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Music Hit-Boy & Mike Will Made-It To Face Off On "Verzuz" "Verzuz" has a new battle between Hit-Boy and Mike Will Made-It after making its return at ComplexCon, last year. By Cole Blake January 21, 2026
Music Cardi B Appears To Respond To Allegation That Offset Caught Her With NFL Player Cardi B is firing back. By Caroline Fisher October 03, 2024
Music Diddy Allegedly Blew Up Kalenna Harper's Phone With 58 Calls After Dawn Richard's Lawsuit Diddy wasn't able to get bail over the alleged move. By Cole Blake September 18, 2024
Music Lauren London To Play Snoop Dogg’s Mother In Upcoming Biopic The cast of Snoop continues to grow, with Lauren London taking on the role of Beverly Tate opposite Jonathan Daviss. By Erika Marie August 25, 2026
Music J. Cole Explains How Cam’ron Jumped The Gun On Lawsuit Against Him J. Cole explains what happened. By Tallie Spencer March 26, 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 J. Cole Doesn't Want To Play His Favorite Hip-Hop Around His Children J. Cole recalled how his stepfather introduced him to Tupac as a kid during his new Apple Music interview with Nadeska Alexis. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2026
Music Papoose & Claressa Shields Go Ballistic Over 50 Cent's Cheating Allegations 50 Cent accused Papoose's girlfriend Claressa Shields of cheating on him with Maserati Bud, and all three targets responded. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 14, 2026
Music AllStar JR's Federal Trial For Allegedly Shooting NBA Ben10 Delayed AllStar JR's attorney John M. Helms reportedly asked the court for more time to prepare his client's defense. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2026
Music Young Thug Attempts To Get Bond From New Judge In YSL RICO Case Young Thug is hoping his luck will change with a new judge in place. By Cole Blake July 24, 2024
Politics Meek Mill Is Looking For Joe Biden Amid Conspiracy Theory That The President Is Dead Meek Mill wants to know what's going on with Joe Biden. By Cole Blake July 22, 2024
Music Ari Lennox Apologizes To J. Cole For How She Handled Dreamville Exit Ari Lennox left J. Cole's Dreamville label almost a year ago after calling them out online for not supporting her enough. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 06, 2026