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Music Swizz Beatz Makes Fun Of Alicia Keys For Wanting Carrots In The Club Should they have carrots at the club? By Lavender Alexandria August 07, 2023
Music NLE Choppa Roasted For Feet Pic On Instagram NLE Choppa's fans weren't happy with his latest post on Instagram and let him have it in the comments section. By Cole Blake August 07, 2023
Music Freddie Gibbs Mocks Gucci Mane's Pooh Shiesty Diss Track "Crash Dummy" Freddie Gibbs weighed in on the debate over whether or not Gucci Mane snitched on Pooh Shiesty in his "Crash Dummy" diss track. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 10, 2026
Music Wack 100 Refuses To Believe Gucci Mane Snitched On Pooh Shiesty On "Crash Dummy" Wack 100 argued with DJ Akademiks that Gucci Mane's "Crash Dummy" diss track to Pooh Shiesty is still protected by musical expression. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 10, 2026
Music Offset Spotted Smoking In A Wheelchair Outside Of Hospital Last night, Offset was shot outside of a Florida casino, and he's now recovering from his injuries at a local hospital. By Caroline Fisher April 07, 2026
Music The Game Claims He Was Targeted In A Shooting The Game shared this news to his Instagram Story just moments ago and we are hoping that the rapper is okay. By Zachary Horvath April 02, 2026
Music J. Cole Doubles Down On His Apology To Shane Battier Shane Battier revealed that J. Cole apologized to him in 2024 for dissing him on "Cole World: The Sideline Story." By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 27, 2026
Music Wack 100 Drops Alleged Paperwork From 42 Dugg's 2020 Arrest Wack 100 and 42 Dugg had some issues that were seemingly resolved a couple of years ago, but tensions may be flaring back up again. By Zachary Horvath March 20, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Says Kendrick Lamar Left Hip-Hop Directionless After Drake Beef DJ Akademiks thinks only Drake's "ICEMAN" can get hip-hop culture back on course after Kendrick Lamar sought to "Watch The Party Die." By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 26, 2026
Music Nas Pens Foreword For Special Edition Of Miles Davis' Autobiography Nas, seeing as how his dad was a jazz musician around Miles Davis' era, knows a thing or two about how much hip-hop borrows from the genre. By Zachary Horvath April 24, 2026
Music Claressa Shields Claims She’d Drop 50 Cent Lawsuit If He Boxed Papoose Last month, Claressa Shields threatened to take legal action against 50 Cent because he accused her of cheating on Papoose. By Caroline Fisher April 23, 2026
Music FBI Gets Involved In Offset's Casino Shooting And Wants The Public's Help Offset was shot at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, earlier this month, and is already recovering. By Cole Blake April 14, 2026