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Music AllStar JR Reportedly Hires Pooh Shiesty's Lawyer In Gun Case AllStar JR and Pooh Shiesty are both currently behind bars. The former faces charges in alleged connection to NBA Ben10's shooting. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 21, 2026
Music Gucci Mane Was "Embarrassed" By Rant Calling Out Drake, Nicki Minaj, And Rick Ross Gucci Mane went a on a furious X (then Twitter) rant in 2013 where he called out Drake, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross and plenty others. By Zachary Horvath October 20, 2025
Music Drake Gives Adam22 His Hip-Hop Media Big Three, Shows Rare Love To Joe Budden And Shades DJ Vlad Drake had a very interesting response. By Alexander Cole April 17, 2024
Music YG's First Week Sales Are Abysmal And Fans Blame Kendrick Lamar There's a pattern emerging. By Elias Andrews August 27, 2024
Music Fans Wrestle With Possibility That Drake Sampled The Weeknd On "What Did I Miss?" The Weeknd and Drake's relationship has been spotty throughout the last decade, but at this moment in time, things are far from friendly. By Zachary Horvath July 05, 2025
TV DJ Akademiks Responds After Joe Budden Gets Accused Of Taking Money From Kendrick Lamar Following some allegations from Daylyt pointed at Joe Budden, there is now a debate about the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef. By Alexander Cole April 23, 2026
Music EBK Jaaybo Could Spend 30 Years In Prison Over New Gun Charge DreamLlife Rizzy was shot in both legs in Oakland last March, and authorities believe they've identified the gun used to shoot him. By Caroline Fisher March 31, 2026
Sneakers The Sneaker Jay-Z Wore to His GQ Interview Is Getting People Talking Jay-Z wore the Adidas Samba OG during his big GQ April 2026 cover interview, keeping his footwear clean and classic. By Ben Atkinson March 24, 2026
Music Drake's Concept Art For "ICEMAN" Surfaces After Release Date Reveal Drake will be releasing his highly anticipated album, "ICEMAN," on Friday, May 15. By Cole Blake April 21, 2026
Music Doja Cat Left Speechless By Man's NSFW Interruption During Instagram Live Session Doja Cat was left in shock and awe when a seemingly random man gave her Instagram Live session a bizarre viral moment to share. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 19, 2024
Original Content 10 Biggest Bad Boy Records Artists of All Time Here's a look at some of the biggest artists in Bad Boy Record's illustrious history. By Josh Megson April 13, 2023
Music Kanye West Defends New Twitter Outburst By Noting He "Made Graduation" He's obviously seen the memes online. By Elias Andrews February 20, 2025