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Music R. Kelly Under Fire As Prison Music Begins To Get Industry Push R Kelly has faced a lot of backlash from the public but some are hoping for a musical return and that has many folks angry. By Zachary Horvath January 12, 2026
Music Future Signee Zeethewizard Dead At 25 After New Year’s Day Shooting Zeethewizard and four others were reportedly injured at the grand opening of a new strip club in his home state of Texas last week. By Caroline Fisher January 06, 2026
Music Drake Subs Kendrick Lamar & His Enemies With Petty Dig At Spotify Drake and Kendrick Lamar remain at odds, while Drizzy clearly still feels some type of way about Spotify after his beef. By Alexander Cole December 22, 2025
Music 50 Cent Claims He Got "Ebro In The Morning" Canceled The final episode of "Ebro In The Morning" on Hot 97 aired, last week, after the station put an end to the iconic show. By Cole Blake December 17, 2025
Music 50 Cent Delivers Surprising Take On Potential Diddy Comeback 50 Cent continues to stand by his new Netflix docuseries, despite Diddy's team calling it a "shameful hit piece." By Caroline Fisher December 10, 2025
Music Ja Rule Threatens To Sue 50 Cent For Spreading Allegations About Him & Diddy Ja Rule was furious with 50 Cent for posting a video of Diddy's former bodyguard making allegations about them. By Cole Blake December 09, 2025
Music Kanye West Alleges He Gave His Own Cousin Fellatio This is Kanye West's latest provocative statement amid the promise of a new album rollout. Ye recently changed the project's name to "CUCK." By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 21, 2025
Music Tay-K's Sister Claims That He Was Severely Beaten While Being Tied To An Ironing Board Prior to Tay-K's life sentence, his older sister did her best to try and lessen the blow by recounting their saddening childhood. By Zachary Horvath April 16, 2025
Music JID Still Wants To Rap With Kendrick Lamar After J. Cole Apology JID explained on "The Joe Budden Podcast" why J Cole's apology to Kendrick Lamar for a diss song deserves more respect and nuanced discussion. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 09, 2025
Music YSL Woody Is Expecting A Child After Accident & Young Thug Drama Lil Woody was a big part of the YSL RICO trial as the state's prime witness, and he's dealing with more fallout than the Young Thug's scandal. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2025
Music The Weeknd Brings Out Future During Atlanta Tour Stop For Performance Of "Low Life" The Weeknd has brought out several big-name special guests along his tour stops, but this one with Future may go down as the best. By Zachary Horvath August 23, 2025
Music Doja Cat Passionately Defends Controversial “Vie” Album Cover Doja Cat's highly anticipated fifth studio album, "Vie," is slated for release on September 26 via Kemosabe and RCA Records. By Caroline Fisher September 23, 2025