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Music Marlon Wayans Clarifies He Never Defended Diddy During His 50 Cent Rant 50 Cent started calling out Marlon Wayans on Instagram after he criticized his new documentary, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning." By Cole Blake December 10, 2025
Music 50 Cent Reacts To YNW Melly's Efforts To Secure Prison Release 50 Cent has some thoughts on YNW Melly's request for a new legal team ahead of his double murder retrial in 2027. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 28, 2025
Music D4vd Transfers Two Texas Homes To His Mother As Police Investigate Teen Death Found In His Tesla Speculation grows as new legal documents reveal that musician dv4d transferred ownership of two properties to his mother. By Tallie Spencer October 09, 2025
Music J. Cole Fails To Release "The Fall Off" Despite Rumors Of A Surprise Drop Hip-Hop media personalities were claiming that J. Cole might be dropping on Friday, but in the end, we were had. By Alexander Cole January 09, 2026
Music Dr. Umar Claims 50 Cent Made Diddy Docuseries Out Of “Self-Hatred” Netflix's new 50 Cent-produced doc, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning," continues to elicit mixed reactions from viewers. By Caroline Fisher December 16, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky’s "Don't Be Dumb" Sales Skyrocket Thanks To Vinyl Release A$AP Rocky might have waited a long time in between projects, but its reportedly not affecting him from a sales perspective. By Zachary Horvath January 17, 2026
Music Ja Rule Admits He Nearly Went “Nuclear” On 50 Cent For Dissing The Late Irv Gotti During a recent appearance on "The Breakfast Club," Ja Rule opened up about his longtime feud with 50 Cent. By Caroline Fisher April 11, 2025
Music Top5 Receives Texts From Kanye West After Recovering From London Stabbing Top5 recently got stabbed in London, and now he is returning to the scene, much to the delight of Kanye West. By Devin Morton July 20, 2025
Music Who Is James Broadnax? The Texas Death Row Inmate Travis Scott & Young Thug Are Fighting To Save Killer Mike, T.I., and other hip-hop artists have joined Travis Scott and Young Thug in bringing national attention to Broadnax’s case. By Aron A. March 12, 2026
Music Kanye West Drops “Vulture 3” Update, It’s Not Coming Because Of Ty Dolla $ign Kanye West claims Ty Dolla $ign announced he didn’t condone any hate speech on social media while they were on the plane together. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 26, 2025
Music Pusha T Responds To Criticism That He Only Raps About Drugs Pusha T and Clipse have made an established name for themselves by focusing on this very topic and others like it, and that's not changing. By Zachary Horvath July 15, 2025
Music Kanye West Reveals "BULLY" Tracklist Via New Website After Constant Delays Kanye West revealed the tracklist for his new album "BULLY" via a new website selling physical copies and box sets for the project. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 03, 2026