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Music J Cole Claims That Jay-Z Once Told Drake To Give Cole A Hit Single This must've been awkward... By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 30, 2024
Music Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Sees Huge Sales Increase Amid Drake & UMG’s Legal Battle It's a good week for Kendrick Lamar. By Caroline Fisher November 29, 2024
Music Future Hit With Lawsuit Over Alleged Damage To "Limo-Jet" More legal trouble for Fewtch, but this has nothing to do with his music. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 28, 2024
Music Kendrick Lamar's "GNX" Collaborator Reveals Plan For A Deluxe Version More music from Kendrick Lamar may be on the way. By Cole Blake November 27, 2024
Music Hitta J3 Joins The Joey Bada$$ Rap Battle As He Raps Over Iconic Kendrick Lamar Beat Joey Bada$$ started a hip-hop world war of sorts in January and it's got everyone from the West popping out to prove their worth. By Zachary Horvath May 20, 2025
Music Cassie's Former Best Friend Kerry Morgan Begins Her Diddy Trial Testimony Diddy's defense team has been trying to poke holes in trial testimonies from Cassie and Dawn Richard as of late. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 19, 2025
Music Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival Tragedy To Be Explored In New Netflix Documentary Netflix's new documentary about Travis Scott's 2021 Astroworld Festival will feature interviews with victims' families, 911 audio, and more. By Caroline Fisher May 15, 2025
Music Cassie Alleges Diddy Demanded She Call Him By Her Grandfather's Nickname In Trial Testimony Cassie spent the majority of the day, Tuesday, on the stand testifying in Diddy's criminal trial and the process will continue tomorrow. By Cole Blake May 13, 2025
Music Elliott Wilson Calls “Cap” On Mal’s “Industry Rappers” Claims Drake Outrapped Kendrick Lamar Elliott Wilson, DJ Hed, and Jeremy Hetcht hosts Hip Hop DX’s The Bigger Picture podcast. The platform addresses trending rap topics. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 10, 2025
Music Key Glock Gives Beyoncé A New Nickname After The Singer Uses Rapper's Music Key Glock's Glockaveli is the Memphis rapper's first album with his new deal at Republic Records. He is still with P.R..E. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 09, 2025
Pop Culture Sabrina Carpenter Participates In Usher's Seductive Cherry Feeding Tradition At The Met Gala The Met Gala this year was not as classy with several attendees breaking rules such as Usher and Sabrina Carpenter. By Zachary Horvath May 07, 2025
Music Tekashi 6ix9ine Allegedly Tested Positive For Meth Before His Latest Arrest Tekashi 6ix9ine's attorney had an explanation. By Cole Blake October 30, 2024