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Music 6ix9ine & Nicki Minaj's "Fefe" Suffers Huge RIAA Demotion It's a mystery right now as to why this happened, but 6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj are a part one of the biggest RIAA alterations ever. By Zachary Horvath December 18, 2025
Music Billboard Announces Major Rule Change That Could Shake Up Hip-Hop Sales The change will take effect on the charts for January 17, which track listening habits from January 2 to 8. By Cole Blake December 17, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Shares Surprising Weight Loss Plans For Three-Month Prison Sentence Tekashi 6ix9ine reacted to his three-month prison sentence for probation violations after pleading with the judge about his stressful life. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 06, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Delivers Bold Prediction For Drake's "ICEMAN" Album Sales Drake is preparing to release his new album "ICEMAN," though according to DJ Akademiks, it may not arrive as soon as fans hoped. By Caroline Fisher December 03, 2025
Music The Game Calls Current Hip-Hop "Trash" And Claims He's One Of The Best MCs The Game was supposed to drop his first ever "Gangsta Grillz" mixtape this week, but it seems like it's still in the oven. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 28, 2025
Music Chance The Rapper Reveals What Kendrick Lamar & Drake’s Beef Taught The World According to Chance The Rapper, Kendrick Lamar and Drake's viral feud impacted the music industry in more ways than one. By Caroline Fisher November 26, 2025
Music Chad Hugo Expands $1 Million Copyright Lawsuit Against Pharrell Earlier this year, Chad Hugo filed a lawsuit against Pharrell, alleging that he hasn't received his fair share of royalties. By Caroline Fisher March 12, 2026
Music Johnny Manziel Hints That Drake's "ICEMAN" Is Coming Real Soon Johnny Manziel has already given Drake fans some supposed accurate updates on "ICEMAN," doing so in August. By Zachary Horvath October 23, 2025
Music Cardi B Savagely Dismisses Nicki Minaj's Calls To Boycott Her While the Nicki Minaj and Cardi B beef's recent flare-up is dying down, the latter wants to affirm that her deals are only going up. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 19, 2025
Music Halle Bailey & DDG Restraining Order Extended As Lawyers Work On Written Agreement In May of this year, Halle Bailey was granted a temporary restraining order against DDG after alleging that he violently attacked her. By Caroline Fisher October 16, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Hires Lobbyists As He Pushes For Donald Trump Pardon Boosie Badazz has been pleading Donald Trump for a presidential pardon for several months, and now, his sentencing is just weeks away. By Caroline Fisher October 08, 2025
Music Ice Spice Seemingly Disses Cardi B In New Song Snippet After Disturbing Audio Surfaces Cardi B was already beefing with Nicki Minaj when her feud with Ice Spice reignited on social media on Tuesday. By Cole Blake September 30, 2025