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Music Kanye West Adds Second Mexico City Show After First Sells Out In Hours Kanye West will take on the Monumental Plaza De Toros Mexico in Mexico City on January 30 and January 31 of next year. By Caroline Fisher November 18, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Held In Contempt Again After Being Uncooperative During Third Deposition Tory Lanez may be trying to send a message, but he's also not making things easier for himself as he faces more legal penalties. By Zachary Horvath November 17, 2025
Music Fetty Wap Secures Early Prison Release For Next Holiday Season Beyond some prison photos and calls for his freedom from his family, we haven't been able to hear much about Fetty Wap during his sentence. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 16, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Claimed Megan Thee Stallion Wasn't A "Vulnerable Victim" In Appeal Tory Lanez and his legal team unsuccessfully tried to overturn his conviction and prison sentence in the Megan Thee Stallion shooting case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 15, 2025
Music Drake Doubles Down On UMG Claims In "Not Like Us" Appeal Statement Drake's dismissed lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar's diss track and UMG's alleged defamatory practices is a big narrative leading up to "ICEMAN." By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 15, 2025
Music Drake Finally Confronts Rumor He Got Peed On By TI’s Friend For years, it's been rumored that Drake was unintentionally peed on by TI's friend at a private screening of "Takers." By Caroline Fisher November 14, 2025
Music DJ Vlad Gets Revenge On Rory By Calling Him A "Racist" In response to Rory's recently resurfaced controversial tweets, DJ Vlad called him a hypocrite for comparing their whiteness in hip-hop. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 14, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Recalls His Crew Stabbing Three Security Guards The Day He Met ASAP Rocky According to 6ix9ine, he told ASAP Rocky that he was the reason he started rapping the first time they ever met. By Caroline Fisher November 14, 2025
Music Lil Durk Wants Judge Removed From Murder-For-Hire Case Over Alleged Death Threats Lil Durk is currently behind bars on charges related to an alleged murder-for-hire plot, and his trial is supposed to begin in January. By Caroline Fisher November 14, 2025
Music Egon Hits Madlib With Federal Lawsuit As Friendship Crumbles Egon and Madlib's relationship has been taking a nosedive lately but things now seem to be irreparable with this new lawsuit. By Zachary Horvath November 13, 2025
Music Adam22 Alleges Jim Jones Sent Bloods To His Hotel To Intimidate Him According to Adam22, Jim Jones once went out of his way to send him a message when he visited New York City. By Caroline Fisher November 12, 2025
Music Megan Thee Stallion Reveals Dream To Headline Super Bowl Halftime Show According to Megan Thee Stallion, if she had the opportunity to perform at the Super Bowl, she'd "embrace the challenge." By Caroline Fisher November 12, 2025