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Music JT Shows No Mercy To Her Hip-Hop Opps On New Mixtape "City Cinderella" While there's not much in the way of explicit and direct shots on JT's latest, a couple of shady bars throughout had her fully on the offensive. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 19, 2024
Music Slim 400's Killer Receives Lengthy Prison Sentence The 35-year-old will be spending the next three decades behind bars. By Cole Blake July 17, 2024
Music Ice Cube Tells Kendrick Lamar To Stay Ready Amidst Drake Battle One LA legend advising another. By Elias Andrews June 14, 2024
Music Yo Gotti Explains How He Plans To Help Zillionaire Doe "Maximize" His Potential Zillionaire Doe recently inked a deal with Yo Gotti's CMG label. By Cole Blake January 22, 2025
Music Xzibit Explains How Drake Loss To Kendrick Lamar: "Stepped To Someone You Shouldn't" Xzibit analyzes Drake's loss to Kendrick Lamar. By Bryson "Boom" Paul January 19, 2025
Music 50 Cent Fiercely Claps Back At Critics Of His Vegas Residency Fif has spoken! By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 05, 2025
Music Da'Vinchi Clarifies 50 Cent Relationship Amidst Messy Big Meech Feud Da'Vinchi works under 50 Cent, and he made it clear that he's got no issues with the combative and powerful TV producer. By Elias Andrews February 27, 2025
Music Spotify Addresses Snoop Dogg’s Claim He Only Made $45K Off A Billion Streams Recently, Spotify issued a response to Snoop Dogg's claim that he only made $45K off of a billion streams. By Caroline Fisher February 27, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar’s “GNX” Dethrones Travis Scott's "UTOPIA" With Impressive Streaming Record Recently, Kendrick Lamar broke a new streaming record with "GNX," which was previously held by Travis Scott. By Caroline Fisher February 26, 2025
Music Drake Fans Believe His Recent Chart Placements Are A Spotify Conspiracy Drake and PartyNextDoor recently put out "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U" and the rapper's biggest fans believe shady tricks are being played. By Alexander Cole February 18, 2025
Music Kevin Durant Allegedly Trolls Kendrick Lamar Fan In DMs For Opposing Drake These alleged Kendrick Lamar and Drake comments surfaced amid allegations against Kevin Durant about dissing teammates via a burner account. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 16, 2026
Music Finesse2tymes Was Allegedly Caught With Adderall Before Dallas Arrest Earlier this month, Finesse2tymes and his girlfriend FNG Shugg were arrested on multiple charges during a traffic stop. By Caroline Fisher January 28, 2026