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Music Angie Stone's Daughter Slams Claressa Shields For Mistaking Her Mom For Jill Scott Angie Stone's daughter Diamond Stone called out Claressa Shields for mistakenly calling her late mother Jill Scott while speaking on a song. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 27, 2026
Streetwear Nike Threw Drake A Dinner To Celebrate His 3 New Albums Nike hosted a private dinner for Drake to celebrate his triple album release, with a menu card referencing a lyric from "Burning Bridges." By Ben Atkinson May 17, 2026
Music Viral Video Shows Tony Yayo & Uncle Murda Get Into A Wild Argument With Ja Rule Tony Yayo and Uncle Murda's run-in with Ja Rule came after they shared the first episode of their new podcast on Monday. By Cole Blake February 10, 2026
Music Meek Mill Blasts NYC Police For Detaining Him At Halloween Party Meek Mill's advocacy for prison reform and other social justice matters is sadly not his only brush with the law. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 01, 2025
Music d4vd's Ex-Friend Neo Slams Him Amid Celeste Rivas Murder Case d4vd's former friend Neo Langston was arrested in January for failing to appear as a witness before a grand jury in this Celeste Rivas case. By Zachary Horvath March 16, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Takes Partial Credit For The Careers Of Drake, 6ix9ine, & Playboi Carti DJ Akademiks was bigging himself up during a stream on Wednesday night, and it led to how he truly feels about himself. By Alexander Cole July 16, 2026
Music Lil Pump Punches Out Shirtless Heckler While Livestreaming With Clavicular Lil Pump was streaming with Clavicular on Tuesday evening, and not much good came out of it thanks to a physical altercation on camera. By Alexander Cole March 25, 2026
Music Drake Sends Odd Message About "Good Times" Amid "Iceman" Rollout Ahead of the release of the new album "Iceman," Drake is busy overseas on tour. How many good times can he have before they're draining? By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 18, 2025
Music Birdman Shouts Out NBA YoungBoy At Cash Money & No Limit "Verzuz" Birdman has been recently supporting NBA YoungBoy on his "MASA" tour, further developing his most recent massive mentee. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 26, 2025
Music Minnesota Rapper Flexes Boddy Shmurda's Alleged Ring Following Late-Night Brawl Bobby Shmurda was involved in a massive brawl in Minnesota over the weekend while performing at a nightclub. By Cole Blake December 17, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Admits Ferg’s Name Change Bothered Him During a recent interview, A$AP Rocky opened up about his friendship with Ferg and how it's changed over the years. By Caroline Fisher January 22, 2026
Music Lil Baby Caught On The Phone With Lil Durk As Trial Approaches With Lil Durk being behind bars for nearly two full years, communication can be tricky, But Lil Baby is letting him know he's always here. By Zachary Horvath March 23, 2026