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Music Lil Kim Calls Biggie Smalls' Mother Voletta Wallace Her "Second Mom" In Tender Tribute Biggie Smalls discovered Lil Kim in the early 1990s, and their bond eventually extended to his mother, the late Voletta Wallace. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Music Kanye West Continues Bizarre Antics With Latest Series Of Tweets Kanye West is once again turning heads on social media as his rampant controversial posts continued over the weekend. By Cole Blake March 17, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Tosses Kai Cenat & Dabo New YVL Chain At Rolling Loud: LA Playboi Carti's new album, I AM MUSIC, is predicted to be the biggest hip-hop release of the year. The album includes new hit "Good Credit." By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 17, 2025
Music Stunna Girl Puts Her Bullet Wound On Full Display While Clapping Back At Her Haters Stunna Girl also recently went off on her ex husband, painting him as an allegedly jealous and cowardly partner. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 16, 2025
Music ASAP Rocky Denies Siding With Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Or J Cole On Upcoming Song While a release date for ASAP Rocky's album "Don't Be Dumb" has yet to be confirmed, he recently claimed he was in the mixing stage. By Caroline Fisher March 16, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Previews The First Music Video For I AM MUSIC, "OPM BABI," From His Burner Playboi Carti's I AM MUSIC album is the biggest hip-hop release of 2025 so far, solidifying himself as the biggest rapper right now. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 16, 2025
Music Stevie J Breaks Down Why Diddy's "Empty Promises" Led Him To Leave Bad Boy Stevie J has been one of Diddy's biggest supporters amid his legal scandal and has worked with many more artists outside of Bad Boy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 15, 2025
Music F1lthy Wants To Box DJ Akademiks After Controversial Coverage Of Playboi Carti's New Album "MUSIC" DJ Akademiks admitted that he didn't know who F1lthy was while responding to his comments on Playboi Carti's new album "MUSIC." By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 15, 2025
Music Alabama Barker Trolls Bhad Bhabie's Confusing Race Bars On Latest Diss Bhad Bhabie decided to go after Alabama Barker's race in her latest diss, which led to mockery from fans and Barker. By Elias Andrews March 13, 2025
Music Tekashi 6ix9ine Admits Feds Seized Guns & Drugs During Lengthy Raid On His Florida Mansion Tekashi 6ix9ine says he hasn't participated in any criminal activity and that the raid was a probation check. By Cole Blake March 13, 2025
Music "I AM MUSIC" Box Sets Are Shipping, Leading Playboi Carti Fans To Believe Its Actually Dropping This is now the second time that pre-orders for "I AM MUSIC" have been posted to Playboi Carti's website. But does this mean it's coming? By Zachary Horvath March 11, 2025
Music Nelly Says Diddy Would Get Murdered By Sniper Jermaine Dupri In A Verzuz Nelly, J.D., and Diddy's history spans across the 2000s with massive hits such as "Stepped on My Jz" and "Shake Ya Tailfeather" By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 08, 2025