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Music Big Tigger Won’t Face Charges After Domestic Battery Arrest The Fulton County DA declined to charge Big Tigger after an arrest that put his marriage and legal troubles in the spotlight. By Erika Marie September 04, 2026
Music Fat Joe Says R. Kelly Has "No Problems" In Prison After Seeing His Underground Fight Club Footage Fat Joe claims R. Kelly can fend for himself. By Tallie Spencer September 03, 2026
Music JAY-Z Fans Left Disappointed After Listening Party Offers No New Music Some JAY-Z fans expected a new song from the mysterious listening party but heard only familiar catalog cuts. By Erika Marie September 03, 2026
Music Lil Durk Won't Take The Stand In His Murder-For-Hire Trial Both the defense and the prosecution in Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial have rested their cases, which means closing arguments are next. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 04, 2026
Music Drake Announces "FOMO" Livestream As Album Buzz Reaches New Heights Drake has been teasing fans with some sort of new project called "FOMO," and on Thursday, Drizzy made an announcement. By Alexander Cole September 03, 2026
Tech Suno Pulls Mary J. Blige Ad And Claims A Fake Representative Fooled Them Mary J. Blige caught criticism online for seemingly endorsing Suno, an AI music platform and generator adding to that tech's controversy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 04, 2026
Music Hip-Hop Albums & Songs Dropping Tonight, September 4, 2026 With Labor Day coming up on Monday, this is going to be a light weekend for new hip-hop albums and songs, but big artists are still dropping. By Alexander Cole September 03, 2026
Pop Culture Breaking Down Cardi B's Beef With Plus-Size Fashion Influencer Samyra Their feud started with fatphobia accusations and resurfaced when Samyra objected to Cardi B working with Old Navy. By Erika Marie September 04, 2026
Music Lil Durk’s Alleged “Enemies List”: Quando, Trina, YoungBoy, 6ix9ine & More A private message attributed to Lil Durk named a list of people he allegedly believed had issues with him, including fellow rappers. By Erika Marie September 02, 2026
Music MO3’s Mother Gives Emotional Testimony In Kewon White Trial Jurors heard Nichole Noble remember her son as a family man who could always make the people around him laugh. By Erika Marie August 27, 2026
Music Doctor Claims Eazy-E Gave Two Of His Patients HIV/AIDS The doctor was featured on "The Mysterious Death of Eazy-E" and said the rapper's wife, who was pregnant when he died, is lucky she was negative. By Erika Marie September 09, 2021
Music Lil Durk Trial: Prosecution Officially Rests Its Case The Lil Durk trial has been one of the biggest ongoing stories in rap, and on Thursday, a major milestone was completed. By Alexander Cole September 03, 2026