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Music Ray J Insists He Would “Never Point A Gun” At Princess Love After Arrest Last week, Ray J was arrested for allegedly pointing a gun at Princess Love when she came to pick up their kids. By Caroline Fisher December 04, 2025
Music New Footage Shows Lefty Gunplay In Custody After Arrest In Texas Lefty Gunplay, rising West Coast rapper, was arrested earlier today on a handful of offenses per multiple reports. By Zachary Horvath February 24, 2025
Music Another One! Kendrick Lamar Amps Up His Spotify Record For A Rapper's Monthly Listeners Kendrick Lamar has also recently broken records when it comes to No. 1 hip-hop albums, Spotify streams, and much more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 22, 2025
Music Cardi B Reveals Why She Exposed Offset’s Thirsty Texts Amid Hacking Scandal Recently, a hacker posted screenshots of a heated argument between Cardi B and Offset. By Caroline Fisher December 15, 2024
Music Gillie Da Kid Shares His Unfiltered Take On Drake's Pedophile Allegations During a recent episode of the "Million Dollaz Worth Of Game" podcast, Gillie Da Kid touched on Kendrick Lamar and Drake's feud. By Caroline Fisher March 17, 2026
Music Rihanna Perfumes Pulled From Shelves Over Alarming Fertility Risks Rihanna's Fenty Beauty brand has run into a scary speedbump as a handful of her perfumes are needing to be recalled. By Zachary Horvath March 05, 2026
Music Sexyy Red Proclaims That She Is Drake's Successor In Hip-Hop Sexyy Red proclaimed herself to be Drake's protégé in response to a fan's comparison between Drizzy, Kendrick Lamar, and J. Cole. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 14, 2026
Music Chris Blake Griffith Theorizes About Stefon Diggs' Sexuality With DJ Akademiks JT originally resurfaced Chris Blake Griffith's allegations about Stefon Diggs while feuding with Cardi B. By Cole Blake September 25, 2025
Relationships Cardi B Confirms She Is Pregnant With Stefon Diggs' Child In the midst of her rollout for "Am I The Drama?," Cardi B has confirmed that she is pregnant with Stefon Diggs' child. By Alexander Cole September 17, 2025
Music Drake Finally Serves Kojo Menne Asamoah Amid UMG Legal Battle Drake alleges that Kojo Menne Asamoah played a major role in artificially inflating the success of Kendrick Lamar's hit, "Not Like Us." By Caroline Fisher August 11, 2025
Music Adin Ross Warns That Lawsuits Are Coming After Cuffem's Injury At A Recent Playboi Carti Show Cuffem was hospitalized after falling from an elevated area at Amerant Bank Arena in Florida during Playboi Carti's concert. By Cole Blake November 19, 2025
Music Drake Crowned Third Biggest Songwriter Of The Century On Billboard's Hot 100 According to Billboard, Drake is the best songwriter among his 21st century peers on the Hot 100, bested only by Dr. Luke and Max Martin. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 14, 2025