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Politics Trick Daddy Congratulates Nelly For Performance At Donald Trump Inaugural Ball Amid Backlash Trick Daddy has come to Nelly's defense. By Caroline Fisher January 25, 2025
Music Doechii Explains Why She's Excited To Represent Female Rap At The Grammys The TDE star also spoke on the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles right now. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 23, 2025
Music Young Scooter Dead At 39 Horrible news is coming out of the hip-hop world tonight as it was reported that Young Scooter has passed away. By Alexander Cole March 28, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj & Kenneth Petty’s Lawyer Blasts Tyrone Blackburn For Allegedly Trying To "Embarrass" Them The woman who accuses Nicki Minaj's husband Kenneth Petty of attempting to sexually assault her in 1994 is suing him. By Caroline Fisher March 28, 2025
Music MIKE Concertgoers Get Bashed Mercilessly For Playing Chess During His Show Fans of MIKE couldn't believe their eyes after witnessing this truly one-of-a-kind moment and they took the time to unleash on them. By Zachary Horvath March 26, 2025
Music Sexyy Red Throws It Back On Tyler The Creator In Hilarious Series Of Posts Sexyy Red has been able to meet one of her musical inspirations numerous times now and you can tell they really click. By Zachary Horvath March 25, 2025
Music Nelly Gets Brutally Honest About Beefing With Eminem Early In His Career Nelly and Eminem have long since squashed any beef remaining between them, but that wasn't always the case. By Cole Blake March 25, 2025
Music Lizzo Joins Hollywood Via Her First Lead Role In Sister Rosetta Tharpe Biopic Lizzo will release her new album "Love In Real Life" at some point this year, if new singles are anything to go off of. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 24, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar’s Full Super Bowl Halftime Show Viewership Finally Revealed The Super Bowl Halftime Show viewership numbers arrive as Kendrick Lamar is expected to be involved in the 2028 Olympics. By Cole Blake March 20, 2025
Music Bricc Baby & Others Reportedly Arrested In Gang Takedown As Authorities Search For Big U According to U.S. Attorney Joseph T. McNally, Bricc Baby and others were arrested in an attempt “to make our communities safer." By Caroline Fisher March 19, 2025
Music Soulja Boy Tears Down "Dummy" Plies After Rapper Drops Sample Lawsuit Soulja Boy is always on the lookout for beef, and found one when Plies decided to reverse a suit involving a Soulja Boy track. By Elias Andrews March 17, 2025
Music Trippie Redd Trashes Today's Hip-Hop: "All You Rappers Sorry" Trippie Redd released his latest album, Genre: Sadboy, a collaboration with MGK in March 2024. The mixtape garnered over 4 million streams. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 16, 2025