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Music The Game Calls Current Hip-Hop "Trash" And Claims He's One Of The Best MCs The Game was supposed to drop his first ever "Gangsta Grillz" mixtape this week, but it seems like it's still in the oven. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 28, 2025
Music Gavin Newsom Makes Nicki Minaj Rant Again By Cosigning Megan Thee Stallion Nicki Minaj hates California governor Gavin Newsom, recently trashing his defense of transgender children and his political aspirations. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 13, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claims His Drake Leak Overshadowed J. Cole's "The Fall-Off" DJ Akademiks claimed that Drake was not happy with him for sharing "ICEMAN" snippets on the release night of J. Cole's "The Fall-Off." By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 07, 2026
Music Tory Lanez Is Recovering Well Following Brutal Prison Stabbing Recently, Tory Lanez was stabbed 14 times in the back, torso, head, and face by a fellow inmate, leaving him with two collapsed lungs. By Caroline Fisher May 16, 2025
Music Pharrell Seemingly Clowns Kanye West For Peeing On His Grammy Pharrell launched this apparent Kanye West jab during an interview with Billboard alongside Clipse for their new album, "Let God Sort Em Out." By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 02, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Hit With New Federal Charges For Supervised Release Violations 6ix9ine still faces a mountain of legal trouble, although it hasn't stopped him from dissing Young Thug over his snitching drama. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 13, 2025
Politics Waka Flocka Flame Shares Support For Nicki Minaj's MAGA Turn Waka Flocka Flame has also expressed support for United States President Donald Trump, so this random Nicki Minaj shoutout is no surprise. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 31, 2026
Music Tina Knowles Clarifies Viral Rumi Interaction During Beyonce's "COWBOY CARTER" Tour Tina Knowles joined Beyonce, Blue Ivy, and Rumi onstage during the "COWBOY CARTER" tour to celebrate her new book. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 26, 2025
Music Fabolous Net Worth 2024: Updated Wealth Of The Rapper The journey of Fabolous, from Brooklyn streets to platinum albums, amassing a net worth into the millions. By Jake Skudder January 16, 2024
Music Alleged Diddy Sex Worker & Dancer "The Punisher" React To Jail Sentence Diddy's 50-month prison sentence was very controversial, but even the folks that were tied to the case had initially differing views. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 04, 2025
Music 21 Savage Fans Try And Guess Who He Thinks Is Being "Corny" Right Now 21 Savage could be talking about a whole bunch of people with this harsh critique. One name that comes to mind though is 6ix9ine. By Zachary Horvath October 31, 2025
Music Drake’s Attorneys Call Out UMG’s Motion To Dismiss Allegedly Ignoring The Millions of People Who Believe The Allegations In “Not Like Us” Drake released his joint album, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, with PartyNextDoor while beginning a legal battle with UMG over defamation. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 31, 2025