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Music Drake Claims He's "Cooking" Up New Music After Allegedly Being Cut From Playboi Carti Album Drake spent the day teasing fans with Instagram posts, and he confirmed that new music is around the corner. By Elias Andrews March 14, 2025
Music Jay Rock Detained By LAPD After Trying To Flee During Traffic Stop Jay Rock has a long and complicated history with the LAPD, and he got into a complicated situation with them Thursday night. By Elias Andrews March 14, 2025
Music 50 Cent Taunts Big Meech With Snitching Allegations As Beef Intensifies 50 Cent has been going after Big Meech on social media ever since the former drug kingpin teamed up with Rick Ross for a Welcome Home show. By Caroline Fisher March 13, 2025
Music Elliott Wilson Explains Why He Doesn't Like Jail Albums After Tory Lanez Drops "Peterson" Tory Lanez previously described his album as "the first in-real-time prison album… recorded in prison, for prisoners, by a prisoner." By Cole Blake March 13, 2025
Music Jim Jones Shuts Down The Possibility Of Fixing His Relationship With Cam’ron Jim Jones and Cam'ron have been trading numerous shots on social media in recent weeks. By Cole Blake March 13, 2025
Politics Lil Yachty Calls Black Lives Matter A "Scam" In Controversial Interview Moment Lil Yachty recently appeared on the "Feeding Starving Celebrities" YouTube cooking show with Quenlin Blackwell. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Questions Motive Behind Jay-Z's "Warpath" Against His Alleged Victim Jay-Z has already filed defamation lawsuits against his anonymous accuser as well as her attorney, Tony Buzbee. By Cole Blake March 13, 2025
Music Slim Thug Can't Believe Dawn Robinson Has Been Living Out Of Her Car For Years Slim Thug says the situation with Dawn Robinson shows the importance of artists owning the masters to their biggest hits. By Cole Blake March 13, 2025
Music Mack Maine’s Son Dies At 20 After Seizure In a heartfelt Instagram post, Mack Maine calls fatherhood "one of the greatest gifts" he's ever received. By Caroline Fisher July 28, 2025
Music Drake & Central Cee's "Which One" Heads For High-Ranking Debut On The Billboard Hot 100 Drake and Central Cee ended up performing the song together at a concert in Manchester over the weekend. By Cole Blake July 28, 2025
Music Waka Flocka Flame Gets The Crowd Jumping With Electric SeaWorld Set Several hip-hop artists have performed at SeaWorld in recent weeks, including Fat Joe, Baby Bash, Ying Yang Twins, and Soulja Boy. By Cole Blake July 28, 2025
Music Beyonce’s “Cowboy Carter” Tour Smashes Major Country Music Record This Saturday (July 26), Beyonce put on her final "Cowboy Carter" tour performance at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. By Caroline Fisher July 28, 2025