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Music Lil Baby Affirms Loyalty To Young Thug As They Respond To Ralo's Disses Ralo blasted Lil Baby for allegedly switching up on him for Young Thug, and he said Thugger isn't the gangster people assume him to be. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Music J. Cole Confronts Cam'ron Face-To-Face Following Lawsuit Drama Cam'ron had sued J. Cole for not holding up his end of the bargain after Cam appeared on the "Might Delete Later" track "Ready '24." By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Music Jay-Z Uses Diddy's Legal Trouble To Argue Against His Accuser's Anonymity Various Diddy accusers were not able to stay anonymous in court, and Jay-Z cited this in his defamation lawsuit over sexual assault claims. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Music "Joe Budden Podcast" Debates If Drake Should Diss Kendrick Lamar On "ICEMAN" Joe Budden and his cohosts also had a discussion around Drake and Kendrick Lamar's album drop rate, wondering if one will step on the other. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Music Mero Alleges DJ Akademiks Is A Pedophile Amid Back & Forth Disses DJ Akademiks and Mero blasted each other online over Ak's criticisms of Hot 97 and their hosting change-ups. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Music King Harris Claims He Copyrighted 50 Cent's Mom's Name For Weed Brand 50 Cent and King Harris dissed each other's mothers amid Fif's feud with T.I., and King continues to disrespect the late Sabrina Jackson. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Music Drake Is Reportedly On Pace To Achieve Hip-Hop's Biggest Streaming Year Ever Drake might make this hypothetical streaming achievement even more significant if he drops "ICEMAN" later in 2026. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Music Latto Steps Out With Baby Bump For The First Time Since "Big Mama" Reveal Latto is dropping her new album "Big Mama" later this year, and announced she's expecting a child with 21 Savage. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Music Jack Harlow's "Monica" First Week Sales Projections Continue To Dwindle Jack Harlow's new album "Monica" dominated the timeline for his "got Blacker" comments, but that's not translating to commercial performance. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2026
Music Mero Trashes DJ Akademiks For His Attacks Against Hot 97 DJ Akademiks has been clowning Hot 97, Ebro Darden, Peter Rosenberg, and Mero for a long time, but especially after Mero took over. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2026
Music Blueface's Father Pushes Woman During On-Stream Argument At Rapper's Home It's unclear what went down during Blueface's livestream, but he had to take a moment to calm the situation down. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2026
Music Chance The Rapper Wins Small Award In Victorious Case Against Ex-Manager The jury's verdict in Pat Corcoran's unpaid commissions case against Chance The Rapper did not subject either side to significant penalty. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2026