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Music T.I. Is Now Calling Verzuz A “Poor People Activity” T.I. has thoughts on Verzuz. By Aron A. June 22, 2026
Music O-Block's Boss Top Sentenced To 5 Years He was reportedly arrested on gun charges. By Caroline Fisher June 30, 2023
Music Future's Close Friend Zona Man Appears To Address Leaked Young Thug Call On Instagram Young Thug and Future have seemingly not been very close in a while, and Future's friend Zona Man addressed that in a new Instagram Story. By Devin Morton September 07, 2025
Music Celina Powell Shares Video In Bed With Tekashi 6ix9ine Celina Powell claims that she and Tekashi are "dating." By Devin Ch April 08, 2018
Original Content Nia Long Has An Undeniable Imprint In Hip Hop Thanks To These Songs Much has been said about Nia Long in recent days as the scandal involving her longtime partner, Celtics coach Ime Udoka, unravels in real-time. As he's called out for fumbling the bag, we revisit times when rappers loved on—or lusted over—the actress in their rhymes. By Erika Marie September 23, 2022
Original Content Lil Durk's Mixtapes, Ranked Lil Durk is one of the most prolific artists in the game today. On this list, we are going to rank his 12 career-shaping mixtapes from worst to best. By Devin Morton June 25, 2025
Music NLE Choppa Seemingly Reacts To NBA YoungBoy's Disses On New Song Yet another video of NLE Choppa (now The Great) egging on the NBA YoungBoy beef came just mere hours after YB's "Zero IQ Freestyle." By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 16, 2025
Music Supa Peach Rants About Old Beef With Latto: "She Not The Only B*tch I Dont Beat DF Up" Six years ago while on Jermaine Dupri's "The Rap Game," the young aspiring artists were at odds. By Erika Marie May 04, 2022
Music DJ Khaled Seemingly Proves Drake’s Point After “ICEMAN” Diss "And your people are still waitin' for a free Palestine/But apparently everything isn't black and white and red and green, damn," Drake raps on "Make Them Pay." By Aron A. May 15, 2026
Music The Day Rap Broke The Internet: Reexamining Kendrick Lamar's "Meet The Grahams" Vs. Drake's "Family Matters" One year ago today, Drake and Kendrick Lamar went song-for-song at the height of their feud. By Aron A. May 03, 2025
Music J. Cole Provides An Update On The Status Of "It's A Boy" J. Cole recently spoke about his plans for the future of his career during an "AMA" with fans on social media. By Cole Blake February 10, 2026
Music What Is Horrorcore? Sounds Of Rap's Sinister Side The Hip Hop subgenre has given many artists an avenue to express their dark side. By Demi Phillips January 02, 2024