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Music Foolio's Murder Trial Is Underway As All Four Men Face Death Penalty After nearly two full years since Foolio's passing, the rapper's murder trial is getting off the ground as officials narrow down the jury. By Zachary Horvath April 10, 2026
Music King Harris Tries To One Up 50 Cent With Another Diss Track King Harris has not let up on 50 Cent one bit after disrespecting his mother Tiny and today, he's proven again that he's not slowing down. By Zachary Horvath March 06, 2026
Music Mother Of Lil Poppa’s Child Shares Emotional Message About His Death Last month, Jacksonville rapper Lil Poppa passed away at the age of 25, leaving his fans and loved ones devastated. By Caroline Fisher March 04, 2026
Music Pharrell Hits Back At Chad Hugo Amid Financial Impropriety Allegations Earlier this week, Chad Hugo filed a lawsuit against Pharrell, alleging he withheld funds from The Neptunes and N.E.R.D. By Caroline Fisher January 28, 2026
Music Anthony Fantano Trolls DJ Akademiks & Drake Again Over "ICEMAN" Anthony Fantano ruffled the feathers of Drake fans and his "insiders" alike when he said "ICEMAN" was going to drop last Friday. By Zachary Horvath April 20, 2026
Politics Dutch Mayor Questions Legal Basis For Potentially Canceling Kanye West Shows Kanye West is scheduled to perform in the Netherlands on June 6 and June 8 of this year. This follows much controversy about Ye's concerts. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 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 Reacts To Ebro Calling His Life "Sad" DJ Akademiks and Ebro's feud has been intensifying in recent days and the latter just fired back with some hard-hitting critiques. By Zachary Horvath March 19, 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 Confronts Cam'ron Face-To-Face Following Lawsuit Drama Cam'ron had sued J. Cole for not holding up his end of the bargain after Cam appeared on the "Might Delete Later" track "Ready '24." By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Music Jack Harlow's "Monica" First Week Sales Projections Continue To Dwindle Jack Harlow's new album "Monica" dominated the timeline for his "got Blacker" comments, but that's not translating to commercial performance. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2026