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Music Young Thug Slammed For Hard R's With White Cover On New Album "UY SCUTI" Young Thug already drew mixed reactions with a "whiteface" cover art for the new album "UY SCUTI," but its opening track deepened the divide. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 26, 2025
Music Young Thug Name-Drops Gunna In Scathing "UY Scuti" Diss Young Thug dropped his fourth studio album, "UY Scuti," on Friday, marking his first release since getting out of jail, last year. By Cole Blake September 26, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Admits To Violating Probation After Hitting Man Over Snitching Claims In court today, 6ix9ine said that he and another individual "hit a person" back in August, and that it was "wrong." By Caroline Fisher September 25, 2025
Music Chris Blake Griffith Theorizes About Stefon Diggs' Sexuality With DJ Akademiks JT originally resurfaced Chris Blake Griffith's allegations about Stefon Diggs while feuding with Cardi B. By Cole Blake September 25, 2025
Music A Comprehensive List Of Every Single Person Who Wrote A Character Letter For Diddy Diddy was found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in his high-profile criminal trial By Cole Blake September 23, 2025
Politics Kanye West Explains “White Lives Matter” Stunt In New Documentary Clip The new documentary about Kanye West from director Nico Ballesteros, "In Whose Name?," hit theaters on Friday. By Cole Blake September 22, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Shares Yet Another Album Snippet Alongside Collab With Moncler A$AP Rocky has pump faked us multiple times, so it's hard to think that this snippet will amount to "DON'T DE BUMB" dropping soon. By Zachary Horvath September 22, 2025
Music Ghostface Killah's Son Infinite Coles Drops Heartfelt Tracks About His Neglect Infinite Coles has previously called Ghostface Killah out for being an absent father, although he hopes they can reconnect one day. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 21, 2025
Music Drake’s “For All The Dogs” Reaches Major Chart Milestone Years After Release Drake is currently gearing up to drop his ninth studio album, "ICEMAN," which does not have an official release date. By Caroline Fisher September 17, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Boldly Accuses Iggy Azalea Of Paying Tory Lanez's Legal Fees Iggy Azalea previously voiced her support for Tory Lanez back in 2022, before he was convicted of shooting Megan Thee Stallion. By Cole Blake September 17, 2025
Music Drake Recalls Hearing Future For The First Time In "Magic City" Docuseries Drake appeared as a talking head in the Starz documentary "Magic City: An American Fantasy" to discuss his first time hearing Future. By Devin Morton September 14, 2025
Music YNW Bortlen Appears To Address Plea Deal In YNW Melly Case YNW Bortlen took a plea deal on September 9, and is insistent that he did not (and will not) snitch on YNW Melly for his freedom. By Devin Morton September 14, 2025