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Music 6ix9ine Claims He's Going Back To Jail Because A Close Friend Snitched On Him 6ix9ine pleaded guilty to violating the terms of his supervised release in 2025 and will spend the next three months in jail. By Cole Blake January 07, 2026
Music Tyler, The Creator's Past Comments About R. Kelly & Diddy Come To Light Tyler, the Creator is being called out because of his old tweets, and it seems like R. Kelly and Diddy were part of the leak. By Alexander Cole October 20, 2025
Music Malice Explains Why He Reverted His Stage Name Change For Clipse Reunion Malice changed his name to No Malice in 2012 on a spiritual journey, but his Clipse reunion with his brother Pusha T needed more fire. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 13, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Seemingly Justifies Paying For Nicki Minaj Collab To Go Number One 6ix9ine didn't explicitly confirm this claim about the 2020 Nicki Minaj collab "Trollz," but he didn't explicitly deny it either. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 11, 2025
Pop Culture Kayla Nicole Seemingly Responds To Taylor Swift's Alleged Stray On Her Album Taylor Swift's fan base believes that she directed some words at her future husband's ex, Kayla Nicole, on the song "Opalite." By Zachary Horvath October 06, 2025
Music Young Thug Makes Wild "GOAT" Cases For Kanye West & NBA YoungBoy Young Thug recently pulled up to Adin Ross' stream to talk about his new album "UY SCUTI" and many tantalizing hip-hop narratives. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 02, 2025
Music Cardi B Receives Strong Final Sales Figures For "AM I THE DRAMA?" Cardi B, despite some middling reviews, has done well with "AM I THE DRAMA?" and its being rewarded with an impressive opening week. By Zachary Horvath September 27, 2025
Music Memo600 Claims He'd Refuse $1 Million From Gunna Over Snitching Allegations Gunna has dealt with various allegations of snitching since taking a plea deal in the YSL RICO case back in 2022. By Cole Blake September 22, 2025
Music Steve Lacy Takes A Turn On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update Steve Lacy introduced us to his next era on "R&B Season," whereas Coco Jones updated her previous one with a new deluxe. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 17, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Says Young Thug Continuing To Diss Gunna Will Do More Harm Than Good Young Thug continues to diss Gunna on new verses and subliminal tweets, and now DJ Akademiks has weighed in on the jabs. By Devin Morton August 17, 2025
Music Police Launch Investigation Into DDG's Swatting Incident Officers from The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department pulled up on DDG while he was streaming, over the weekend. By Cole Blake August 12, 2025
Music Drake’s Touring Revenue Reaches Staggering New High Drake's Australian "Anita Max Win" tour reportedly raked in $30M, making it the highest-grossing rap tour in the continent's history. By Caroline Fisher September 18, 2025