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Music 50 Cent Tries To One-Up Dame Dash After Dame's Talk Show Gets Greenlit 50 Cent and Dame Dash's beef continues to pit their business acumen against each other, and things already got personal. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 14, 2026
Music Jay-Z Raises Eyebrows After Name Change On Streaming Services Jay-Z used to go by JAŸ-Z in the earlier stages of his career, most notably at the beginning when he dropped "Reasonable Doubt" in 1996. By Zachary Horvath February 19, 2026
Pop Culture Future Shows Love To Ex-Girlfriend, Dess Dior The rapper promoted his former girlfriend's new EP. By Lawrencia Grose September 24, 2022
Music BigXthaPlug Fan Gets Angry After The Rapper Declined Taking A Picture With Him BigXthaPlug lives by the rule that if he takes a picture with one fan, he has to take a picture with everyone. This admirer wasn't having it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 01, 2025
Music Diddy's Ex Bodyguard Alleges That Usher Was Hospitalized Following Diddy Assault He's repeatedly spoken out against Diddy. By Elias Andrews October 04, 2024
Original Content Kevin Gates' Freakiest Songs Kevin Gates has a history of getting as nasty as he wants on wax. We're highlighting some of his most explicit records from through out his career. By Robert Blair June 14, 2022
Music Drake Finally Confronts Rumor He Got Peed On By TI’s Friend For years, it's been rumored that Drake was unintentionally peed on by TI's friend at a private screening of "Takers." By Caroline Fisher November 14, 2025
Music Future's Feature On Drake's Upcoming "ICEMAN" Is All But Confirmed With Drake's "ICEMAN" arriving any day now, Rory & Mal's latest discussion has fans bringing up Future again despite the artists' beef. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2026
Music Pretty Ricky: Where Are They Now? Several lineup changes later, and the OG four are back together. By Demi Phillips December 28, 2023
Original Content Young Thug Can Rap: 10 Of His Wildest Verses In case you needed a reminder, Young Thug stands in a league of his own. By Mitch Findlay August 20, 2019
Music Adin Ross Doubles Down On Doechii Criticism And Goes Scorched Earth On Anthony Fantano After a rant against Doechii where he called the artist "unintelligent," the streamer is doubling down and going after others. By Alexander Cole May 14, 2025
Music ScHoolboy Q Allegedly Warned J Cole To Stop Beefing Further With Kendrick Lamar Before The Apology It makes sense why Q would have this information, but are you buying this? By Zachary Horvath May 07, 2024