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Music Lil Durk Fighting To Keep Music Video Out Of Murder-For-Hire Trial Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial is expected to begin next month, and now, prosecutors want the music video for "Pissed Me Off" as evidence. By Alexander Cole July 29, 2026
Music 10 Things You Didn't Know About SZA From writing songs for Rihanna to dropping out of college, here are 10 things you may not have known about talented R&B singer-songwriter SZA. By Caleb Hardy March 09, 2023
Music Snoop Dogg Just Got The Opportunity Of A Lifetime Thanks To The NBA Snoop Dogg has appeared on lots of sports debate shows over the years to provide analysis, but the NBA is giving him an even better offer. By Zachary Horvath December 22, 2025
Music Cardi B Reveals If Stefon Diggs Sparked Her Viral Concert Rant During her recent performance at San Francisco's Chase Center, Cardi B delivered a fiery message using lyrics from her song, "Principle." By Caroline Fisher March 03, 2026
Music Doechii Sparks Explosive Debate With Her Controversial Dating Red Flag Doechii has been open about her sexuality, revealing in past interviews that she's bisexual and claiming to have a girlfriend in December. By Caroline Fisher March 08, 2025
Music Salt-N-Pepa's Federal Recording Lawsuit Against UMG Has Been Dismissed Salt-N-Pepa's federal suit against UMG was a long battle, one that started to grow legs in 2022. However, they didn't emerge victorious. By Zachary Horvath January 09, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Picks Winner In Hypothetical Drake & A$AP Rocky Boxing Match DJ Akademiks has weighed in on A$AP Rocky's desire to go bare knuckle fighting with the likes of Drake. By Alexander Cole August 05, 2026
Music Swae Lee Reaches Confidential Settlement In Paternity Case With Child’s Mother Neither Swae Lee nor Marla Naranjo has publicly commented further on the outcome. By Tallie Spencer April 16, 2026
Music Spotify Cracks Down On Botted Streams But Won't Reveal Which Artists They Punished The main narrative hip-hop fans associate with Spotify botting these days is the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef and its discourse offshoots. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2025
Music Diamond Brown Says Chris Brown Doesn’t Want To Spend Time With Their Daughter Diamond Brown claims that Chris Brown is "often disinterested" in spending time with Lovely. By Aron A. October 14, 2026
Music Jacquees Arrested For Alleged DUI And Battery Jacquees was reported arrested in Broward County on Sunday night and was susbsequently hit with three charges. By Alexander Cole September 28, 2026
Music Method Man And Kelly Rowland Star In New Romance Film "Relationship Goals" The two show off their chemistry in this upcoming rom-com. By Tallie Spencer January 08, 2026