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Music Irv Gotti's Brother Believes Ashanti Should Give The Late Producer More Credit For "Making" Her Along with the rest of the hip-hop world, Ashanti deeply mourned the loss of Irv Gotti and revealed she wanted to make things right. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 08, 2025
Music Doja Cat Looks Completely Unrecognizable As July's "V" Magazine Cover Star Doja Cat sat down with "V" Magazine to discuss her upcoming fourth studio album, the coincidentally named "Vie." By Devin Morton July 02, 2025
Music Joe Budden Firmly Backs The East Coast In Joey Bada$$, Ray Vaughn & Daylyt Battle "The Joe Budden Podcast" reacted to Joey Bada$$' "MY TOWN" featuring Loaded Lux, debating whether Daylyt and Ray Vaughn are up to standard. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 22, 2025
Music Lil Durk's Lawyer Believes Only "Weak-Legged" Prosecutors Take Hip-Hop RICO Cases Lil Durk is the subject of a federal murder-for-hire case, which doesn't actually have any racketeering charges to make it a RICO. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2025
Music Mother Of Diddy's Youngest Daughter Rushes Home From Trial To Care For Their Sick Child The jury in Diddy's criminal trial found him not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering in court on Wednesday. By Cole Blake July 03, 2025
Music Ciara Teases Gillie Da Kid Over Twerking Look-Alike In Old Ludacris Video Ciara made an appearance on Gillie Da Kid and Wallo's podcast to promote her upcoming album "CiCi" that's dropping August 22. By Zachary Horvath August 06, 2025
Music Diddy Officially Checks Into FCI Fort Dix Diddy's request to be admitted into FCI Fort Dix was initially denied by Judge Subramanian earlier this month but his wish got granted. By Zachary Horvath October 30, 2025
Politics The White House Uses Lil Wayne's Music To Promote U.S. Strikes On Iran Given Lil Wayne's previous support of United States President Donald Trump, this White House TikTok garnered some controversy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2026
Music Doja Cat Pranks Her "Deadbeat" Dad After He Refused To Make Her Show Doja Cat and her dad have been apart for practically her whole life, and it seems they are no closer to making things work. By Zachary Horvath March 20, 2026
Music Boosie Badazz Confused And Heated After Atlanta Hawks Skip “Swag Surf” Tradition Boosie Badazz is wondering if he did something wrong. By Tallie Spencer December 04, 2025
Music Bobby Shmurda Owns Up To Tour Failure, Lawsuits On The Way Bobby Shmurda earned respect from everyone in hip-hop after his release from prison for not snitching and serving more time in his bid. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 11, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Goes Ballistic On Loren Lorosa For Over An Hour During Fiery Rant Loren LoRosa previously claimed that DJ Akademiks lied about Kendrick Lamar, SZA, and Mustard's "Grand National" tour. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 12, 2025