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Music LSU Dance Team Goes Viral For Electric Kendrick Lamar-Inspired Routine LSU's Tiger Girls scored second place at a national competition thanks to their hip-hop routine set to a medley of Kendrick Lamar's hits. By Caroline Fisher January 21, 2026
Music Juelz Santana Posts Bloody Seflie After Alleged Car Crash Former Dipset rapper Juelz Santana stunned fans with an alarming photo of himself all bloody as a result of what he says was a car crash. By Zachary Horvath January 12, 2026
Music Cam'ron Shows Dame Dash Love For Standing Up To Jim Jones In Old Video Cam'ron saw Freekey Zekey's upload of a video of Jim Jones confronting Dame Dash with an entourage amid their current beef. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 11, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA Shatter Record For Highest-Grossing Hip-Hop Tour Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Grand National" tour has reportedly raked in more than $332.1 million since April. By Caroline Fisher November 13, 2025
Music Yungeen Ace Officially Releases Diss Track Directed At Foolio And His Mom Yungeen Ace initially teased this song sampling Laila's "problem" in August 2024, a couple of months after Foolio was killed. By Zachary Horvath November 06, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Mercilessly Trolls Young Thug's Snitching & Top5's Stabbing Again Young Thug and Top5 both recently caught scathing shots from 6ix9ine, with the latter heatedly arguing with him during an Instagram Live. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 25, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Brings Out Ken Carson & Homixide Gang At The Weeknd Concert In Miami Playboi Carti brought out some of the Opium signees during his opening set at The Weeknd's tour stop in Miami. By Devin Morton August 17, 2025
Music Kanye West Admits He Wants To Reconcile With Producers Amid “Donda 2” Drama Kanye West recently took to X to vent about the issues he's run into since his album "Donda 2" hit streaming services. By Caroline Fisher April 30, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks & Wack 100 Question If Kendrick Lamar's "GNX" Album Is A "Classic" DJ Akademiks acknowledged the hit songs on Kendrick Lamar's GNX after proclaiming himself a supporter of rival Drake. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 01, 2025
Music Diddy's Legal Trouble Gets Yet Another Documentary Treatment From BBC This follows other Diddy documentaries from TMZ, MAX, and more. The new BBC doc also preludes the Bad Boy mogul's federal trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 24, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Goes Off On Dealing With Entitled Friends Nicki Minaj discussed some of the key lessons she's learned about being famous and successful over the years. By Cole Blake April 16, 2025
Music Kanye West Claims He & Dave Blunts Are "Almost Finished" With "WW3" Album Dave Blunts also played the lead single for Kanye West's "WW3" at a recent show, so maybe its really dropping? By Zachary Horvath April 15, 2025