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Music DJ Premier Announces Release Date For His Nas Collab Album Nas' "Legend Has It" series may be coming to an end, but it's going out with a bang as his collab effort with DJ Premier is coming soon. By Zachary Horvath November 20, 2025
Music Florida Rapper POORSTACY Dead At 26 POORSTACY was nominated for a Grammy for his work on the "Bill & Ted Face the Music" soundtrack and also collaborated with Travis Barker. By Cole Blake December 01, 2025
Music Cardi B Claims JT Wanted Pardison Fontaine To Write For Her Amid Beef After JT's diss track towards Cardi B leaked, it seems like the latter is happy with her previous "Magnet" shots and some social media shade. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 04, 2025
Music Cardi B Turns Newborn's Umbilical Cord Into Gold Chrome Heart Cardi B recently shared the first picture of her newborn son with Stefon Diggs, and she chose to commemorate his birth in a curious way. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 21, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy On Pace To Finish With Top-10 Grossing Rap Tour Of All Time NBA YoungBoy is cementing his status as one of the true rap stars of this generation, if he hadn't in your eyes already. By Zachary Horvath October 31, 2025
Music Cardi B Shuts Down Rape Claim About Her Dad With A Shot At Nicki Minaj Cardi B previously feuded with Nicki Minaj after the release of her album, "Am I The Drama?" back in September. By Cole Blake January 05, 2026
Music Pooh Shiesty Has An Emotional Reunion With Big30 After Getting Out Of Jail Pooh Shiesty pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess firearms in furtherance of crimes of violence and drug trafficking back in 2022. By Cole Blake October 07, 2025
Music Hernandez Govan, Alleged Mastermind Behind Young Dolph Killing, Found Not Guilty Hernandez Govan hugged his lawyer in the Memphis courtroom after the jury found him not guilty in Young Dolph's murder. By Cole Blake August 21, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Tells Drake To "Leave Kendrick Lamar Alone" In His New Music The funny thing about this DJ Akademiks take is that Drake has barely even alluded to Kendrick Lamar's name on recent material. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 04, 2025
Music Chubbs Shuts Down Streamers Who Were Filming Drake In Turks And Caicos Drake is currently in Turks and Caicos for business and pleasure, although some streamers spotted the artist and began recording. By Alexander Cole June 09, 2026
Music NBA YoungBoy Raps About Allegedly Punching Inmate For Repping OTF Earlier this year, NBA YoungBoy got thrown into solitary confinement for allegedly confronting another inmate behind bars. By Caroline Fisher December 16, 2025
Music Young Thug Wants To Do “First” Interview With Adin Ross, Asks Big Bank To Drop His Thug Interview Now Young Thug’s jail phone calls have sprung a major leak with the rapper commenting on the beef between Metro Boomin and Drake. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 06, 2025