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Music Jim Jones Argues He Did Nas A Favor With Viral Hot Take Jim Jones has been calling out Nas in several recent interviews, arguing that his overall catalog is better. By Cole Blake June 26, 2025
Music Funk Flex Takes Over Ebro's Hot 97's Slot After "In The Morning" Gets Axed Funkmaster Flex went through his own Hot 97 changes recently, which Ebro Darden, Peter Rosenberg, and Laura Stylez are the latest to face. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 14, 2025
Music J. Cole Previews Unreleased Track Ahead Of “The Fall-Off” J. Cole's highly anticipated seventh studio album, "The Fall-Off," is set to finally be unveiled at midnight. By Caroline Fisher February 05, 2026
Music Master P Shares An Update On Young Bleed And Asks For Prayers Young Bleed suffered a medical emergency and was taken to the ICU after his performance on "Verzuz" over the weekend. By Cole Blake October 29, 2025
Music Drake Lands At Number One On Billboard's Top Hip-Hop Artists Of The Century List Drake is the most dominant rapper of the 21st century so far, and that has been reflected with his latest accomplishment from Billboard. By Devin Morton August 26, 2025
Music Brendan Paul Denies Being Diddy's Drug Mule And Claims He Was Allegedly Instructed To Buy Drugs Brendan Paul took the stand in Diddy's trial on Friday, June 20, and gave witness testimony about Sean Combs' alleged "freak-offs." By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 20, 2025
Music Lil Wayne & Bono’s Unreleased “Tha Carter VI” Track Featured In NBA Finals Commercial Lil Wayne is gearing up to drop his eagerly anticipated new album "Tha Carter VI," which is slated for release tomorrow. By Caroline Fisher June 05, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Slams Reddit Moderators For Deleting His Comments Amid Album Hype A$AP Rocky has been trying to promote his album over on Reddit, which is admittedly a tall order to begin with. By Zachary Horvath December 23, 2025
Music Lil Durk Case Takes A Turn As Young Thug's Infamous Lawyer Joins The Fight Lil Durk is facing a tough murder-for-hire case, and now, it appears as though he is about to get himself one of the best lawyers around. By Alexander Cole March 09, 2026
Music Slim Thug Admits He'll Have To Be "Patient" With His Megan Thee Stallion Crush Slim Thug says he isn't giving up hope, despite the straight-forward rejection from Megan Thee Stallion at Coachella. By Cole Blake April 24, 2025
Music Pusha T Discusses Kendrick Lamar's Appearance On Clipse's Forthcoming Album Pusha T sat down to discuss the forthcoming Clipse album and explain exactly why Kendrick Lamar appears on it. By Devin Morton July 09, 2025
Music Jamie Foxx Livid After GloRilla Gets A Bottle Thrown At Her Head During Halloween Party GloRilla was one of several performers at SKVLK Fest, a private party hosted by Jamie Foxx and his 17-year-old daughter. By Zachary Horvath October 27, 2025