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Music Cash Money & No Limit "Verzuz": Snoop Dogg, Mia X & More Draw Wild Takes The No Limit and Cash Money "Verzuz" wasn't without its drama on both sides, with Birdman and Mercedes causing separate firestorms. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 26, 2025
Music Gucci Mane Was "Embarrassed" By Rant Calling Out Drake, Nicki Minaj, And Rick Ross Gucci Mane went a on a furious X (then Twitter) rant in 2013 where he called out Drake, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross and plenty others. By Zachary Horvath October 20, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Receives Key To Atlanta In The Middle Of His Show NBA YoungBoy joins Ludacris as the only other rapper to receive this high honor in the city of Atlanta, with Luda doing so in 2004. By Zachary Horvath October 16, 2025
Music TMZ's Harvey Levin Has Bad News For Drake As Lawyers Seek To Appeal UMG Verdict Drake recently had his defamation lawsuit against UMG thrown out, and to make matters worse, he is getting bad news from Harvey Levin. By Alexander Cole October 16, 2025
Relationships Kim Kardashian Explains Why She Needed To Divorce Kanye West Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's divorce made headlines at the top of the decade, and to this day, Kim is feeling the reverberations. By Alexander Cole October 16, 2025
Music Beyonce Honors D’Angelo In Moving Statement Following His Death Countless fans and peers have posted about D'Angelo's life and legacy since he passed away yesterday at the age of 51. By Caroline Fisher October 15, 2025
Music Wale Announces New Album "Everything Is a Lot" Wale hasn't put out a proper album in four years, with "Folarin II" being the last title. It featured J. Cole, Rick Ross, and more. By Zachary Horvath October 13, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Explains His Gang Testimony Against Cardi B & Jim Jones 6ix9ine thinks these assumptions about Cardi B and Jim Jones' mentions in his RICO case are just fake narratives making him look bad. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 10, 2025
Music Travis Scott And Kendrick Lamar's "goosebumps" Dethrones Drake For Highest-Certified Rap Song Ever Travis Scott stunned the rap world in 2016 when he was able to nab a then secret Kendrick Lamar feature. Now, it's his biggest hit ever. By Zachary Horvath October 04, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Praises Taylor Swift For Dissing Charli XCX On "The Life Of A Showgirl" Nicki Minaj also compared herself to Taylor Swift while discussing "The Life Of A Showgirl" on social media. By Cole Blake October 03, 2025
Music d4vd's Manager Finally Addresses Celeste Rivas Investigation The investigation into Celeste Rivas' death, whose body was found in a car registered to d4vd, is still assessing potential foul play. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 03, 2025
Music Young Scooter's Funeral & Public Viewing Details Revealed Young Scooter died after suffering a leg injury while fleeing from police after a woman made a false 911 call. By Cole Blake April 06, 2025