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Music Young Thug Weighs In On Kendrick Lamar Using “Not Like Us” Name-Drop To Diss Drake Young Thug was behind bars when Kendrick Lamar unleashed his hit diss track "Not Like Us" amid his feud with Drake. By Caroline Fisher April 25, 2025
Music Bobby Brown Remembers Irv Gotti's Million Dollar Payment For Ja Rule's "Thug Lovin" Feature Bobby Brown put Chris Brown over Usher as the closet thing to Michael Jackson. Usher has idolized Bobby Brown since he was a teen. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 19, 2025
Music Lauryn Hill Explains Why She Never Released Another Album Lauryn Hill's "Miseducation" is a true classic, and so is Fugees' "The Score." Via Instagram, she responded to speculation about her career. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2026
Music TDE's Punch Speaks On Label's Botting Allegations TDE president Punch also addressed other rumors against them on "The Joe Budden Podcast," including paying Budden to support Kendrick Lamar. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 08, 2026
Music Drake Reacts To Lil Baby's Pledge Of Allegiance Lil Baby recently revealed how he feels about Drake, and earlier today, the artist decided to give his subtle response. By Alexander Cole May 04, 2026
Sports Le'Veon Bell Claims Mother Of His Child Is Sleeping With Future Le'Veon Bell also reflected on his time with the New York Jets and made some serious claims about Adam Gase. By Cole Blake April 27, 2026
Music Big30 Pushes Against Prosecutors For Bond In Gucci Mane Kidnapping Case Big30, Pooh Shiesty, and others stand accused of allegedly kidnapping and robbing Gucci Mane over Pooh's record deal with Gucci. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2026
Music Anthony Fantano Claims "ICEMAN" Is Dropping Tonight, And No One Believes Him Anthony Fantano had Twitter lit up on Wednesday night after making the claim that Drake's "ICEMAN" was dropping on Friday. By Alexander Cole April 16, 2026
Music DOJ Alleges Gucci Mane Was Kidnapped And Robbed By Pooh Shiesty And Big30 Pooh Shiesty was arrested on Wednesday in Dallas by the FBI with the reasoning being unknown. Now, we have a surplus of information as to why. By Zachary Horvath April 02, 2026
Music Adam22 Slams SZA For Calling Him A “Culture Vulture” After Kendrick Lamar Interview Criticism Adam22 wasn't a fan of Kendrick Lamar's recent interview with SZA. By Caroline Fisher October 25, 2024
Music Joe Budden Tells DJ Akademiks To Stop Reporting About Drake He feels like Ak is compromised. By Elias Andrews June 21, 2024
Music Nicki Minaj Bonds With Rihanna Over Being Boy Moms After Her Sweet Video Of RZA Nicki Minaj had a wholesome reply to the video. By Cole Blake September 28, 2024