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Music 6ix9ine Hit With New Federal Charges For Supervised Release Violations 6ix9ine still faces a mountain of legal trouble, although it hasn't stopped him from dissing Young Thug over his snitching drama. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 13, 2025
Music Drake Drives Collab Speculation After Sporting Morgan Wallen Jacket On Tour Drake and Morgan Wallen have shouted each other out on numerous occasions, so seeing a collab between them wouldn't be a big shocker. By Zachary Horvath September 13, 2025
Music Mos Def Wants All The Smoke, Teams With King Los & Black Thought To Issue An Open Rap Challenge To Any Rapper Mos Def’s Brooklyn rap style has been acknowledged by many in hip hop, ranging from Drake to Joey Bada$$ to Jay-Z. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 12, 2025
Music Hollister Wipes D4vd From Website Amid Mystery Corpse Investigation Recently, a severely decomposed human body was found in a plastic bag in an impounded Tesla registered to D4vd. By Caroline Fisher September 10, 2025
Music YSL Woody Says He's Not Doing Okay Amid Young Thug's Fallout With YSL YSL Woody has expressed a lot of conflicted feelings about Young Thug and how he's gone about everything since the YSL RICO trial. By Zachary Horvath September 08, 2025
Music Ghostface Killah Has A Strong Message For Drake Drake's second interview with Bobbi Althoff saw him reveal his unfiltered thoughts on certain topics such as the beef with Kendrick Lamar. By Zachary Horvath September 05, 2025
Music Diddy Seeks Acquittal By Accusing Prosecutors Of Misunderstanding The Definition Of Prostitution Diddy was recently convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and will find out his sentence, next month. By Cole Blake September 04, 2025
Music 50 Cent Reacts To YNW Melly's Efforts To Secure Prison Release 50 Cent has some thoughts on YNW Melly's request for a new legal team ahead of his double murder retrial in 2027. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 28, 2025
Music The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" Lands Atop Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Of The Century List The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" is the biggest song in the history of the Hot 100, so it is not surprising that it took this honor as well. By Devin Morton August 28, 2025
Music Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR Share The 19 Contest-Winning Visuals For "SOMEBODY LOVES ME" Drake, PARTYNEXTDOOR, and Kai Cenat announced a competition for aspiring creators to come up with visuals for the track in May. By Zachary Horvath August 27, 2025
Music Lil Baby's "My Turn" Tops Billboard's Polarizing Ranking Of The Top Rap Albums Of The 21st Century In addition to Lil Baby, other artists to land inside the top 10 included Drake, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, The Weeknd, and more. By Cole Blake August 27, 2025
Music Cops List Alleged Injuries From Lil Nas X Arrest Lil Nas X did post a $75,000 bail but he's still up for a few years in prison as the authorities are taking this arrest seriously. By Zachary Horvath August 26, 2025