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Music Elliott Wilson Calls “Cap” On Mal’s “Industry Rappers” Claims Drake Outrapped Kendrick Lamar Elliott Wilson, DJ Hed, and Jeremy Hetcht hosts Hip Hop DX’s The Bigger Picture podcast. The platform addresses trending rap topics. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 10, 2025 2.0K Views
Music Fetty Wap Joins Other Rappers Seeking Pardons From President Trump Fetty Wap has received two Grammy Award nominations throughout his career. He won IHeartRadio for "Best New Artist" and "Top New Artist.” By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 10, 2025 1.8K Views
Music Ban Sexyy Red: Rapper's Lyrics Are Restricted From High School Among Other Trendy Words Sexyy Red is one of the biggest artists in today's hip-hop with her catchy songs and endorsement deals with popular brands like WWE. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 10, 2025 2.3K Views
Music ASAP Rocky Cops Rihanna-Shaped Diamond Ring After Third Pregnancy Revelation ASAP Rocky and LeBron James were named chairmen at the 2025 Met Gala with the year's theme, "Black Dandy." By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 10, 2025 2.1K Views
Music Playboi Carti Firmly Doubles Down On Plans To Drop "BABY BOI" Album This Year Playboi Carti and "MUSIC" collaborator DJ Swamp Izzo have been constantly talking about this project since the rapper returned. By Zachary Horvath May 10, 2025 1.8K Views
Music Kanye West Called Out For Discussing Daughter North’s Health Issues Publicly Kanye West is under fire once again, this time for seemingly violating his 12-year-old daughter's right to privacy. By Caroline Fisher May 10, 2025 14.6K Views
Music Kendrick Lamar Celebrates Lefty Gunplay's "Can't Get Right," The First Album By A "GNX" Featured Rapper Last December, Kendrick Lamar and TDE brought out Lefty Gunplay at their annual Christmas event in the Nickerson Garden neighborhood in L.A. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 10, 2025 29.4K Views
Music The Weeknd Shows Immense Love To Fans In Emotional Speech At "Hurry Up Tomorrow" Screening The Weeknd's accompanying film for his "Hurry Up Tomorrow" album is going to make its premiere in theaters on May 16. By Zachary Horvath May 10, 2025 975 Views
Music Jay-Z Allegedly Told Memphis Bleek He'd Be A Blogger If It Wasn't For Hov Memphis Bleek signed with Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records and released his debut album "Coming Of Age" in 1999. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 10, 2025 4.0K Views
Music Luce Cannon Issues Statement Denying Cooperation In Big U RICO Case Luce Cannon and Bricc Baby supposedly made comments on No Jumper relating to prosecutors' accusations against Big U in their RICO. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 10, 2025 1475 Views
Music Mark Geragos Insists He Won’t Abandon Diddy Amid Sex Trafficking Trial Diddy is currently behind bars in New York City for charges related to alleged sex trafficking and racketeering. By Caroline Fisher May 10, 2025 1133 Views
Music FNG Shugga Confirms Finesse2tymes Beat Both His Legal Cases Finesse2tymes' girlfriend took to Instagram to comment on the rapper's dismissed threat case and his alleged probation violations. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 10, 2025 1151 Views