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Music Jay-Z Dissed After Nas’ $5 Billion Casino Project Gets Approved Earlier this month, Jay-Z's bid to build a casino in Times Square was shot down by a community advisory committee. By Caroline Fisher September 25, 2025
Music 50 Cent Issues Ruthless Response To Diddy’s Alleged Prison Attack Recently, a friend of Diddy's named Charlucci Finney alleged that the mogul woke up in prison "with a knife to his throat." By Caroline Fisher October 23, 2025
Music Gucci Mane Seemingly Responds To Rumor Pooh Shiesty Robbed & Kidnapped Him The rumors about Pooh Shiesty allegedly robbing and kidnapping Gucci Mane remain completely unsubstantiated. By Cole Blake January 20, 2026
Music Young Thug Says Kendrick Lamar Will Never Be Bigger Than Drake After Failing To Get A Feature The leaked call audio continues to come out, as Young Thug was allegedly caught blasting Kendrick Lamar after not getting a feature. By Devin Morton September 02, 2025
Music Young Thug Slammed For Hard R's With White Cover On New Album "UY SCUTI" Young Thug already drew mixed reactions with a "whiteface" cover art for the new album "UY SCUTI," but its opening track deepened the divide. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 26, 2025
Music J. Cole Unveils Official Tracklist For "The Fall-Off" J. Cole is dropping "The Fall-Off" this Friday, and we officially have the new tracklist for the album, which is packed with 24 songs. By Alexander Cole February 04, 2026
Music Diddy’s Hair Dramatically Turns Grey As Sex Trafficking Trial Nears Diddy will still be going on trial in May after his legal team's request for a delay was denied, last week. By Cole Blake April 22, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Gets Overwhelmed By Fans After Jamaica Club Night NBA YoungBoy will meet many more crazed fans during his upcoming tour, and everyone wants to celebrate his prison release. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 08, 2025
Music UK Rapper Ratlin Calls Top5 A "Police Bwoy" After Top's Stabbing Top5 was in London for his friend Drake's Wireless Festival takeover, and he narrowly escaped an attempt on his life. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 14, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Puts His Pride For The USA On Full Display For Official Cover Of "Make America Slime Again" NBA YoungBoy is the latest rapper to put their own spin on the American flag album cover art and it's got fans hype. By Zachary Horvath July 02, 2025
Music Drake Seemingly Confirms The Second "Iceman" Single Is Dropping Tonight Drake's "What Did I Miss?" might get a follow-up single or "ICEMAN" as a whole, although this info comes with a grain of salt. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 24, 2025
Music Jay-Z Capitalizes On “Imaginary Players” Success With Music Video Re-Release On YouTube Jay-Z’s “Imaginary Players” was a diss track about Ma$e. It sampled the 1981 track “Imaginary Playmates” by Rene & Angela. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 30, 2025