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Music Xzibit Explains Why Kendrick Lamar Calling Drake A Pedophile Is Fair Game In A Rap Battle Kendrick Lamar's accusations against Drake on tracks like "Not Like Us" led to Drizzy's defamation lawsuit against UMG. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 07, 2025
Music Ja Rule Argues His Feud With 50 Cent Was Bad For New York Hip-Hop Despite wanting to avoid promoting any negativity, Ja Rule also declared himself a "better rapper" than 50 Cent. By Cole Blake November 12, 2025
Music Kanye West Reportedly Settles Donda Academy Lawsuit Over Wrongful Termination & Wages The case against Kanye West over wrongful termination and unpaid wages at Donda Academy was going to start trial in just a few weeks. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 09, 2025
Music Joe Budden Explains Why Diddy Segment Of His Podcast Was Deleted: Watch The Slaughterhouse rapper and media personality doesn't want any legal smoke with Sean Combs, who he claims is a listener of the show. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 23, 2023
TV Drake Shows Emoji Support For Zendaya's Performance On "Euphoria" Champagne Papi popping up in the comments section. By Noah C August 05, 2019
Music Action Bronson And Sean Evans Partake In A Hilarious "Sandwich-Off" Action Bronson goes head to head against "Hot Ones" host Sean Evans. By Mitch Findlay September 12, 2017
Pop Culture Madonna Suggests World Tour With Britney Spears To "Reenact" Their VMA Kiss Back in 2003, the two Pop icons locked lips onstage during a performance. By Erika Marie January 27, 2022
Music Metro Boomin Will Finish Future Collab Album Once He Is Done Playing This Video Game Metro is a busy man. By Alexander Cole December 27, 2023
Music Jay-Z’s Massive NBA Finals Bet Is In Jeopardy Recently, Jay-Z wagered a whopping $1 million on the Oklahoma City Thunder to beat the Indiana Pacers in exactly five games. By Caroline Fisher June 06, 2025
Music Saweetie Claps Back At Troll With Piano-Playing Video Saweetie proves she could be Damson Idris' piano teacher. By Thomas Galindo November 11, 2021
Music JID Reveals He & J. Cole Finished A 15-Song Project Together JID, who dropped his own album, "God Does Like Ugly," on Friday, also hyped up J. Cole's upcoming project, "The Fall Off." By Cole Blake August 08, 2025
Music Wack 100’s Wife Rekeita Drags Nicki Minaj & JT Amid Wild Cardi B Beef According to Wack 100's wife Rekeita, "Cardi got the album of the year and Nicki definitely got the crash out of the year." By Caroline Fisher October 03, 2025