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Music Cardi B Claims BIA Doesn't Write Her Own Raps In Fiery Rant More shots fired. By Elias Andrews January 18, 2025
Music Snoop Dogg Donates His Clothes To L.A. Fire Victims Snoop Dogg joins L.A. providing aid to the victims of the fires. By Bryson "Boom" Paul January 11, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Alleges 6ix9ine Put Diddy On The Phone With Him Amid NYC Prison Stay When 6ix9ine was arrested in October, he was reportedly put in the same prison at Diddy. By Caroline Fisher January 11, 2025
Music Kanye West Drops Odd Teaser For "VULTURES: The Movie" And Fans Are Unsurprisingly Split More Ye-I? Yeesh... By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 10, 2025
Music The Game Offers To Pay Airbnb Costs For Families Displaced By L.A. Fires Chuck Taylor came through. By Elias Andrews January 09, 2025
Music Chris Brown Co-Signs Controversial Theory About L.A. Wildfire Arson He's not the only celeb, either. By Elias Andrews January 09, 2025
Music Ice Cube Compares Tyler, The Creator To Legendary L.A. Rap Group The N.W.A. frontman is a fan. By Elias Andrews January 07, 2025
Music T.I. & Tiny's $18 Million Victory Stands After Jury Rejects Additional Damages In OMG Girlz Lawsuit It's not the outcome they were hoping for. By Tallie Spencer July 02, 2026
Music Houston Hip-Hop Legend Michael "5000" Watts Passes Away At 52 Michael "5000" Watts founded the Swishahouse label in Houston and was instrumental in chopped–and–screwed's rise in hip-hop culture. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 31, 2026
Music Lil Baby Accepts DJ Akademiks' Boxing Challenge, But Only On One Condition DJ Akademiks and Lil Baby are currently at odds, but it looks like they might sort out their differences in the ring sometime soon. By Caroline Fisher January 27, 2026
Music J. Cole Details His Creative Process Behind "Disc 2 Track 2" From "The Fall-Off" J. Cole will finally be releasing his highly anticipated project, "The Fall-Off," as his seventh studio album, next month. By Cole Blake January 21, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Says Mom Begged Him To Get With Rihanna His mother had been planting the RiRi seed in his head for years. By Tallie Spencer January 15, 2026