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Music DJ Swamp Izzo Recalls How Hospital Allegedly Misled Young Scooter's Family About His Passing DJ Swamp Izzo hosted Young Scooter's first mixtapes, and recently reflected on the late rapper's relationship with making music. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 14, 2025
Music NAV Reportedly Loses Tens Of Thousands Of Units From "OMW2 REXDALE" First Week Sales We previously reported that NAV's new album outsold Lil Durk's, but it looks like Billboard called foul and scrutinized his numbers. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 06, 2025
Music Stockton Rapper EBK Jaaybo Is Out On Bail, Fresh Out Of Jail EBK Jaaybo has released five albums since he made his debut in 2021 with two breakthrough albums, 2021 and Letter 4 The Streets. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 23, 2025
Music 21 Savage Gets Big Boost In Updated "What Happened To The Streets?" Sales Projections 21 Savage's "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS?" era has led to even more debate around Atlanta hip-hop, rap game loyalties, and much more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 19, 2025
Pop Culture Jess Hilarious Gets Heated With Charlamagne Tha God & DJ Envy Following Epic IG Live Rant It seems Jess Hilarious has been bottling up her feelings with her "Breakfast Club" co-hosts for some time. But hopefully, things work out. By Zachary Horvath March 19, 2025
Music Offset Shares Update On His Relationship With Quavo Offset and Quavo's has gotten complicated over the years, particularly following the 2022 death of Takeoff. By Caroline Fisher August 07, 2025
Music Fans React To Tyler The Creator & Frank Ocean Unfollowing Each Other On Instagram Tyler The Creator and Frank Ocean go way back, and an Instagram unfollow is a big deal these days when it comes to celebrity friendships. By Zachary Horvath July 26, 2025
Music UK Rapper Ratlin Calls Top5 A "Police Bwoy" After Top's Stabbing Top5 was in London for his friend Drake's Wireless Festival takeover, and he narrowly escaped an attempt on his life. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 14, 2025
Viral Drake Shares Passionate Praise For India Love And Fans Can't Help But Feel Bad For DDG Drake's Streamer University message for India Love clashed with her romantic link to DDG and a recent flirty interaction with Duke Dennis. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 26, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Disses Kanye West And Accuses Ye Of Stealing His Song With NBA YoungBoy Playboi Carti has issued a response to Kanye West after a song with NBA YoungBoy dropped on Instagram this afternoon. By Alexander Cole May 21, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Smashes Yet Another Record One Year After Dropping “Not Like Us” Kendrick Lamar's hit song "Not Like Us" has already broken several records, and secured the Compton rapper an impressive five Grammy awards. By Caroline Fisher May 04, 2025
Music DJ Khaled Announces Limited Edition Beats By Dre Headphones DJ Khaled has teamed up with Beats By Dre for a new pair of "Grateful" headphones. By Kevin Goddard June 21, 2017