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Music 21 Savage References ASAP Rocky's Assault Trial On Young Thug's "UY SCUTI" Some fans thought that 21 Savage dissed ASAP Rocky on Young Thug's new album "UY SCUTI," but others gave more grace. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 26, 2025
Music "BodyPartz" Rapper Luci4 Passes Away At 23 Luci4 was found dead at a friend's house in Los Angeles and police are continuing to investigate the situation. By Cole Blake February 23, 2026
Pop Culture NLE Choppa Responds After Being Accused Of Neglecting His Kids NLE Choppa has been facing such damning accusations since September, with the mother of ChoZen, Marissa D'aNae, speaking out first. By Zachary Horvath October 06, 2025
Music Who Is Fakemink? The UK Rapper Winning Co-Signs From Drake, Playboi Carti, Frank Ocean & More Here's everything you need to know about Fakemink. By Aron A. October 17, 2025
Music Lauryn Hill Explains Why She Never Released Another Album Lauryn Hill's "Miseducation" is a true classic, and so is Fugees' "The Score." Via Instagram, she responded to speculation about her career. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2026
Music LaRussell Provides More Context For His Controversial Lil Wayne Comments LaRussell said during a podcast that after he grew up, he came to the conclusion that Lil Wayne doesn't have much substance in his music. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 15, 2026
Music The Game Calls Leaking Phone Calls The "New Snitching" Amid Young Thug Controversy The Game took to Instagram to deliver a post that doubled as both a minor defense of Young Thug and a callout of whoever's leaked his calls. By Devin Morton September 07, 2025
Music Charleston White Says He's Hoping Boosie Badazz Gets The Max Sentence In His Gun Case Charleston White is once again trolling Boosie Badazz for taking a plea deal in his federal gun case, earlier this month. By Cole Blake August 26, 2025
Music SZA Teases Collab Album, And You'll Never Guess Who It's With SZA has worked with artists of all kinds, but she's apparently got a joint album ready with an exciting fresh face. By Zachary Horvath March 06, 2026
Music B2K Verzuz Pretty Ricky: How To Watch B2K and Pretty Ricky will be competing on Verzuz tonight, and it should make for a pretty compelling matchup. By Alexander Cole June 25, 2026
Music Drake Co-Signs BigXThaPlug Ahead Of New Album, "I Hope You're Happy" Drake is working on an upcoming album of his own, having dropped two singles for "Iceman" in recent months. By Cole Blake August 18, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Earns Him Second Emmy Award Kendrick Lamar won his first Emmy in 2022 for his role in the Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and more. By Caroline Fisher September 08, 2025