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Music DJ Swamp Izzo Claims Playboi Carti Finished An Album In 2022 That Was Never Released During a recent interview, DJ Swamp Izzo also confirmed that Playboi Carti's upcoming album "BABY BOI" is done. By Caroline Fisher April 10, 2025
Music Big U Pleads Not Guilty To Massive List Of Alleged Crimes Big U's trial will be kicking off on May 20th as he faces life in prison for a number of alleged crimes. By Cole Blake April 09, 2025
Music J Cole's Backstage Meet-up With Tems Leads To Hilarious Realization By Fans J Cole hung out with Tems backstage during his Dreamville Festival, where they both performed over the weekend. By Cole Blake April 09, 2025
Music Travis Scott Explains How He's Shifting His Approach For His Next Album Travis Scott sat down with "Complex" for a new interview and gave fans insight into new music, his relationship with Kanye West, and more. By Cole Blake April 08, 2025
Music Soulja Boy Embarrassed By Alleged Victim's Lawyer For Wearing "Fake Glasses" To Court In Sex Battery Case Soulja Boy has been accused of alleged sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment, and more in the lawsuit. By Cole Blake April 08, 2025
Music Joe Budden Says Sexyy Red's "Hoochie Coochie" Is Force Feeding Black Audience With "Degenerate" Track Joe Budden adds Sexyy Red to list of rap stars he has heavily judged. The list includes Logic, Russ, and Cardi B. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 06, 2025
Music DJ Vlad Claims Diddy Could Allegedly Be Granted Bail Diddy is currently behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, and his trial is scheduled to begin next month. By Caroline Fisher April 06, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Sets Another Impressive Milestone With "GNX" Album Sales The Kendrick Lamar and SZA collab "luther" is leading these staggering "GNX" album sales, as it remains number one on the Billboard Hot 100. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 05, 2025
Music DDG Addresses Claims That He Ignored Young Thug In Viral Marathon Burger Clip DDG has been dragged through the mud a lot on social media for this interaction with Young Thug and he's not having it. By Zachary Horvath April 05, 2025
Music Rich Homie Quan's Comments About Checking In With Big U Resurface Online In addition to Rich Homie Quan, other rappers like ScHoolboy Q have also spoken about checking in with Big U in the past before his RICO case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2025
Music Lila Mae Star, Kim Porter’s Grandmother & Beloved Restaurant Owner, Dead At 93 Quincy is the oldest of Kim Porter’s four children. His birth father is 90s singer Al B. Sure, but was acknowledged as a child of Diddy. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 03, 2025
Relationships Kanye West Is Furious With Khloe Kardashian After Her Latest Picture Of North West Kanye West has accused the Kardashian family of trying to "indoctrinate and traffic" his children on multiple occasions. By Cole Blake April 02, 2025