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Music Did Migos Really Almost Sign To Kanye West's Label? The rap group revealed the real details of almost signing to Ye's label. By Madusa S. June 13, 2021
Original Content From King Von's "Exposin Me" To CJ's "Whoopty": A Hindi Love Song Turned Drill Beat We look at how a Hindi vocal sample ended up burrowing its way into Brooklyn drill, and beyond. By Aron A. January 22, 2021
Music Juice WRLD Mourns The Loss Of His Father Juice WRLD tells fans his father has passed away. By Alex Zidel June 03, 2019
Music XXXTENTACION Says His Social Media Was Hacked After Strange Drake Posts XXXTENTACION says his Twitter was hacked after posting weird posts about Drake. By Aron A. February 25, 2018
Original Content Instagram Gallery: Cardi B And Offset's Most Happily-In-Love Pics Cardi B & Offset are hip-hop couple goals and here's proof. By E Gadsby March 31, 2018
Music Lil Pump Mocks J. Cole's Wife, Claims Cole Left Club For Playing Pump's Music Although J. Cole reached out to Lil Pump with an olive branch years ago, Pump is still dissing Cole for his alleged recent moves. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 01, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Compares 50 Cent & T.I. Beef To Drake & Kendrick Lamar Battle The only thing missing in DJ Akademiks' take is response tracks, as Drake and Kendrick Lamar traded more blows than 50 Cent and T.I. so far. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 28, 2026
Music Kanye West Allegedly Subjected Contractor To Cruel & Unusual Punishment Tony Saxon gave witness testimony in his lawsuit against Kanye West this week for alleged labor violations, injuries, and lack of pay. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 27, 2026
Music GloRilla's Sister Blasts Finesse2tymes While Glo Continues To Troll Her GloRilla's sister's accusations that Glo is financially neglecting her family caught reactions from Finesse2tymes and plenty of other rappers. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 07, 2026
Music Ray J Hits Kim Kardashian & Kris Jenner With Countersuit Over Defamation Allegations A few weeks ago, Kim Kardashian and her "momager" Kris Jenner filed a lawsuit against Ray J for alleged defamation. By Caroline Fisher November 14, 2025
Music TMZ's Harvey Levin Has Bad News For Drake As Lawyers Seek To Appeal UMG Verdict Drake recently had his defamation lawsuit against UMG thrown out, and to make matters worse, he is getting bad news from Harvey Levin. By Alexander Cole October 16, 2025
Politics Alex Jones Alleges Kanye West Was On Drugs And Had "Pure Black" Eyes During Their Infamous Interview Kanye West praised the Nazis and Adolf Hitler during the controversial interview with Alex Jones back in 2022. By Cole Blake October 14, 2025