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Music A$AP Rocky’s “Don’t Be Dumb” Only Had 6K Pre-Orders Before Getting Canceled A$AP Rocky recently hinted that his new album, "Don’t Be Dumb," will finally be dropping in January of next year. By Cole Blake December 09, 2025
Music Pras Files Appeal To Reverse 14-Year Prison Sentence For Money Laundering Federal authorities accused Pras of accepting over $100 million from a Malaysian businessman to sway U.S. politics and prevent extradition. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 05, 2025
Music Gunna Abruptly Ends Puzzling Virginia Beach Show Early Gunna kicked off his 2025-2026 "Wun World Tour" in mid-November. It runs through July 3 in Portugal. More dates were added a few weeks ago. By Zachary Horvath December 01, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Reveals Playboi Carti's Grueling Recording Process On Tour DJ Akademiks recently went to enjoy Playboi Carti's concert in Florida, and it seems like they chopped it up. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 21, 2025
Music Lil Nas X Handcuffed And Hospitalized After Roaming Los Angeles In Underwear Lil Nas X was spotted strutting around Los Angeles by himself at 4 a.m. today, prompting onlookers to suspect alleged drug use. By Caroline Fisher August 21, 2025
Music Jermaine Dupri Reveals Why Usher Relationship Could Make A Chris Brown Collab “Dangerous” During a recent appearance on "The Joe Budden Podcast," Jermaine Dupri discussed a potential Verzuz battle between Usher and Chris Brown. By Caroline Fisher August 19, 2025
Music Consequence Slams “Liar” Pusha T Again After Exposing Alleged Kanye West Texts Recently, Consequence accused Pusha T of stabbing Kanye West in the back for "clout" after sharing their alleged texts. By Caroline Fisher August 19, 2025
Music Johnny Manziel Suggests At The Release Date For Drake's "Iceman" Album Drake has already released two singles from his upcoming album, "Iceman," having dropped "What Did I Miss?" and "Which One." By Cole Blake August 18, 2025
Music Suge Knight Accuses Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre Of Being In “Secret Society” With Diddy Suge Knight discussed the latest allegations against Diddy on his "Collect Call" podcast. By Cole Blake March 12, 2024
Music Childish Gambino Accused Of Not Paying "Awaken, My Love!" Cover's Team Giannina Antonette Oteto has for years accused the multi-hyphenate artist of refusing legal contact for supposedly due payments. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 25, 2023
Music 7 Biggest Hip Hop Hits Of The 2000s The best of the best chart-topping rap bangers. By Demi Phillips September 24, 2023
Original Content Every Song On "Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho" Ranked By Production We've ranked every song off "Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho" by production from top to bottom. By Vince Rick December 25, 2017