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Music Joe Budden Expresses Interest In Rapping Again Joe Budden hasn't put out a new album in nearly nine full years, but he's seemingly found some urge to get back in the booth. By Zachary Horvath May 31, 2025
Music Wale Rips Radio Station For Backdoor Antics, Radio Personality Lore'l Reacts Wale's radio history includes chart-topping singles "Looking At Me," "Lotus Flower Bomb," and "Matrimony" with Usher. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 16, 2025
Politics Kanye West Labels Donald Trump The GOAT For His Latest Wild Idea Kanye West's latest post about Donald Trump comes after he recalled Frank Ocean warning him against supporting the president in 2016. By Cole Blake April 09, 2025
Music Pusha T Confirms New Clipse Album Is Fully Done And On His Phone The new Clipse album is almost here. By Cole Blake December 11, 2024
Music Lil Wayne Fans Shocked By Preview Of New Guitar-Led Song Given the poor reception to Lil Wayne's last album "Tha Carter VI," maybe this rock-adjacent approach will fare better than it did in 2010. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 02, 2025
Music Young Thug Breaks Silence On Viral "UY Scuti" Rumor Young Thug spoke negatively about several of his frequent collaborators in jail calls that leaked before "UY Scuti" dropped. By Cole Blake September 30, 2025
Music Cassie Voices Fear Of Diddy Retaliation In Powerful Victim Impact Statement Diddy faces up to 20 years in prison for two counts of transportation for prostitution, and he'll learn his fate on October 3. By Caroline Fisher September 30, 2025
Music Megan Thee Stallion Demands DJ Akademiks Reveal The Source Of His Tory Lanez DNA Leak Megan Thee Stallion has dragged DJ Akademiks into her ongoing defamation lawsuit against blogger Milagro Gramz. By Cole Blake September 23, 2025
Music Kanye West Complains To Playboi Carti About Pusha T's "Black Lives Matter" Verse In Old Clip This clip from the "Donda" sessions shows a scrapped Pusha T verse on the Kanye West, Playboi Carti, and Fivio Foreign collab "Off The Grid." By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 21, 2025
Music Senegal Officially Abandons Akon's Futuristic City Proposal Akon originally proposed the idea as a "real-life Wakanda" back in 2018, but the project's struggled to get off the ground. By Cole Blake July 09, 2025
Music Roddy Ricch Yet Again Delays His Highly-Anticipated "The Navy Album" Roddy Ricch has been teasing the release of his long-awaited "The Navy Album" for over a year at this point. By Cole Blake July 08, 2025
Music Missy Elliott’s Bank Account Off-Limits In Year-Long Songwriting Lawsuit Before Supa Dupa Fly, Missy Elliott was a part of a female foursome known as SISTA, mentored by DeVante Swing. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 14, 2025