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Music Joey Bada$$ Declares 2025 As The Best Year For Rap This Decade The 2020s have been a great decade so far for the genre, with multiple future classics, but Joey Bada$$ feels 2025 has been the best. By Zachary Horvath September 10, 2025
Music d4vd Hands Out Labubus At Minneapolis Performance Amid Dead Body Investigation d4vd was reported to be doing okay and working with the police on this shocking dead body investigation that started this week. By Zachary Horvath September 10, 2025
Music Ksoo Issues Message About Rats In The Rap Game Amid Murder Conviction Ksoo was charged with first-degree murder of fellow Florida rapper Lil' Buck over an alleged diss track and gang rivalry. By Zachary Horvath September 09, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Accuses Young Thug Of Pandering With Controversial LGBTQ+ Comments Young Thug remarked that he doesn't trust men who aren't open about their sexuality while discussing snitching. By Cole Blake September 09, 2025
Music Quality Control’s P Taunts Young Thug With Documentary Plans Amid Snitching Allegations According to Quality Control CEO P, he plans to share his side of the story in exchange for a hefty paycheck. By Caroline Fisher September 08, 2025
Music Wack 100 Claims Drake Has A 28-Minute Jail Call Of Young Thug Trashing Drizzy Drake and Young Thug have been incredibly supportive of one another as of late, so this allegation from Wack 100 raised many eyebrows. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2025
Music Kanye West Hit With Sampling Lawsuit For "DONDA 2" Track "LORD LIFT ME UP" Kanye West has been tangled up in plenty of lawsuits of this faction as he's facing another one for "Donda" as well. By Zachary Horvath September 05, 2025
Music Lil Baby Roasted By Fans For Not Dropping New Album "The Leak$" There are many theories as to why Lil Baby didn't drop "The Leak$" as announced, none of which have been confirmed. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2025
Music Fans Resurface Clip Of GloRilla Performing With Mariah The Scientist After Young Thug's Leaked Jail Call Young Thug labeled GloRilla ugly in a hate-filled rant that found its way onto social media, earlier this week. By Cole Blake September 05, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Goes Off On Young Thug Again As Snitching Scandal Persists Young Thug has been facing tons of backlash online as various controversial audio clips of him have been leaking. By Cole Blake September 04, 2025
Reviews Vybz Kartel Meets Toronto: Drake & OVO Roll Out The Red Carpet For The Worl' Boss A night celebrating legacy and legend, Toronto welcomed Vybz Kartel as one of their own, with help from Drake and OVO. By Aron A. October 28, 2025
Music Ksoo's Father Awaits Sentencing In November After Testifying Against Him Ksoo got a life sentence for a murder conviction, which also hit his brother with a 12-year sentence following a plea deal. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 26, 2025