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Music Clipse Deliver Electric NPR Tiny Desk Performance After “Let God Sort Em Out” Release Today, Clipse dropped their first album in roughly 15 years, featuring Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Tyler The Creator, and more. By Caroline Fisher July 11, 2025
Music Chris Brown Pleads Not Guilty To Additional UK Assault Charges Chris Brown recently saw a dismissal of his civil lawsuit regarding this alleged incident, but the criminal case moves on. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 11, 2025
Music Young Thug Pays For Fan's Gas After 9-Hour Drive To Concert Young Thug fans are foaming at the mouth for his comeback album "UY SCUTI," and to go see his first shows post-YSL RICO trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 07, 2025
Music Dawn Richard Claims She Stayed Quiet About Diddy's Alleged Abuse Of Cassie Out Of Fear Dawn Richard's witness testimony in the Diddy trial follows statements from Cassie and a DHS special agent. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 19, 2025
Music Soulja Boy Goes Ballistic On DDG And Challenges Him To Boxing Match Soulja Boy has not been letting up on DDG since the allegations from Halle Bailey arose almost a week ago. By Zachary Horvath May 19, 2025
Music 50 Cent Ruthlessly Trolls Floyd Mayweather Over His Defamation Lawsuit Floyd Mayweather is suing Business Insider over an article about him claiming to have purchased real estate in New York. By Cole Blake May 18, 2025
Music Kanye West Called Out By Jewish Rights Organization For "Heil Hitler" Single Streaming services also took aim at Kanye West's "Heil Hitler" track, taking it down from their platforms almost immediately upon release. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 09, 2025
Music Drake & Kendrick Lamar Fans Clash Over Who Claimed Victory During The Battle's Unforgettable Peak It's been one year since we got back-to-back-to-back diss tracks from Drake and Kendrick Lamar in just a several hour-long span. By Zachary Horvath May 03, 2025
Music Jim Jones Finally Responds To Kanye West And Claims Ye Backed Down From A Fight Just a few months ago, Kanye West and Jim Jones were working on The Game's "The Documentary 3," but 2025 had different plans for them. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Responds To His Ex-Attorney’s Statement After Being Called Out On "PETERSON" Tory Lanez is doubling down on the pointed claims he had for Shawn Holley on his album he made in prison, "PETERSON." By Zachary Horvath March 11, 2025
Music Keefe D Claims Innocence Over Tupac Murder In First TV Interview Since Arrest Keefe D was arrested back in September of 2023 and was charged with the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur. He's currently in a Las Vegas prison. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 06, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Continues To Torture Fans With Another Seemingly Pointless Billboard Playboi Carti has been promoting "I Am Music" for over a year now and he has yet to deliver a new album to his fans. By Alexander Cole February 25, 2025