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Music Orthopedic Doctor Weighs In On How Young Scooter Died From His Leg Injury This orthopedic doctor is labeling the death of Young Scooter "rare" making this all the more heartbreaking. By Zachary Horvath April 01, 2025
Music Kanye West Gives An Explicit Response To Fans Saying He Offended Jay-Z Jay-Z and Kanye West created the award-wining duo, Watch The Throne, in 2011. The debut album included "No Church In The Wild." By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 30, 2025
Music Kanye West's New Album "BULLY V1" Reaches Top YouTube Trending Spot Despite Tirades Kanye West had previously leaked "BULLY V1" via social media earlier this week, but later expanded it for a more official YouTube release. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2025
Music Fivio Foreign's Lawyer Reveals Rapper Has Been Locked Up Since January Fivio Foreign is in a much trickier situation than any of us knew, but his lawyer is confident he'll beat his charges. By Elias Andrews March 21, 2025
Pop Culture YesJulz Claps Back At DJ Akademiks Following His Misogynistic Rant Towards Her After DJ Akademiks went absolutely ballistic, YesJulz has come back with some facts to refute his previous claims. By Zachary Horvath March 18, 2025
Music Kanye West Puts Top5 On Blast For "Threatening" Him With Barrage Of Demanding Text Messages Somehow, Top5 got into contact with Kanye West, and it seems like he's been trying to for quite some time now. By Zachary Horvath March 18, 2025
Music Free Pooh Shiesty! DJ Akademiks Claims The Rapper Is Out Of Prison & In Halfway House Pooh Shiesty entered a five year prison sentence in 2022 with one of the year's biggest rap album in Shiesty Season. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 15, 2025
Music Ray J Claims He Smoked Weed With Biggie When He Was 14 The Internet has previously speculated about wild rumors that Ray J inadvertently influenced Biggie's beef with Tupac. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 04, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Shatters Two More Major Records Thanks To “GNX” And “Luther” Kendrick Lamar's got a lot going for him these days, from his chart-topping album "GNX" to his massively successful tour with SZA. By Caroline Fisher July 02, 2025
Music Diddy’s Defense Clashes With Prosecutors Over His Potential Release After Jury Reaches Verdict The jury finally reached a verdict in Diddy's federal trial today, and found him guilty of two out of the five counts he was facing. By Caroline Fisher July 02, 2025
Music Doodie Lo Shows Off Physical Therapy Recovery After Harrowing Atlanta Shooting The OTF rapper seems to be doing much better now, although rumors of an alleged robbery against Doodie Lo are still up in the air. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025
Music Diddy's Daughter Wipes Tears Away As Family Exits Trial's Closing Arguments Diddy's defense team reportedly begins their closing arguments today, and we expect the Combs family to attend this wrap-up as well. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025