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Music A$AP Rocky Updates Cover Art For "AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP" Ahead Of 10th Anniversary Merch Drop A$AP Rocky changed the cover art for his second album to coincide with a 10th anniversary merch drop, but fans think more is on the way. By Devin Morton May 27, 2025
Music Ozuna Confirms Extortion Plot Surrounding Gay Porno Filmed While He Was A Minor A recently-slain latin trap star is accused of extorting Ozuna for several years now. By Devin Ch January 23, 2019
Music 50 Cent Reportedly Had No Involvement In Ja Rule's Jumping When Ja Rule was jumped last week, there was some assumptions made that 50 Cent was behind it or potentially was given their long beef. By Zachary Horvath November 24, 2025
Music Warden Says Foolio Murderer Shouldn't Get Death Penalty So He Can Be Put To Work Four people were convicted of rapper Foolio's murder, and while prosecutors want the death penalty, a warden has other ideas. By Erika Marie May 13, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Insinuates Kendrick Lamar Praise Is Being Astroturfed By Overseas Accounts Recently, one of the most popular Kendrick Lamar fan accounts on X got exposed for allegedly being based out of India. By Caroline Fisher November 25, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Finally Gets His OVO Chain From Drake DJ Akademiks has always been a huge Drake supporter, and that support paid off with some OVO hardware from the man himself. By Alexander Cole May 15, 2026
Original Content G Herbo Net Worth 2024: Updated Wealth Of The Rapper Learn about G Herbo's net worth in 2024, and how his music, business ventures, and philanthropy contribute to his fortune. By Jake Skudder January 18, 2024
Music NLE Choppa Apologizes For Dragging Blueface's Son Into Their Feud Blueface has been feuding with NLE Choppa on social media since he dissed him on one of his recent singles. By Cole Blake February 04, 2026
Music Brian Steel Reportedly Cries While Defending Diddy At Sentencing Diddy's sentencing hearing today (Friday, October 3) has heard from his staunchest supporters and his most critical colleagues. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 03, 2025
Music Cardo Claims Baby Keem Is Dropping His Next Album Soon On "Some Batman S**t" Baby Keem's last album was 2021's "The Melodic Blue," on which Cardo partially boasted the "family ties" and "gorgeous" beats. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 03, 2025
Music Diddy Breaks Silence For The First Time Since Conviction To Plead For Leniency In court today, Diddy was sentenced to 50 months in prison for two counts of transportation for prostitution. By Caroline Fisher October 03, 2025
Music Malice Accused Of Stealing A Hot Dog After Lollapalooza Clipse were performing in Chicago over the weekend for Lollapalooza, and Malice got hit with some strange allegations. By Alexander Cole August 03, 2026