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Politics Cardi B Drags Donald Trump Through The Mud For His Response To ICE Protests Cardi B spoke out against U.S. President Donald Trump's National Guard deployment while more hip-hop artists support the L.A. ICE protests. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 10, 2025
Music Rod Wave Stampede From Old Concert Leads To Lawsuit Rod Wave was NOT named in this lawsuit, but the site that held this specific tour stop is being accused of gross negligence. By Zachary Horvath May 31, 2025
Music Clipse Seemingly Unveil Release Date For New Album "Let God Sort Em Out" Pusha T and No Malice will release their single "Ace Trumpets" later this week. Like the rest of this album, Pharrell is behind the boards. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 29, 2025
Music Clipse Preview Their First New Single In Over 15 Years Ahead Of New Album Clipse are finally gearing up to drop their first album in over 15 years, and have enlisted the help of a familiar name on the production side. By Devin Morton May 28, 2025
Music 50 Cent Savagely Taunts Diddy For His Four-Year Prison Sentence You knew that once Diddy received his punishment, 50 Cent was going to be there to share his over-the-top reaction. By Zachary Horvath October 03, 2025
Music DeJ Loaf's Debut Album "Liberated" Is 90% Complete DeJ Loaf is going for a "bigger" sound with her new material. By Trevor Smith December 04, 2016
Original Content The 10 Contenders For 2017 Song Of The Summer Future. DJ Khaled. Playboi Carti. Who will take the crown this year? By Danny Schwartz June 27, 2017
Music Are XXXTENTACION & PnB Rock Collaborating On New Music? PnB Rock and XXXTENTACION got a bet going on and are possibly collaborating on a new track. By hnhh April 24, 2017
TV 50 Cent Shows Off Never-Before-Seen Diddy Footage In Trailer For New Docuseries 50 Cent's executive-produced, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning," is dropping this week. But before it does, he's teasing it with a new trailer. By Zachary Horvath December 01, 2025
Music Diddy's Appeal Date Has Officially Been Set It was reported in October 2025 that Diddy was trying to speed up the appeal process. He succeeded and now he's going to be in court soon. By Zachary Horvath February 05, 2026
Music Drake Moves To Appeal Dismissal Of “Not Like Us” Lawsuit Against UMG Drake is not giving up on his legal battle with Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar's hit diss track, "Not Like Us." By Caroline Fisher January 22, 2026
Music Eminem Dodges Legal Battle After Trademark Attempt Gets Dropped Eminem has a long history of protecting his trademarked "Shady" and "Slim Shady" brands, but he didn't have to continue it this time around. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 21, 2026