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Music Freddie Gibbs Mocks Gucci Mane's Pooh Shiesty Diss Track "Crash Dummy" Freddie Gibbs weighed in on the debate over whether or not Gucci Mane snitched on Pooh Shiesty in his "Crash Dummy" diss track. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 10, 2026
Music Kenyon Martin Ignites Heated Debate After Claiming Rick Ross Has A Better Catalog Than Kendrick Lamar Kenyon Martin was on Gil's Arena with Rashad McCants on Tuesday night, and it led to a heated Rick Ross vs. Kendrick Lamar debate. By Alexander Cole May 06, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar’s Grand National Tour Materializes The Elusive pgLang Vision Kendrick Lamar and SZA set a new standard on the Grand National tour; more importantly, the tour embodies pgLang’s forward-thinking ethos at the intersection of art and media. By Aron A. June 24, 2025
Music Rick Ross Calls Drake’s “ICEMAN” Horrendous: “Lost An Hour Of Their Life” PBD is a numbers guy but Rozay isn’t convinced that the numbers are real. By Aron A. May 21, 2026
Music Lil Tjay Calls Offset A “Rat” In Viral Interview Outside Of Jail Offset is recovering and doing "fine" after being shot at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Florida on Monday. By Cole Blake April 07, 2026
Music Drake Cosigns Timothée Chalamet's EsDeeKid Remix Despite Kendrick Lamar Support Many other artists have shouted out Timothee Chalamet and EsDeeKid's new collab, and maybe Drake didn't see that Kendrick Lamar interview. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 21, 2025
Music Kanye West Shares Clip With Antisemitic Stereotypes Praising His Comeback Kanye West shared a clip of Ray Daniels praising his SoFi Stadium shows and speaking on the backlash to Ye's antisemitism. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 19, 2026
Music Quavo’s Days As A Pop Star Are Over Quavo wore out the Migos Mania long ago, and a return to pop status doesn’t quite land on “QROMELIFE.” By Aron A. October 14, 2026
Music Young Thug Responds To 21 Savage’s Plea To Squash Gunna Beef Recently, 21 Savage took to Twitter/X to remind Young Thug of how close he and Gunna once were, urging him to end their feud. By Caroline Fisher December 18, 2025
Music Lil Wayne To Headline Virtual Halftime Show In “Clash Royale” Lil Wayne is set to take over the Clash Royale Arena with a special performance on February 6 at 12 p.m. ET. By Caroline Fisher February 03, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Wishes Death On Rory While Crashing Out On Him & Mal Amid Rory's alleged racist old tweets controversy, DJ Akademiks posted pictures of him in public with his child. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 16, 2025
Music T.I. Clarifies Verzuz Comments After Timbaland's Reaction After T.I. called Verzuz "poor people activity," Timbaland was confused. Tip returned to explain himself after being criticized. By Erika Marie June 22, 2026