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Music Max B Confirms His Prison Release Is Imminent In 2016, Max B took a 20-year plea bargain for aggravated manslaughter after previously being sentenced to 75 years. By Caroline Fisher September 16, 2025
Music GloRilla Becomes Third Femcee Ever To Reach Impressive Billboard Milestone GloRilla recently became the third female rapper ever to land six No. 1 songs on Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. By Caroline Fisher September 11, 2025
Music Kai Cenat Claps Back At Drake For Posting His Forehead On Instagram Drake appeared to be unhappy with Kai Cenat's recent comments on his latest "Iceman" single, "Dog House," featuring Yeat and Julia Wolf. By Cole Blake September 10, 2025
Music 50 Cent Co-Signs Baby Gee’s Scathing Dave Blunts Diss Track 50 Cent and Dave Blunts have been at odds ever since Fif trolled Kanye West for supporting Diddy at his trial. By Caroline Fisher September 09, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs Disses "Rat B*stard" Gunna After Being Seated Near Him At The VMAs Gunna previously dissed Freddie Gibbs on his 2022 song, "poochie gown," rapping: "I can't f*ck with Freddie Gibbs / N****s tellin' fibs." By Cole Blake September 09, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar The Only Rapper In 2025 To Chart A Song Every Week On The Hot 100 Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "luther" was also recently named as the fifth best summer song of 2025. It was the only rap song on the list. By Zachary Horvath September 06, 2025
Music Drake Recalls Visiting Young Thug In Prison In New Audio From Ian Connor Ian Connor also shared alleged texts from Drake about the Young Thug visit, and now we have the voice message that he allegedly sent Connor. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 06, 2025
Music Ian Connor Shares Alleged Texts From Drake About Young Thug Jail Visit Drake and Young Thug are believed to be close friends, but it seems that their relationship could be in some trouble. By Zachary Horvath September 06, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Thinks Young Thug Should Admit He Ruined Lives DJ Akademiks spoke harshly but directly to Young Thug ahead of his upcoming interview amid a slew of scandals. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2025
Music Sexyy Red Says She's Ready To Have A Child With NBA YoungBoy Sexyy Red has been thirsting for NBA YoungBoy since late 2024 when the latter was in the middle of his federal fraud case. By Zachary Horvath September 05, 2025
Music Cash Cobain Claims Jay-Z Is About To "Shake The World" With New Music Jay-Z hasn't released a solo album since 2017's "4:44," but according to Cash Cobain, that could change soon. By Cole Blake September 04, 2025
Music Drake Announces Release Date For "ICEMAN" Episode 3 Drake's second "ICEMAN" livestream premiered at the end of July. After it ended, he released the second single "Which One." By Zachary Horvath September 03, 2025