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Music Marc Lamont Hill & QueenzFlip Almost Fight Amid Explosive “Joe Budden Podcast” Argument During a recent episode of "The Joe Budden Podcast," Marc Lamont Hill and QueenzFlip nearly took their debate outside. By Caroline Fisher October 13, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Hires Lobbyists As He Pushes For Donald Trump Pardon Boosie Badazz has been pleading Donald Trump for a presidential pardon for several months, and now, his sentencing is just weeks away. By Caroline Fisher October 08, 2025
Music Lil Durk Accused Of Ordering Hits On O’Block Allies Who Failed To Avenge King Von Lil Durk is currently behind bars on charges related to an alleged murder-for-hire plot, which prosecutors accuse him of orchestrating. By Caroline Fisher October 07, 2025
Music Kai Cenat Leaves Lil Tjay On Seen After Getting Spammed With DMs Lil Tjay recently explained why he's got a problem with Kai Cenat, but he also hasn't been a fan of his for about a year. By Zachary Horvath September 30, 2025
Music Kid Cudi Announces “Lengthy” Hiatus From Music To Pursue Other Passions Before his long break, Kid Cudi dropped off his new track "Once," which he calls a "goodbye for now song." By Caroline Fisher September 29, 2025
Music Joe Budden Appears To Accidentally Leak His Patreon Earnings Joe Budden's leap from rap to podcasting has been a successful one, and thanks to his supposed slip-up we have an idea of what he's making. By Zachary Horvath June 24, 2025
Music Ken Carson & Don Toliver Trade Scathing Disses Over Yeat Collab Ken Carson and the Opium crew have been rumored to be in beef with Yeat for a while, and Don Toliver doesn't approve of the shade. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 23, 2025
Music Cardi B Regains The Crown As Female Artist With The Most No.1s After "Outside" Cardi B has dominated the charts with her debut album, Invasion of Privacy, and has also secured huge features with new artists. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 22, 2025
Music YNW Melly's Mother Claims He's "Pissed" At His Lawyers After Court Denied His Bond YNW Melly is awaiting his double murder retrial, and has been controversially locked up since 2019 with no chance for bond. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 21, 2025
Relationships Rico Recklezz Claims Rich The Kid Was Paying Summer Walker's Bills There has been a lot of back-and-forth between Rich The Kid, Tori Brixx, and Summer Walker. Now, Rico Recklezz is chiming in. By Zachary Horvath November 24, 2025
Music Childish Gambino Sells "Cancel Cards" Depicting Drake, Diddy & R Kelly Childish Gambino's controversial merch referencing Drake, Diddy, and R. Kelly was sold at Tyler, The Creator's Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 23, 2025
Music Ksoo’s Father Sentenced After Snitching On Him Abdul Robinson Sr. sent shockwaves throughout the rap world after agreeing to testify against his own son, rapper Ksoo, for a 2020 murder. By Zachary Horvath November 21, 2025