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Music Billboard Announces Major Rule Change That Could Shake Up Hip-Hop Sales The change will take effect on the charts for January 17, which track listening habits from January 2 to 8. By Cole Blake December 17, 2025
Music 21 Savage’s “What Happened To The Streets?” Receives Disappointing First-Week Sales Projections Last week, 21 Savage dropped his fourth studio album "What Happened To The Streets?" just days after announcing it. By Caroline Fisher December 17, 2025
Music 50 Cent Claims He Got "Ebro In The Morning" Canceled The final episode of "Ebro In The Morning" on Hot 97 aired, last week, after the station put an end to the iconic show. By Cole Blake December 17, 2025
Relationships Young Thug Proposes To Mariah The Scientist During Beautiful Moment At His Atlanta Show Young Thug stopped his Atlanta benefit concert on Tuesday night so that he could propose to his long-time girlfriend, Mariah The Scientist. By Alexander Cole December 17, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Finally Unveils Cover Art & Pre-Save Links For "Don't Be Dumb" A$AP Rocky is dropping "Don't Be Dumb" in due time, and it appears as though Tim Burton helped him with his cover art. By Alexander Cole December 17, 2025
Reviews 21 Savage "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS?" Review "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS?" is a fitting installment in 21 Savage’s catalog, both a reckoning with the world he came from and the one he is carving out for himself. By Aron A. December 16, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Posts Video Of Himself Partying With Maino As Feud Intensifies DJ Akademiks and Maino have been trading shots over the last week following Ak's jokes about Fabolous' fashion choices. By Cole Blake December 16, 2025
Relationships Mother Of NLE Choppa's Child Jokes He's More Focused On NBA YoungBoy Than His Own Kid NLE Choppa has dissed NBA YoungBoy multiple times in recent months, most recently on his track, "Hello Revenge." By Cole Blake December 16, 2025
Music Kay Flock Sentenced To Three Decades In Prison In March of this year, New York rapper Kay Flock was convicted of racketeering and attempted murder charges. By Caroline Fisher December 16, 2025
Music Diddy Set To Appear On Camera For Sexual Assault Lawsuit Deposition Diddy is currently residing behind bars after being found guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution. By Cole Blake December 16, 2025
Music Dr. Umar Claims 50 Cent Made Diddy Docuseries Out Of “Self-Hatred” Netflix's new 50 Cent-produced doc, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning," continues to elicit mixed reactions from viewers. By Caroline Fisher December 16, 2025
Music 50 Cent Threatens To Buy Maino & Jim Jones' Podcast Studio 50 Cent has been targeting Jim Jones and Maino since they criticized his Netflix documentary, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning." By Cole Blake December 16, 2025