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Music J. Cole's Manager Ibrahim "Ib" Hamad Tells Hip-Hop Fans To Stop Being Critics There's a lot of conversation around J. Cole's new album and comparisons to other new LPs, which Ibrahim "Ib" Hamad wants to question. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 21, 2026
Music Lil Pump Piles On GloRilla's Sister Amid Her Financial Complaints Lil Pump is joining others within the rap community in calling out GloRilla's sister, Scar Face, for talking down on her own sibling. By Zachary Horvath February 13, 2026
Music Baby Keem Reveals Release Date For New Album "Ca$ino" Baby Keem hasn't given us an album since 2021 with "The Melodic Blue," and now, it appears as though his next album is here. By Alexander Cole February 10, 2026
Music "The Joe Budden Podcast" Has Harsh Takes About J. Cole's "The Fall-Off" While "The Joe Budden Podcast" doesn't think J. Cole's album "The Fall-Off" is bad by any means, they spoke on common first-day critiques. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 07, 2026
Music GloRilla's Sister Blasts Finesse2tymes While Glo Continues To Troll Her GloRilla's sister's accusations that Glo is financially neglecting her family caught reactions from Finesse2tymes and plenty of other rappers. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 07, 2026
Music Finesse2Tymes Calls Out GloRilla’s Sister After Bizarre TMZ Interview Finesse2tymes is one of many reacting staunchly to GloRilla's sister's claims that the Memphis femcee isn't helping their family financially. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 06, 2026
Music Louisiana Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Another Appeal In C-Murder Case C-Murder fought for his freedom for over two decades after being convicted of the murder of 16-year-old Steve Thomas in 2009. By Caroline Fisher February 05, 2026
Music Lil Jon’s Son DJ Young Slade Missing In Georgia Lil Jon's 27-year-old son, DJ Young Slade, reportedly ran out of his house this week and has not been seen since. By Caroline Fisher February 04, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar’s “TV Off” Soundtracks New Buick Ad Kendrick Lamar has a long history with Buick, as according to him, he was brought home from the hospital as a baby in a Regal. By Caroline Fisher February 03, 2026
Music Drake Looks Terrified As He Mistakes Fan For His Ex In Manchester Drake recently mistook a fan for one of his exes, and social media users suspect that the fling didn't end well. By Caroline Fisher July 29, 2025
Music Drake & Central Cee's "Which One" Heads For High-Ranking Debut On The Billboard Hot 100 Drake and Central Cee ended up performing the song together at a concert in Manchester over the weekend. By Cole Blake July 28, 2025
Music Curren$y Responds To Freddie Gibbs Diss On "Alfredo 2" Freddie Gibbs and Curren$y fell out because the latter allegedly didn't promote their collab album like the former wanted him to. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 27, 2025