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Tech Kanye West Shows Love To Elon Musk Much To The Chagrin Of Fans Everywhere Kanye West is known for having ties to some interesting characters. By Alexander Cole February 02, 2025
Music Sonny Digital Reveals His Recording Studio Was Robbed Sonny Digital, famed trap producer out of Atlanta, vented his frustrations after having his studio robbed of tons of recording equipment. By Zachary Horvath January 02, 2026
Music Rolling Loud Confirms Orlando As Its Only U.S. Festival In 2026 Rolling Loud Orlando pre-sale begins on January 9 at 10 a.m. EST, and pre-sale ticket buyers will receive a free t-shirt. By Caroline Fisher January 07, 2026
Music JT Shows No Mercy To Her Hip-Hop Opps On New Mixtape "City Cinderella" While there's not much in the way of explicit and direct shots on JT's latest, a couple of shady bars throughout had her fully on the offensive. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 19, 2024
Sports Boosie Badazz Goes Off In Defense Of Gilbert Arenas After Illegal Gambling Arrest Authorities arrested Gilbert Arenas in Southern California on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in an illegal gambling business. By Cole Blake July 31, 2025
Music Hip-Hop Pioneers Take Center Stage: Inside The 2024 Hip-Hop Grandmaster Awards It was an evening highlighted by legendary names. By Tallie Spencer October 07, 2024
Music Twitch Shamelessly Replaces Audio Of Metallica's BlizzCon Show To Avoid DMCA Twitch replaced the audio from Metallica's performance during BlizzCon 2021 with non-copyrighted music in order to avoid a DMCA strike. By Cole Blake February 20, 2021
Music Lil Uzi Vert Claims "Eternal Atake 2" Is Coming Soon Hopefully, they're telling the truth. By Alexander Cole August 02, 2024
Music Drake & Kendrick Lamar Fans Clash Over Who Claimed Victory During The Battle's Unforgettable Peak It's been one year since we got back-to-back-to-back diss tracks from Drake and Kendrick Lamar in just a several hour-long span. By Zachary Horvath May 03, 2025
Music Lil Uzi Vert & Floyd Mayweather Sued For Alleged Assault, Uzi Denies Involvement Abdullah Ali claims that Lil Uzi Vert, Floyd Mayweather, and some Money Team employees attacked him in New York City. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 20, 2024
Politics Nicki Minaj Will Speak During Donald Trump's Crypto Forum At Mar-a-Lago Nicki Minaj has already voiced her support for Donald Trump at multiple different events in recent months. By Cole Blake February 17, 2026
Music Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against Diddy, Druski & Odell Beckham Jr Dismissed Earlier this year, a woman named Ashley Parham alleged that Diddy, Odell Beckham Jr, and Druski sexually assaulted her at a party. By Caroline Fisher December 17, 2025