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Music Keefe D Left Scrambling After Latest Update In His Tupac Murder Trial Duane "Keefe D" Davis will have to find new legal counsel to help him navigate the murder case against him regarding Tupac Shakur. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2026
Music La Roux Backs Alleged Victim In Kanye West's "Horrific" Sexual Assault Case Kanye West and his legal team have countered the lawsuit by citing the rapper's First Amendment right to free speech. By Cole Blake March 11, 2026
Sneakers Travis Scott Shouts Out Nike On Kanye West's Bully Album Travis Scott's verse on "Father" from Kanye West's newly released Bully album includes a direct Nike reference By Ben Atkinson March 28, 2026
Music Soulja Boy Unleashes On Kai Cenat Over His “Hate Wall” Soulja Boy is almost always beefing with someone, and this week, he appears to have set his sights on Kai Cenat. By Caroline Fisher March 19, 2026
Music North West Shares Another Snippet Of Her New Song Sampling An Iconic Kanye West Track Kanye West originally released "Coldest Winter" on his fourth studio album, "808s & Heartbreak," in 2008. By Cole Blake March 18, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Reacts To Ebro Calling His Life "Sad" DJ Akademiks and Ebro's feud has been intensifying in recent days and the latter just fired back with some hard-hitting critiques. By Zachary Horvath March 19, 2026
Music Lil Woody Claims Young Thug Has "Gay Secrets" Against Rappers In His Circle Lil Woody was recently on DJ Akademiks' stream, where he offered up his views on the latest with Young Thug. By Alexander Cole March 24, 2026
Music YNW Melly's Mom Reportedly Wore A Wire To Aid His Trial But It May Backfire YNW Melly's case is already complex, but his path to a more lenient sentence may have just become more difficult and very unlikely. By Zachary Horvath March 02, 2026
Music Boosie Badazz Snaps On "Racist" Airport Employee Boosie Badazz said that he was traveling in Minneapolis when a TSA agent told him that his jewelry could be a weapon. By Cole Blake March 30, 2026
Music 50 Cent Completely Unleashes On T.I. Following The Release Of A Third Diss Track 50 Cent recently took to Instagram where he offered up his opinion on the T.I. situation, which continues to escalate. By Alexander Cole February 26, 2026
Music Gamma Claps Back At Pitchfork's Brutal Review Of "Bully" Kanye West's "Bully" fell flat for "Pitchfork," and the album's distributor, gamma., has some words for their poor review. By Zachary Horvath April 01, 2026
Music LUCKI Reveals Release Date For New Album “Drugs R Bad” LUCKI has finally announced the release date of his long-awaited fifth studio album, and fans can't wait to hear what he has up his sleeve. By Caroline Fisher March 18, 2026