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Music Spotify Cracks Down On Botted Streams But Won't Reveal Which Artists They Punished The main narrative hip-hop fans associate with Spotify botting these days is the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef and its discourse offshoots. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2025
Music Kanye West Claims Drake Brutally Turned Down "Bully" Intro But Hopes They Make An Album Kanye West's last collaboration with Drake in any capacity was their "Free Larry Hoover" benefit concert in 2021. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 03, 2025
Music Young Thug Breaks Silence As Prosecutors Try To Get His Probation Revoked Recently, Young Thug allegedly shared a tweet calling Fulton County Investigator Marissa Viverito the "biggest liar in the DA office." By Caroline Fisher April 03, 2025
Music Lil Durk's New Album "Deep Thoughts" Boasts Divisive Streaming Debut Amid Prison Stay Lil Durk recently issued a hopeful and determined message to fans after "Deep Thoughts" landed during his alleged murder-for-hire case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 30, 2025
Music Angela Yee Breaks Silence On Jess Hilarious' Breakfast Club Rant Jess Hilarious referenced Angela Yee during her blow up on the Breakfast Club, and the ex host has responded. By Elias Andrews March 27, 2025
Music Suge Knight Unearths Chilling Rumors About Eazy-E’s Death Eazy-E's daughter and his N.W.A groupmate Ice Cube have shut down theories that Suge Knight had anything to do with his death. By Caroline Fisher March 18, 2025
Music Suge Knight Goes Scorched Earth On Snoop Dogg Over Death Row "Flops" Suge Knight and Snoop Dogg are in radically different positions of power, but the former claims Snoop is ruining Death Row. By Elias Andrews March 11, 2025
Music Drake Preps Fans For "Uneasy" Next Chapter With Ominous Message Drake decides to address the Big Three, the difficulty he's hadeover the last year, and his plans for the future. By Elias Andrews March 10, 2025
Music Grammys Deletes Clip Of Crowd Singing Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Amid Drake Lawsuit Kendrick Lamar's Drake diss track "Not Like Us" won five Grammys in 2025, including Song of the Year and Record of the Year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 07, 2025
Music Biggie Smalls' Estate Reportedly Selling His Publishing & Publicity Rights For Over $100 Million Biggie Smalls won't lose all his publishing, publicity, and master rights, but this is still a huge step for The Notorious B.I.G.'s estate. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 01, 2025
Music Kanye West & The Game Reveal "The Documentary 3" With New Preview Featuring Jim Jones The Game is working with Kanye West and Jim Jones on his long-awaited third installment in "The Documentary" series. By Cole Blake February 26, 2025
Music Kanye West And 50 Cent React To A$AP Rocky's Not Guilty Verdict The iconic rappers weighed in on Flacko's release. By Elias Andrews February 18, 2025