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Relationships ASAP Rocky Suggests He Already Married Rihanna On "RIOT (Rowdy Pipe'n)" "My wife is erotic, I’m smokin’ exotic," he raps on the cut. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 20, 2023
Music Andre 3000 Spotted At Same Park As "Oakland BBQ" Incident On His Birthday Andre 3000 hit the Lake Meritt for his 43rd birthday. By Aron A. May 29, 2018
Music Bruno Mars Sells Part Of His Catalog To Warner Chappell Music Shortly after making RIAA history, Bruno Mars has sold a portion of his 232-song catalog to Warner Chappell Music. By Mitch Findlay May 25, 2021
Music Fetty Wap Is All Smiles In New Prison Photos As Fans Call For His Release Fetty Wap is currently serving a six-year prison sentence at a low-security facility in Sandstone, Minnesota. By Caroline Fisher July 10, 2025
Music Lil Jon Helps Get A Primary School Built In Ghana Lil Jon does some good for the kids of the world. By Matt F October 16, 2017
Music Ja Rule Says He'll "Never" Reconcile With 50 Cent & Tony Yayo Despite Recent Apology Ja Rule previously issued a formal apology for his role in the viral run-in with Tony Yayo and Uncle Murda. By Cole Blake February 18, 2026
Music Guapdad 4000 Samples Blac Chyna's "Embezzled" Meme In New Snippet Guapdad gets creative. By Milca P. December 29, 2019
Music Jay-Z Strengthens Bid To Open Times Square Casino With A Trip To The State Capitol Jay-Z and Roc Nation have been working on getting a gaming license to open a casino in New York City for years. By Cole Blake June 03, 2025
Music Pop Smoke's Alleged Killer Claims He Isn't Sorry Adam22 received a whole lot of backlash for interviewing Blockstar, who has conflicting feelings about Pop Smoke's death. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 06, 2024
Music The Roots Bassist Leonard "Hub" Hubbard Passes Away At 62 His stepdaughter shared that "it happened quickly." By Erika Marie December 16, 2021
Music Drake & Rosalía Style Hard Front Row At Nike's NYFW Show Virgil Abloh and OVO Chubbs also kicked it with Rosalía and Drake at the event. By Aron A. February 06, 2020
Music Pop Smoke Mural Gets A Much-Needed Update The internet is still not happy with the artist who "fixed" Pop Smoke's mural. By James Jones April 24, 2023