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Music Mello Buckzz’s Father Hit With Federal Gun Charges Days After Album Release Party Shooting Earlier this month, a deadly shooting outside of Mello Buckzz's album release party in River North killed four and injured 14 others. By Caroline Fisher July 09, 2025
Music Silento Gets 30 Year Prison Sentence For Killing His Cousin The lengthy sentence comes after Silento pleaded guilty to several charges related to the killing on Wednesday. By Cole Blake June 11, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Delivers His Review Of Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s “Grand National” Tour DJ Akademiks attended Kendrick Lamar and SZA's recent performance in Detroit, and has a lot to say about the experience. By Caroline Fisher June 11, 2025
Music Drake Flaunts Absurd T-Shirt Collection That Can Fill A Basketball Court After recently opening up his Instagram comments to the public again, Drake wants to show all his followers the extent of his flexes. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 09, 2025
Music Fabolous Fans Hope His Cryptic IG Message Is A 50 Cent Warning Shot Neither 50 Cent nor Fabolous are explicitly going at each other on social media right now... But their fans want blood. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 28, 2025
Music Joe Budden Reveals Why Hip-Hop Will Never Die During a recent interview, Joe Budden weighed in on the narrative that the genre of hip-hop is on its way out. By Caroline Fisher December 09, 2025
Music JAY-Z’s Team ROC Seeks Justice For Victims Of Police Brutality In New Legal Brief JAY-Z's Team Roc operates within the social justice division within the greater brand of the entertainment company, Roc Nation. By Cole Blake August 07, 2025
Music 50 Cent Goes After Ryan Kavanaugh Over Alleged “Skillhouse” Agreement Breach In April, 50 Cent filed a lawsuit against Ryan Kavanaugh in an attempt to block the release of "Skillhouse." By Caroline Fisher August 01, 2025
Music Tyler, The Creator Reveals His Intentions Behind New Album “Don’t Tap The Glass” Tyler, The Creator dropped off his ninth studio album "Don't Tap The Glass" today following a few days of teasing. By Caroline Fisher July 21, 2025
Music Offset And Cash Cobain Met With Silence While Opening For NBA YoungBoy In NYC Despite Cash Cobain and Offset being two big contemporary stars in rap, the NBA YoungBoy crowd may not be their target audience. By Zachary Horvath September 29, 2025
Music Armand Hammer & The Alchemist Announce New Collaborative Album, "Mercy" Armand Hammer and The Alchemist previously collaborated on the critically acclaimed album, "Haram," in 2021. By Cole Blake September 11, 2025
Music Decomposing Corpse Discovered In The Trunk Of Tesla Registered To D4VD The investigation comes as D4VD is currently performing on his "Withered World Tour" with more shows lined up in the coming months. By Cole Blake September 09, 2025