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Music Young Thug Mourns Lil Keed And Disses His YSL Affiliates While "Big And Mack" Snippet Surfaces Young Thug's "Big And Mack" snippet appears to tribute two friends whom he respected a lot more than some off his YSL crew. By Zachary Horvath September 06, 2025
Music Wack 100 Suggests That He's Been The One Leaking Young Thug's Jail Calls The internet has been wondering who's been leaking these Young Thug jail calls and it seems like Wack 100 may have just blown his cover. By Zachary Horvath September 05, 2025
Pop Culture iShowSpeed Links Up With Meek Mill & Receives DreamChasers Chain During U.S. Tour Stream iShowSpeed continued his tour of the United States with a stop in Philly, where he got a DreamChasers chain from Meek Mill. By Devin Morton September 04, 2025
Music Tupac Shakur's Brother Mopreme Blasts Drake For Chain Purchase Drake's purchase of Tupac's presumed Death Row chain has also come under scrutiny from various other West Coast individuals. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 01, 2025
Music The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" Becomes The First Song In Spotify History To Crack 5 Billion Streams The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" has become the first song to reach 5 billion Spotify streams, extending its lead for the most streamed song. By Devin Morton August 31, 2025
Music Joe Budden Claims Young Thug's "Stock Has Plummeted" Since His Release From Prison Joe Budden spoke a bit before Young Thug's current snitching scandal really began, but his words still apply to his general situation. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 30, 2025
Music Funk Flex Shocks Fans By Announcing His "Last Show On Hot 97" Funk Flex brought hip-hop to Hot 97 back in 1992, and it seems like it's time for the radio legend to move onto new endeavors. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 28, 2025
Music YSL Woody Goes After Peewee Roscoe Amid Young Thug Controversy Peewee Roscoe defended Young Thug after audio of Thug mentioning Peewee in a police interrogation surfaced online, and YSL Woody's not happy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 28, 2025
Music iLoveMakonnen Reveals He's Working At A Restaurant Kitchen iLoveMakonnen retired from music last year, and it looks like he's very happy with his new chef gig after a pretty curious career. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 28, 2025
Politics Kneecap Cancels U.S. Tour As Legal Fallout From Terrorism Charge Continues Kneecap has labeled the case against them a "witch-hunt" as member Mo Chara faces a terrorism related charge. By Cole Blake August 25, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Announces Expansive "Antagonist" Tour Featuring Opium Labelmates Playboi Carti has been trying to head out on tour since July 2023, but after clearing several roadblocks, the Opium boss is finally doing it. By Zachary Horvath August 25, 2025
Music Anthony Fantano Flexes His Rapping Ability On New Yuno Miles Song, "Take Me Back" Fans on social media have already been having plenty of laughs in response to Anthony Fantano and Yuno Miles' collaboration. By Cole Blake October 20, 2025