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Music Judge In Lil Durk Case Scolds Prosecution And Grants Motion To Sever Charges Lil Durk is about to go on trial for murder-for-hire, and with his legal team fighting hard, he is gaining some ground. By Alexander Cole July 14, 2026
Music Drake Exposed For Allegedly Winning Unrealistic Amount Of Games On Stake Drake is already facing a class-action lawsuit alongside Stake and Adin Ross for their gambling livestreams. By Cole Blake March 02, 2026
Music Kanye West Delays "BULLY" For A Fifth Time Kanye West has been pretty quiet about "BULLY" and its whereabouts so who knows when this album is actually dropping at this point. By Zachary Horvath November 03, 2025
Music Young Thug Firing Members Of His Team For Axing Rod Wave's "UY SCUTI" Verse Rod Wave was apparently supposed to have a verse on "Blaming Jesus" off of the new Young Thug album "UY SCUTI." By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 26, 2025
Music Kanye West Removes "COUSINS" From Spotify During this period of enlightenment for Kanye West, he's also deleted songs like "HALLELUJAH" and "WW3" from his streaming accounts. By Zachary Horvath November 24, 2025
Music Drake Officially Tops Billboard 200 With "ICEMAN" Trilogy's First Week Sales Drake became the first artist to simultaneously debut three albums in the Billboard chart's top three, and he also broke a Jay-Z record. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 24, 2026
Music J Prince Jr. Tries To Clear His Name Amid The AllStar JR/NBA Ben 10 Rumors J Prince Jr. is coming forward after video footage showed him at the restaurant where NBA Ben 10 was allegedly shot by AllStar JR. By Zachary Horvath April 13, 2026
Music Cardi B Publicly Apologizes To Latto Following Shocking Leaked Call Audio Cardi B apologized to Latto for the stray she received during a leaked call where Cardi threatened to fight Ice Spice. By Devin Morton October 01, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Goes Off On Anthony Fantano For Drake "ICEMAN" Prediction DJ Akademiks said he told Drake to delay his new album "ICEMAN" because of folks like Anthony Fantano speculating about its release. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 17, 2026
Music Benzino Claims Young Thug's Jail Calls Are Leaked By The U.S. Government Benzino's rap career began in the 90s, it has included beefs with 50 Cent, Eminem, Fat Joe, and his daughter Coi Leray. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 07, 2025
Music Che Responds As Footage Of Alleged Physical Altercation With Nine Vicious Hits The Internet Nine Vicious took to the internet with alleged footage of himself taking Che's chain, and now, the latter has issued a response. By Alexander Cole July 06, 2026
Music ScHoolboy Q Breaks His Silence Amid Ozempic Rumors ScHoolboy Q is the latest celebrity to face Ozempic rumors, joining the likes of Ice Spice, Lizzo, and more. By Caroline Fisher April 14, 2026