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Music Rick Ross' Son's Assault Case Takes Petty Turn As 50 Cent Offers To Help Suspect Police arrested a 20-year-old accused of threatening Rick Ross' son with a gun, prompting another round of jokes from 50 Cent. By Erika Marie October 20, 2026
Music 50 Cent Compares Growing Up With A Lesbian Mother To Jay-Z's Experience By Erika Marie October 19, 2026
Music Drake Gets Sued: Songwriter Claims "Janice STFU" Chorus Was Stolen After hearing his alleged contribution on "Iceman," a songwriter is suing Drake over disputed credits and publishing royalties. By Erika Marie October 16, 2026
Sports Jay-Z's Super Bowl Confirmation Draws Shade From Akademiks Questions about possible guest appearances have already surfaced, with Akademiks suggesting Jay-Z needs more than famous friends. By Erika Marie October 20, 2026
Music OTF Jam Takes Another Shot At Lil Durk From Behind Bars Lil Durk remains behind bars as he awaits his VICAR trial in August of 2027, and during this time, he is being taunted by OTF Jam. By Alexander Cole October 19, 2026
Music The Neptunes' Chad Hugo Responds To Pharrell Trying To Dismiss Lawsuit Chad Hugo and his legal team argued Pharrell Williams is trying to erase Hugo as a part of the Neptunes' history. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 17, 2026
Music Cardi B Drops Latto For Kelly Rowland In A Not-So-Subtle Lyric Change With tensions between Cardi B and Latto still drawing attention, an altered Tiny Desk lyric received Kelly Rowland's approval. By Erika Marie October 19, 2026
Music Lil Wayne Concedes To Boosie Badazz In Verzuz Battle Boosie Badazz won’t be seeing Lil Wayne anywhere in the Verzuz arena anytime soon. By Aron A. October 22, 2026
Music Yung Miami Reveals Tracklist & Star-Studded Features For "Watch Dis" Yung Miami is coming through with "Watch Dis" on Friday, and the tracklist and features are completely stacked. By Alexander Cole October 20, 2026
Music North West Pushes Back At Critics Calling Her Style "Demonic" North West isn't afraid to express herself. By Tallie Spencer October 15, 2026
Music Cam'ron's Hilarious Comments Resurface Following JÄY-Z Super Bowl Report Cam'ron previously suggested that Jay-Z was looking to take the Super Bowl Halftime Show for himself, and now, he might be right. By Alexander Cole October 20, 2026
Music Peter Rosenberg Goes After Hot 97 For Recent Layoffs Ironically, one of Peter Rosenberg's hip-hop media foes, DJ Akademiks, said he would join Hot 97 after the layoffs under one condition. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 16, 2026