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Bryson "Boom" Paul May 22, 2025 Music Lil Durk has been behind bars since October of last year after authorities arrested him in an alleged murder-for-hire case.
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Cole Blake May 20, 2025 Music Hot 97 revealed its new trio of hosts for their morning show slot, which didn't receive favorable reactions from Joe Budden and Funk Flex.
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Zachary Horvath December 24, 2025 Music Drake also provided BenDaDonnn with an update on when he's dropping his highly anticipated album, "Iceman."
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Cole Blake December 22, 2025 Music The Game only had part of the chorus on Kanye West's 2005 song "Crack Music," and it looks like he's giving a full verse now.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares November 29, 2025 Music NBA YoungBoy fans think he may have responded to NLE on a few occasions now, but the shots are still pretty vague.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares November 28, 2025 Music Yet another video of NLE Choppa (now The Great) egging on the NBA YoungBoy beef came just mere hours after YB's "Zero IQ Freestyle."
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Gabriel Bras Nevares November 16, 2025 Music Offset's new project "Haunted By Fame" didn't chart on this week's Billboard Hot 100, and sold less than 8K units.
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Caroline Fisher November 12, 2025 Politics Some might say he vibes more with Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ "Empire State of Mind" than Billy Joel’s "New York State of Mind," but if his victory proves anything, like Jadakiss, Zohran Mamdani is truly outside with the streets that built New York.
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Aron A. November 12, 2025 Music Blueface has been in jail for over a year due to a parole violation, and there has been all sorts of speculation about his return date.
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Alexander Cole November 03, 2025 Music Considering the drama between Turk, Birdman, and Cash Money right now, B.G. cleared the air around Lil Wayne's recent "Verzuz" absence.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares October 31, 2025 Music Wale hasn't put out a proper album in four years, with "Folarin II" being the last title. It featured J. Cole, Rick Ross, and more.
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Zachary Horvath October 13, 2025
Music That Mexican OT Calls Bobbi Althoff A "Jackass" In The "OT"-Explained Interview That Mexican OT has built an impressive resume with collaborations with BigXThaPlug, Lil Wayne, and Paul Wall.
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Bryson "Boom" Paul 
Music Lil Durk Offers His Largest Bail Package Yet As Feds Confirm He's Not On Trial For Lyrics Lil Durk has been behind bars since October of last year after authorities arrested him in an alleged murder-for-hire case.
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Cole Blake 
Music New Hot 97 Hosts Reveal They're Not Actually Replacing "Ebro In The Morning" Hot 97 revealed its new trio of hosts for their morning show slot, which didn't receive favorable reactions from Joe Budden and Funk Flex.
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Zachary Horvath 
Music Drake Nearly Spits Out His Drink After BenDaDonnn Warns Him About Memphis Drake also provided BenDaDonnn with an update on when he's dropping his highly anticipated album, "Iceman."
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Cole Blake 
Music The Game Reveals "Crack Music 2" With Kanye West Will Be On New Mixtape The Game only had part of the chorus on Kanye West's 2005 song "Crack Music," and it looks like he's giving a full verse now.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares 
Music NLE Choppa Fires More NBA YoungBoy Disses On New Song "Hello Revenge" NBA YoungBoy fans think he may have responded to NLE on a few occasions now, but the shots are still pretty vague.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares 
Music NLE Choppa Seemingly Reacts To NBA YoungBoy's Disses On New Song Yet another video of NLE Choppa (now The Great) egging on the NBA YoungBoy beef came just mere hours after YB's "Zero IQ Freestyle."
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Gabriel Bras Nevares 
Music Offset Brushes Off Disappointing “Haunted By Fame” Debut Offset's new project "Haunted By Fame" didn't chart on this week's Billboard Hot 100, and sold less than 8K units.
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Caroline Fisher 
Politics The Politics Of 50 Cent & Ja Rule's Beef: How Hip-Hop Mobilized Zohran Mamdani’s Victorious Mayoral Campaign Some might say he vibes more with Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ "Empire State of Mind" than Billy Joel’s "New York State of Mind," but if his victory proves anything, like Jadakiss, Zohran Mamdani is truly outside with the streets that built New York.
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Aron A. 
Music Is Blueface Out Of Jail? Karlissa Saffold's Latest Instagram Post Has The Internet Speculating Blueface has been in jail for over a year due to a parole violation, and there has been all sorts of speculation about his return date.
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Alexander Cole 
Music B.G. Reveals Why Lil Wayne Wasn't At Cash Money & No Limit "Verzuz" Considering the drama between Turk, Birdman, and Cash Money right now, B.G. cleared the air around Lil Wayne's recent "Verzuz" absence.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares 
Music Wale Announces New Album "Everything Is a Lot" Wale hasn't put out a proper album in four years, with "Folarin II" being the last title. It featured J. Cole, Rick Ross, and more.
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Zachary Horvath