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Music Rod Wave's Attorneys Allege He Was The Victim Of A Burglary Rod Wave was arrested yesterday, May 21, in Fulton County and was hit with 14 felony counts. However, he's since posted bond. By Zachary Horvath May 21, 2025
Music Megan Thee Stallion Partners With Wal-Mart For Hot Girl Summer Swimwear Line Megan Thee Stallion stirred up controversy last week at the Met Gala for breaking the rules by taking photos at the event. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 16, 2025
Pop Culture Halle Bailey's Restraining Order Against DDG, Explained A court granted Halle Bailey a temporary restraining order against DDG. By Aron A. May 15, 2025
Music YNW Melly Hit With Yet Another Setback As Judge Denies Pre-Trial Release YNW Melly has been in jail since 2019 and he is still waiting to get out as he awaits a re-trial in September of this year. By Alexander Cole May 12, 2025
Music Tyler The Creator Shoots Down The Existence Of A "Hebrew Jazz Funk" Album After Lil Yachty IG Post Tyler The Creator is one of the most "out there" artists in the game, but a Hebrew Jazz Funk album may be too far out there even for him. By Devin Morton September 07, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Doubts Young Thug's Denial Of Snitching Allegations Young Thug explained why his interrogation did not constitute as snitching in his view during a new interview with Big Bank. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 07, 2025
Music Young Thug Says Travis Scott Has 11 Murders To His Name As Jail Leaks Get Out Of Hand Young Thug referred to Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival disaster in 2021 while speaking on the situations of many other rappers. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 06, 2025
Music The Weeknd Announces Even More Dates For His "After Hours Til Dawn Tour" The Weeknd has confirmed that he'll be returning to the stage for more concerts in Latin America and Europe in 2026. By Cole Blake September 04, 2025
Pop Culture Ray J Gets Kicked Out Of Kai Cenat's House After Calling Himself The "New Diddy" On Stream Kai Cenat has been holding his Mafiathon 3 event for the last few days, and Ray J stopped by for several Diddy-related jokes. By Devin Morton September 03, 2025
Music Ralo Claims Young Thug Turns Everyone In Atlanta Against Each Other Ralo previously went back and forth with Young Thug over snitching allegations against not just themselves, but many ATL MCs and colleagues. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 29, 2025
Music Young Thug Continues To Defend Himself Amid Flurry Of Snitching Allegations Young Thug and the YSL collective have been dominating headlines over these last couple of days thanks to a resurfaced police interrogation. By Zachary Horvath August 29, 2025
Music Young Dolph's Family Reacts To Alleged Murder Mastermind's Acquittal Key Glock was another close colleague of Young Dolph who scathingly reacted to Hernandez Govan's not guilty verdict. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 24, 2025