loss In Court As Judge Refuses To Remove Prosecutors From Case A judge recently called R Kelly's request to disqualify the U.S. Attorney’s Office from his case was "extreme." By Caroline Fisher August 20, 2025
Music Scarface Shouts Out Jay-Z & DJ Khaled For Helping Him During Scary COVID-19 Battle In 2020, Scarface went through a life-threatening bout of COVID-19, and he recently thanked Jay-Z and DJ Khaled for helping him out. By Devin Morton August 17, 2025
Music Steve Lacy Takes A Turn On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update Steve Lacy introduced us to his next era on "R&B Season," whereas Coco Jones updated her previous one with a new deluxe. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 17, 2025
Music Chrisean Rock Hard Launches New Relationship With Soulja Boy’s Artist HoodTrophy Bino Chrisean Rock became famous as a contestant on a short-lived dating series by Blueface. They share a son together. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 17, 2025
Music Lil Yachty Pens Wholesome Thank You For Tyler The Creator Being "One Of The Few Mentors" He Has Lil Yachty and Tyler The Creator are longtime friends, and the former has served as an opening act on the "Chromakopia World Tour." By Zachary Horvath August 16, 2025
Music Earl Sweatshirt Reportedly Dropping New Album "Live Laugh Love" Very Soon Earl Sweatshirt's rumored new album will allegedly include contributions from Vince Staples, Donald Glover, Bktherula, and many more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 16, 2025
Music Young Thug Gets Iced Out By Metro Boomin For His 34th Birthday At The Weeknd Concert Young Thug has a lot to be thankful for on his 34th birthday and we are happy to see him getting the chance to celebrate it with friends. By Zachary Horvath August 16, 2025
Music Sean Kingston Hit With Prison Sentence For Wire Fraud Conviction Sean Kingston's mother Janice Turner received a five-year prison sentence for her own wire fraud conviction in this case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 15, 2025
Music Lil Yachty & PlaqueBoyMax Cook Up "In The Booth" On Stream With The Concrete Boys Lil Yachty and PlaqueBoyMax also hosted Dc2trill, Draft Day, and Camo! for their "In The Booth" livestream. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 14, 2025