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Music Bricc Baby Was "Sick" When He Learned His Friend, Eric Holder, Killed Nipsey Hussle Bricc Baby detailed his initial reaction to the tragic news. By Cole Blake October 02, 2024
Music Joe Budden Insists He Has Nothing To Do With Diddy's "Freak-Off" Parties Joe Budden and Diddy are connected via the REVOLT platform and some other links, but Joe says that's where it ends. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 27, 2024
Music Trippie Redd Trashes Today's Hip-Hop: "All You Rappers Sorry" Trippie Redd released his latest album, Genre: Sadboy, a collaboration with MGK in March 2024. The mixtape garnered over 4 million streams. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 16, 2025
Music Diddy's Former Bodyguard Speculates On Who Was Responsible For 50 Cent's 2000 Shooting 50 Cent got shot nine times back in 2000, and a couple of years later, he joined superstars like Diddy in hip-hop's limelight. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 14, 2025
Music Kanye West Suffers Major Loss Amid Legal Battle Over $57 Million Mansion In 2023, Kanye West was sued by a construction consultant who alleges that he was put in "extreme danger." By Caroline Fisher January 15, 2026
Music Mal Calls Andre 3000 The “Most Overrated Rapper” Of All Time According to Mal of the "New Rory & Mal" podcast, Andre 3000 is no longer one of his top five rappers for one simple reason. By Caroline Fisher January 08, 2026
Music Drake Gets Absolutely Cooked By The Internet Following Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Grammys It's hard for even OVO Stans to not find this whole victory lap quite awe-inspiring. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 03, 2025
Music YFN Lucci Breaks His Silence On Prison Release After Reuniting With Loved Ones YFN Lucci got out of prison today. By Caroline Fisher January 31, 2025
Music Scott Storch's Ex Caught Hurling Racial Slurs At Valet Workers It's not a pretty sight. By Elias Andrews January 29, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Exposes Maino's Worst Outfits As Beef Intensifies Maino was upset with DJ Akademiks for joking about Fabolous' fashion choices during a recent livestream. By Cole Blake December 08, 2025
Music 50 Cent Believes Diddy Sent Him A Bouquet As A Warning Shot For Documentary Diddy's legal reps have already accused 50 Cent and the producers of getting documentary footage illegally, so maybe Fif is on to something? By Zachary Horvath December 05, 2025
Viral DDG Allegedly Reacts To Man Threatening Legal Action For Dream Con Fight With His Brother There is only one sole picture on social media backing this up, but some fans are reading between the lines of DDG's Twitter. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 01, 2025