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Music Billboard Announces Major Rule Change That Could Shake Up Hip-Hop Sales The change will take effect on the charts for January 17, which track listening habits from January 2 to 8. By Cole Blake December 17, 2025
Music Ksoo Demands DNA Test After His Father Explains Testifying Against Him Ksoo was hit with a life prison sentence for murder, whereas his father testified against him and got time served. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 13, 2025
Music LiAngelo Ball Admits He Regrets Leaving Miss Nikki Baby, Says His Marriage To Rashida Nicole Was A “Reset Gone Wrong” Gelo is opening up about his past relationship regrets. By Tallie Spencer December 11, 2025
Music The Game Claims He Hung Up On Michael Jackson Over 50 Cent Beef Believe it or not, this is not the only time The Game has told this story. He last did so in 2019 with "HipHopDX." By Zachary Horvath December 11, 2025
Music Diddy Allegedly Threatened To “Drug” And “Pimp” Danity Kane Members During a recent interview, Diddy's former bodyguard Gene Deal reflected on the mogul's relationship with Danity Kane. By Caroline Fisher December 10, 2025
Music Busta Rhymes Goes Off On TikToker Who Calls Him Tracy Morgan Busta Rhymes was furious when the content creator tried to mistake him for the comedian Tracy Morgan at Art Basel. By Cole Blake December 08, 2025
TV Diddy's Mom Janice Combs Eviscerates 50 Cent's Netflix Doc "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" 50 Cent executive produced Netflix's Diddy docuseries "Sean Combs: The Reckoning." It accuses him and his mother Janice of abusing each other. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 07, 2025
Music Beyonce & Brandy Allegedly Don’t Get Along Recently, Loren LoRosa spoke with sources who provided her with some intel on Beyonce and Brandy's relationship. By Caroline Fisher December 04, 2025
Music Maino Goes Off On DJ Akademiks For Fabolous Comments While Likening Him To "A Jar Of Relish" Maino is passionately defending Fabolous after DJ Akademiks made fun of how the rapper dresses compared to his age. By Zachary Horvath December 04, 2025
Viral 6ix9ine Removed From Adin Ross Prison Stream Featuring DJ Akademiks & Charleston White Adin Ross' prison-themed stream featuring 6ix9ine was already a circus, but the rapper shocked everyone by doing the unthinkable. By Zachary Horvath December 04, 2025
Music Metro Boomin Calls Drake & Kendrick Lamar Beef "WWE" Metro Boomin reflected on not taking Kendrick Lamar and Drake's beef too seriously and flexed his collab album prowess. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 29, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Wants To See Daphne Joy In 50 Cent’s New Diddy Docuseries 50 Cent's long-awaited docuseries, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning," is set to finally hit Netflix on December 2. By Caroline Fisher November 26, 2025