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Music Waka Flocka Flame Gets The Crowd Jumping With Electric SeaWorld Set Several hip-hop artists have performed at SeaWorld in recent weeks, including Fat Joe, Baby Bash, Ying Yang Twins, and Soulja Boy. By Cole Blake July 28, 2025
Music Hot Boy Turk Prepares Lawsuit Against Cash Money Over Kicking Him Off 30th Anniversary Tour Young Turk, now Hot Boy Turk, was arguably a fan favorite of the Hot Boys in the early 2000s. Lil Wayne and Turk were the youngest. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 28, 2025
Music Curren$y Responds To Freddie Gibbs Diss On "Alfredo 2" Freddie Gibbs and Curren$y fell out because the latter allegedly didn't promote their collab album like the former wanted him to. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 27, 2025
Music Turk & His Wife Claim Cash Money Booted Him From Tour After He Refused A Payment Reduction Turk of the Hot Boys recently reignited a best rapper debate at the Atlanta stop of the Cash Money reunion tour. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 26, 2025
Music Kodak Black Claims He’ll Never Sign Another Artist During Heated Rant Recently, Kodak Black hopped online to vent about some of the issues he's run into since launching his Sniper Gang label. By Caroline Fisher July 23, 2025
Music YSL Lawyer Indicted For Alleged Involvement In Gang Activity & Drug Trafficking Nicole Fegan previously represented a defendant in the viral YSL RICO case, which centered around Young Thug. By Cole Blake July 23, 2025
Music Pusha T Responds To Criticism That He Only Raps About Drugs Pusha T and Clipse have made an established name for themselves by focusing on this very topic and others like it, and that's not changing. By Zachary Horvath July 15, 2025
Music Young Dolph's Convicted Killer Seeks New Trial Over "Insufficient" Evidence Justin Johnson wants another shot. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 31, 2024
Music Wack 100 Speaks On Alleged Informants That Contributed To Lil Durk's Arrest Wack 100 had an interesting perspective on these allegations. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 27, 2024
Music BET Hip-Hop Awards: 5 Things That Need Fixing In 2025 The 2024 BET Hip-Hop Awards took place on October 8, and the biggest takeaway was that the show needs fixing. Here are five suggestions to improve the show in 2025. By Devin Morton October 26, 2024
Music DJ Akademiks Collapses After Seeing Lil Durk’s Mugshot Akademiks was overcome with emotion upon hearing about Durk's arrest. By Caroline Fisher October 25, 2024
Music GloRilla "GLORIOUS": The 7 Best Beats GloRilla dropped her long-awaited debut album on October 11. Here are the top seven best beats from the Memphis breakout star's big release. By Devin Morton October 11, 2024