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Music Brian Steel Salutes Young Thug For Being "A Hero" Post-YSL RICO Trial Young Thug has earned Brian Steel's respect for helping make changes to the legal system and ones that he feels will have a lasting impact. By Zachary Horvath August 02, 2025
Music Dr. Khalid Muhammad's Estate Files Lawsuits Against 2Pac, Public Enemy, And D'Angelo Over Uncleared Vocal Samples Dr. Khalid Muhammad's estate filed lawsuits against several prominent artists, citing uncleared samples of his voice. By Devin Morton July 29, 2025
Music Hot Boy Turk Prepares Lawsuit Against Cash Money Over Kicking Him Off 30th Anniversary Tour Young Turk, now Hot Boy Turk, was arguably a fan favorite of the Hot Boys in the early 2000s. Lil Wayne and Turk were the youngest. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 28, 2025
Music Mal Claims J. Cole Hasn't Reached Out To Drake Since Kendrick Lamar Apology Mal, like other fans, wants J. Cole to address his relationships with Drake and Kendrick Lamar on "The Fall–Off" and explain beef dynamics. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 31, 2026
Music Drake's UMG Lawsuit's Dismissal Shows Up In Fat Joe's Defamation Case Lawyer Tyrone Blackburn is representing Fat Joe's former hype man Terrance "T.A." Dixon in a defamation lawsuit not quite similar to Drake's. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 12, 2025
Music Quincy Brown Insists Diddy Is A “Changed Man” During Emotional Sentencing Hearing Diddy will finally learn his fate today after being found guilty of two counts of transportation for prostitution in July. By Caroline Fisher October 03, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Back Under House Arrest Until Sentencing For Assault Plea 6ix9ine was charged with various probation violations, and he will receive his sentence for all of them this November. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 27, 2025
Music Diddy Accused Of Sexual Abuse In Bombshell Lawsuit From His Former Stylist Deonte Nash's lawsuit against Diddy comes ahead of the Bad Boy mogul's upcoming sentencing hearing, next month. By Cole Blake September 24, 2025
Music Megan Thee Stallion Demands DJ Akademiks Reveal The Source Of His Tory Lanez DNA Leak Megan Thee Stallion has dragged DJ Akademiks into her ongoing defamation lawsuit against blogger Milagro Gramz. By Cole Blake September 23, 2025
Original Content Akademiks Vs. TDE Punch: Breaking Down The Feud Akademiks and Punch once again got into it on X following the spat between Nicki Minaj and SZA, but why are they beefing? By Devin Morton July 19, 2025
Music Joey Bada$$ Performs Unreleased Track From New Album, "Lonely At The Top" Joey Bada$$ is in the midst of a huge year after already welcoming his first child with Serayah, last month. By Cole Blake July 17, 2025
Music Travis Scott Projected To Debut At No. 1 With "JACKBOYS 2" Despite Middling Reviews Travis Scott is also projected to massively outsell Clipse and Pusha T's "Let God Sort Em Out," the latter of which he's been beefing with. By Zachary Horvath July 15, 2025