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Music Kodak Black & Zoe Spencer's Awkward Livestream Interaction Goes Viral Fans have been criticizing Kodak Black for the way he behaved with Zoe Spencer during her recent livestream. By Cole Blake September 15, 2025
Music Cleetis Mack Of Digital Underground Passes Away Cleetis Mack joined up with Digital Underground six years after Shock G, Chopmaster J, and Kenny-K founded the group. By Cole Blake April 28, 2026
Music Lil Woody Scolds Young Thug While Praising Offset For Working With Gunna YSL Woody has a love and hate dynamic with Young Thug. As for Gunna, he's found a new frequent Atlanta collaborator in Offset. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 11, 2025
Music Ray J Apologizes To Brandy For His Handling Of Shyne & Ma$e Drama Shyne and Ma$e reflected on their own relationships with Brandy during a recent episode of "It Is What It Is." By Cole Blake March 23, 2026
Music Snoop Dogg's "Smoke Weed Everyday" Trademark Gets Rejected For Several Reasons Snoop Dogg already owns a Los Angeles dispensary and Amsterdam coffeeshop that operate under the acronym, "S.W.E.D." By Cole Blake March 17, 2026
Music Live Nation & The DOJ Reach Settlement In Antitrust Case, Sort Of There's a lot of confusion and anger over the DOJ and Live Nation's agreed upon settlement and it seems this is nowhere near over yet. By Zachary Horvath March 09, 2026
Music Chromazz Labels Kendrick Lamar A "Nerd" And Questions Why Drake Bothered Dissing Him Kendrick Lamar and Drake famously traded several diss tracks back in 2024, before Lamar dropped the climactic "Not Like Us." By Cole Blake February 24, 2026
Music FBI Might Investigate Allegations Diddy Had Jennifer Lopez Carry His Gun In Shyne Nightclub Shooting: Report The feds are apparently looking far back into Diddy's past. By Cole Blake April 01, 2024
Music Kodak Black Reacts To Glorilla's Explicit Lyrics About Her Throat On BossMan DLow's "Finesse" Remix Kodak Black is loving Glorilla's latest verse. By Cole Blake March 31, 2024
Music Boosie Badazz Questions Why Diddy's Friends Aren't Speaking Up Boosie Badazz says friends are easier to come by when you're on top. By Cole Blake March 30, 2024
Music Doja Cat Responds To Criticism Of The Artwork For "Masc": "Let's Move Forward" Doja Cat has explained how the artwork came together. By Cole Blake March 30, 2024
Pop Culture Cardi B Performs "Bodak Yellow" For Rihanna, Jason Lee, Paris Hilton & More: Watch The baddies were both at Jason Lee's Hollywood Bash party, and now fans are asking for a collab more than ever. By Hayley Hynes March 27, 2024