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Music Tay-K's Accomplice Agrees To Testify Against Him After Striking Plea Deal Tay-K's accomplice will testify against her three co-defendants, including the rapper, after making a deal with prosecutors. By Aron A. August 24, 2018
Music Young Thug Wasn't Feeling Camila Cabello's "Havana" But Did The Collab Anyways His mom kept asking him about it. By Zaynab June 20, 2018
Music 6ix9ine & Nicki Minaj's "FEFE" Has Hit Platinum Status 6ix9ine's got platinum plaque hanging up in the back of the office like trophies. By Mitch Findlay August 13, 2018
Music 6ix9ine Trolls Trippie Redd Over Young Thug's GloRilla Comments Young Thug has since apologized to GloRilla, but 6ix9ine still laughed at his remark that only guys like Trippie Redd want to be with her. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2025
Music Kanye West Hit With Sampling Lawsuit For "DONDA 2" Track "LORD LIFT ME UP" Kanye West has been tangled up in plenty of lawsuits of this faction as he's facing another one for "Donda" as well. By Zachary Horvath September 05, 2025
Music Drake Gets Dragged In Disappointed Reactions To New "Iceman" Songs Many hardcore Drake fans are handing out praise, though, so take this negative "Iceman" reception with a grain of salt. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2025
Music Lil Baby Roasted By Fans For Not Dropping New Album "The Leak$" There are many theories as to why Lil Baby didn't drop "The Leak$" as announced, none of which have been confirmed. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2025
Music Young Thug Responds To Lil Durk Affiliate's Diss By Calling OTF "Junkies" OTF member Mr. 300 blasted Young Thug after an alleged audio clip leaked of him questioning Lil Durk's moves. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 04, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs Reveals 50 Cent & Scarface Were His Earliest Rap Inspirations Freddie Gibbs is one of the premier gangsta rap voices of our time and we have 50 Cent and Scarface to thank for his career existing. By Zachary Horvath August 23, 2025
Music 50 Cent Slams Jim Jones And Clowns Tony Yayo In AI-Generated Song Jim Jones recently dissed Tony Yayo on his "Artist 2 Artist" podcast, but Yayo has yet to issue a response. By Caroline Fisher October 28, 2025
Music No Limit's Mercedes Threatens Lawsuit Over Cash Money "Verzuz" Exclusion Former No Limit artist Mercedes claimed that she didn't give permission for them to perform her song "I Can Tell" without her. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 26, 2025
Music Tamar Braxton & Birdman Stir The Pot At Cash Money & No Limit "Verzuz" Toni Braxton's absence had folks bringing up her and Tamar's contentious sisterhood and Toni's relationship with Birdman. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 26, 2025