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Music Frank Ocean Hints At Plans For 2025 With Mysterious Billboard Outside Of Coachella Frank Ocean hasn't released a new album since dropping "Blonde" back in 2016 and fans think it might be time for a follow-up. By Cole Blake April 09, 2025
Music Young Scooter Dead At 39 Horrible news is coming out of the hip-hop world tonight as it was reported that Young Scooter has passed away. By Alexander Cole March 28, 2025
Music AZ Chike Talks Kendrick Lamar “peekaboo,” Getting Roasted By ScHoolboy Q & West Coast Unity After delivering back-to-back standout verses on ScHoolboy Q’s "Blue Lips" and Kendrick Lamar’s "GNX," AZ Chike has solidified himself as one of Los Angeles’ most exciting rap voices. He shares a hilarious story about the now-famous group photo from Kendrick’s The Pop Out, his initial fear of signing a record deal, and gaining support of West Coast legends. By Aron A. March 27, 2025
Music Suge Knight Agrees To $1.5 Million Settlement To Avoid Hit-&-Run Trial Suge Knight says that he doesn't want to put the Carter family "through more pain." but maintains he didn't do "anything wrong" By Cole Blake April 30, 2025
Music Kanye West Admits He Wishes He Was Friends With 50 Cent While Listing His Favorite Artists Despite the new message, Kanye West recently trolled 50 Cent in a post about the release of his iconic album, "Graduation." By Cole Blake April 27, 2025
Music Kanye West Shockingly Hops On A Call With Top5 After Flipping The Script On Drake Kanye West recently vowed to never diss Drake again due to his UMG defamation lawsuit, something Top5 is probably happy about. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2025
Music Nelly Gets Brutally Honest About Beefing With Eminem Early In His Career Nelly and Eminem have long since squashed any beef remaining between them, but that wasn't always the case. By Cole Blake March 25, 2025
Music Lil Yachty Issues Key Clarification In Response To Playboi Carti's Apparent Diss Playboi Carti threw some shade at Giovanna Ramos' ex in a post on Instagram while celebrating the success of his album, "Music." By Cole Blake March 25, 2025
Music RIAA Just Made NBA Youngboy The Most Successful Rapper This Decade NBA Youngboy has been unstoppable his entire career with a cult-like following that made him one of the most popular artists in rap music. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 22, 2025
Music Drake & Central Cee’s “Which One” Makes Disappointing Billboard Hot 100 Debut Last month, Drake teamed up with Central Cee to drop the second single from his upcoming ninth studio album, "ICEMAN." By Caroline Fisher August 05, 2025
Music Gucci Mane Seemingly Responds To Rumor Pooh Shiesty Robbed & Kidnapped Him The rumors about Pooh Shiesty allegedly robbing and kidnapping Gucci Mane remain completely unsubstantiated. By Cole Blake January 20, 2026
Music Mal Calls Andre 3000 The “Most Overrated Rapper” Of All Time According to Mal of the "New Rory & Mal" podcast, Andre 3000 is no longer one of his top five rappers for one simple reason. By Caroline Fisher January 08, 2026