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Music Kodak Black’s Lawyer Reacts To Demand For $10.6M Default Judgment In 2023, Kodak Black was sued by two men who allege that he was responsible for a Super Bowl after-party shooting that he was also injured in. By Caroline Fisher August 07, 2025
Music Clipse Reveal Surprising Picks For Favorite Albums Of All Time Pusha T and Malice gave many hip-hop fans their favorite album of the year so far with Clipse's "Let God Sort Em Out." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 07, 2025
TV BET Hip Hop Awards Is Gone: The Cyphers, Chaos, & Culture A generation of Hip Hop fans grew up on moments the BET Hip Hop Awards made possible, & its absence leaves a gap the culture can’t easily fill. By Erika Marie August 08, 2025
Music Tyler, The Creator Shows Out On Every Guest Verse: "P.O.V." & 10 More Standout Features Tyler doesn't disappoint as a guest feature. By Aron A. August 04, 2025
Music Star Celebrates The Death Of Afrika Bambaataa Radio host Troi Torain, aka Star, seems to be pretty ecstatic about the recent news regarding Afrika Bambaataa. By Zachary Horvath April 10, 2026
Politics Kanye West Permitted To Perform In The Netherlands Despite Backlash The update comes after the United Kingdom blocked Kanye West from traveling to London to perform at Wireless Festival. By Cole Blake April 08, 2026
Music Chris Brown Shows Love To T-Pain Amid Drake Tensions Chris Brown broke up the intense backlash T-Pain has been receiving after Drake called him resentful for his comments on Drizzy's retirement. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 29, 2025
Pop Culture 50 Cent Fuels Rumors That He Will Be In The Upcoming "Street Fighter" Film 50 Cent's career on the big screen could be expanding soon as he's feeding into the "Street Fighter" role rumors. By Zachary Horvath June 24, 2025
Music Amber Rose Jokes About Getting Intimate With Ray J If He Wasn't Her "Brother" Amber Rose and Ray J have been hosting livestreams often these days, previously commenting on the Megan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 23, 2025
Music Pluto Appears To Shade Latto After “WHIM WHAMIEE” Remix Gets Axed In Pluto's new track "Excuse Me," she refers to herself as "Big Mama," a nickname commonly used by her fellow femcee Latto. By Caroline Fisher June 22, 2025
Music Snoop Dogg Admits He Loves Listening To Eazy E's "Real Muthaphuckkin G's" Diss Track Snoop Dogg says the diss track against him is "so hard." By Cole Blake December 18, 2024
Music Drake Offers $10k Reward For Hilarious Look-Alike Contest Winner The look-alike competitions are getting out of control. By Cole Blake December 15, 2024