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Music Canadian Rapper Lil Ot Dead At 24 After Parking Lot Shooting Earlier this week, two men opened fire on Lil Ot in a Burlington parking lot, and later fled the scene in a white SUV. By Caroline Fisher February 11, 2026
Music J. Cole Brings Career Full Circle, Sells "The Fall-Off" At North Carolina A&T J. Cole's career started by selling CDs out of his car at this Greensboro campus, so North Carolina A&T University means a lot to him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 08, 2026
Music Drake Has More Bars For His Haters On Yet Another New "ICEMAN" Snippet DJ Akademiks already apologized to Drake for sharing another "ICEMAN" snippet this week, specifically on J. Cole's release night. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 07, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky's AWGE Teases Incoming Rollout For "Don't Be Dumb" Deluxe It's possible that A$AP Rocky's AWGE label is teasing another release, perhaps the follow-up to Playboi Carti's "MUSIC." By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 08, 2026
Music Monaleo Reluctantly Cancels Multiple Tour Dates Monaleo has already performed a total of 25 shows on her "Who Did the Body" tour, which she kicked off in November. By Cole Blake March 04, 2026
Music Police Officer Breaks Into Tears Watching Afroman Mock Her In Court The group of officers is suing Afroman for satirical videos he made after they raided his property in 2022. By Cole Blake March 18, 2026
Music Gunna Hits Promoters With $750K Lawsuit Over X Games Event Performance Gunna's company is currently at odds with Mickle and Mickle Productions, which it accuses of breach of contract, fraud, and more. By Caroline Fisher March 18, 2026
Music HOT 97's "Ebro In The Morning" Is Officially Over Ebro hinted that things weren't looking good for his morning show in September and blamed ownership for creating rifts between hosts. By Zachary Horvath December 12, 2025
Music Daz Dillinger Reveals His Real Issue With Snoop Dogg & Death Row Records Daz Dillinger and Snoop Dogg have been trading shots on social media over a contract dispute with Death Row Records. By Cole Blake December 10, 2025
Music Lil Baby Claps Back At An NBA YoungBoy Fan With A Key Clarification About "The Leaks" Lil Baby put out "The Leaks," earlier this month, after dropping a new single each week for his "Wham Wednesdays" series. By Cole Blake December 09, 2025
Music Prosecutors Push For Kay Flock To Receive 50-Year Prison Sentence Beyond his legal situation, Kay Flock also recently generated headlines for dissing Young Thug from behind bars. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 06, 2025
Music Wallo Is Furious About Conspiracy Theories Involving Gillie Da Kid’s Late Son Wallo opened up about the experience while speaking with Shannon Sharpe. By Cole Blake February 20, 2025