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Music Lil Baby's Management Team Sparks Retirement Rumors With Affiliate's Cryptic Instagram Post The rumors come as Lil Baby is gearing up to release his highly-anticipated new album, "The Leaks," which he recently delayed. By Cole Blake September 11, 2025
Music Gunna Releasing A Documentary Soon Amid Tensions With Young Thug Details are slim to none on this project from Gunna, but it is in development amid Young Thug calling him out repeatedly. By Zachary Horvath September 09, 2025
Music Keefe D Claims Diddy Allegedly Placed A $1 Million Hit On 2Pac Keefe D is currently awaiting trial as authorities have accused him of being involved in the killing of 2Pac. By Cole Blake September 08, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks' Latest Update Suggests Drake's "ICEMAN" Is Dropping Sooner Than You Think The hype for Drake's "ICEMAN" album is off the charts right now, and DJ Akademiks cannot help himself with the updates. By Alexander Cole January 12, 2026
Music 50 Cent Books Three Separate New Year's Eve Gigs 50 Cent is capping off a massively successful year in which he finished as the most-streamed rapper from New York on YouTube. By Cole Blake December 31, 2025
Sports Blueface & Nick Young Reportedly On Track To Finally Box Each Other Next Year Blueface and Nick Young were trying to fight each other in 2022; however, the fight was eventually cancelled. By Zachary Horvath December 26, 2025
Music Drake's Final "ICEMAN" Update Comes With A Blunt Warning To The Industry Drake was streaming again with BenDaDonnn last night, and it led to a revelation about his new album, "ICEMAN." By Alexander Cole December 24, 2025
Music Lil Zay Osama Speaks Out Against 21 Savage & Young Thug's "F*ck The Streets" Message 21 Savage initially remarked, "f*ck the streets," while trying to get Young Thug and Gunna to make amends. By Cole Blake December 22, 2025
Music Drake Teases Extended Snippet Of "Iceman" Song "National Treasure" This track was leaked by crypto streamers in September and as a result, there was doubt that Drake was going to do anything with it. By Zachary Horvath December 22, 2025
Music Gene Deal Recalls Ja Rule Taking Credit For Jay-Z's Success Gene Deal says Ja Rule made the claim during a disrespectful conversation about Jay-Z with Diddy on a private plane. By Cole Blake December 16, 2025
Music Cassie Hires Lawyers After Judge Lets Accuser's Lawsuit Proceed Former escort Clayton Howard was cleared to serve Cassie by alternative means with a lawsuit alleging sex trafficking, an STD, and abortion. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 13, 2025
Music HOT 97's "Ebro In The Morning" Is Officially Over Ebro hinted that things weren't looking good for his morning show in September and blamed ownership for creating rifts between hosts. By Zachary Horvath December 12, 2025