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Music DDG Gets Fans Cackling After He Compares Himself To Michael Jackson Whether fans clowned DDG for his numbers or proclaimed Michael Jackson as the better artist, this reflection on fame clearly didn't land well. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 06, 2025
Music Lil Wayne Drops New Trailer For "Tha Carter VI" And Fans Can't Contain Their Excitement Lil Wayne's new album, "Tha Carter VI" is only hours away, but he's still been keeping details about the project to a minimum. By Cole Blake June 05, 2025
Relationships Slim Thug Left Heartbroken After Seeing Megan Thee Stallion With Sauce Walka Slim Thug has been posting on social media about having a crush on Megan Thee Stallion since her performance at Coachella. By Cole Blake June 01, 2025
Music Kool & The Gang Member Michael Sumler Dead At 71 After Car Crash Michael Sumler was best known for bringing his high energy to Kool & The Gang's live performances over the years. By Cole Blake May 28, 2025
Music 50 Cent To Seize Ex-Employee's House As They Struggle To Cover $7 Million Fraud Judgment The former employee was convicted of allegedly embezzling over $2 million from 50 Cent's Sire Spirits brand. By Cole Blake May 26, 2025
Music Lil Durk Is Making Yet Another Attempt At Getting Out On Bond Lil Durk has been behind bars since his arrest on alleged murder-for-hire charges in October of last year. By Cole Blake May 15, 2025
Music Never-Before-Seen Footage Shows Diddy & Cassie Having A Ball While Celebrating His Birthday In Mexico Per reports, Cassie is currently testifying against Diddy in Manhattan. She's touched on his alleged "freak-offs" and the 2016 video. By Zachary Horvath May 13, 2025
Music DJ Mustard Announces He's Joining Kendrick Lamar & SZA's "Grand National Tour" As The Opening Act There was some hope that Doechii was going to be the opener for Kendrick Lamar and SZA, but its DJ Mustard who fills in instead. By Zachary Horvath April 01, 2025
Music Kanye West Calls Playboi Carti An "Agent" Who Betrayed Him In DJ Akademiks Interview Kanye West also told DJ Akademiks that Playboi Carti took "the blue pill" and made similar comments about Ty Dolla $ign. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 30, 2025
Music Lil Durk Reveals New Prison-Themed Artwork For "Deep Thoughts" Album Lil Durk may be locked up at the moment, but he's doing all he can to drum up hype for his upcoming album. By Elias Andrews March 18, 2025
Music 50 Cent Warns Big Meech That The Truth Is Coming Soon Amid Fiery Feud 50 Cent has been going after Big Meech online ever since he decided to team up with Rick Ross for a Welcome Home concert. By Caroline Fisher March 16, 2025
Music Kanye West Reveals Plans For A Playboi Carti Collaborative Album Playboi Carti dropped his long-awaited new album, "Music," on Friday night featuring a number of guest verses, but Kanye West was not included. By Cole Blake March 16, 2025