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Relationships Chelsea Handler Reveals What It Was Like Dating 50 Cent Chelsea Handler and 50 Cent only dated for a brief stretch of time in the 2010s, but made plenty of headlines. By Cole Blake December 09, 2025
Music Rapper JaYy Wick Arrested After Allegedly Shooting A Man On The Beach In Florida Rapper JaYy Wick has a legal battle ahead of him after being arrested for allegedly shooting a man in Panama City Beach. By Alexander Cole May 06, 2026
Music Offset Claims He Pressed YG Over Freestyle Diss YG dissed Offset in his Red Bull Spiral Cypher freestyle earlier this month, and according to the former Migo, he addressed it head-on. By Caroline Fisher November 18, 2025
Music Drake Stirs Up Debate By Proclaiming Himself "One Of The Most Profound Writers" Ever Anything that Drake does causes debates online. But this statement right here might crash the Twitter servers for a while. By Zachary Horvath December 23, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Makes Rare Public Appearance At Unexpected California Spot After wrapping up his massive "Grand National" tour with SZA and others, Kendrick Lamar might not pop out again for quite a while... By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 03, 2026
Relationships Footage Of Latto & 21 Savage's Lavish Baby Shower Hits The Internet Latto's pregnancy reveal has left many fans excited for her and over the weekend, she celebrated the momentous milestone with a baby shower. By Zachary Horvath March 30, 2026
Music Ralo Apologizes To Pooh Shiesty For Denying Gucci Mane Snitching Claims Ralo still has a lot of love for Gucci Mane, but he's finding out the hard way that this Pooh Shiesty situation is very complicated. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 11, 2026
Music 50 Cent Brutally Rejects Dame Dash’s Truce Attempt Earlier this month, Dame Dash took to Instagram to reveal that he wants to squash his beef with both Cam'ron and 50 Cent. By Caroline Fisher September 23, 2025
Music The Lil Baby Dilemma: Declining Reign, Diminished Dominance & The End Of An Era Lil Baby’s run dominated both the charts and the streets, but even Atlanta’s baton carrier has a ceiling, and 2025 made it impossible to ignore. By Aron A. September 26, 2025
Music Clipse & John Legend Perform “The Birds Don’t Sing” As 1st Rap Act Ever At The Vatican Clipse is the first hip hop act ever to perform at The Vatican. They created their latest album with Pharrell Williams in France. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 13, 2025
Music YBT Of 83 Babies Dead At 23 Earlier this month, YBT of 83 Babies was fatally injured in a shooting in his hometown of Durham, North Carolina. By Caroline Fisher March 17, 2026
Music Drake Proves He’s Still Got It With Impressive “ICEMAN” Snippet Drake has already shared several singles ahead of "Iceman," including "What Did I Miss?", "Which One," and "Dog House." By Cole Blake December 02, 2025