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Pop Culture Lil Durk Reacts On Stage As Fan Pees Herself: Watch The "What Happened To Virgil" rapper was baffled by what happened in the crowd. By Lawrencia Grose April 15, 2022
Music Lil Wayne Sues Former Lawyer For $20M For Overcharging Him: Report Lil Wayne claims the former lawyer hit him with some hefty fees over the years. By Aron A. January 30, 2019
Music R. Kelly Won't Survive Charges, Alleged Victims Lawyer Michael Avenatti Claims Michael Avenatti says he'd be shocked if R. Kelly walks away. By Aron A. February 22, 2019
Music SZA's Album Will Finally Arrive In 2017, TDE CEO Suggests After threatening to quit music earlier this year, it seems SZA may finally be releasing her debut album. By Trevor Smith January 01, 2017
Music Offset Possibly Targeted In Drive-By Studio Shooting In Atlanta Offset is reportedly safe after the drive-by shooting. By Alex Zidel May 09, 2019
Society Nick Cannon Calls Out Jimmy Fallon & Jimmy Kimmel For Blackface Acts Cannon tends to side with comedians, but he still wants to talk. By Zaynab February 12, 2019
Music Cam'ron Confesses He Scrapped A Jay-Z Verse From A Song For Payback The rapper spoke candidly about the frenemy-type relationship he had with Jay in the 00s. By Madusa S. April 04, 2021
Music Young Thug Explains Paying Lil Baby To Start Rap Career: "I Was Scared For Him" Thugger and Baby grew up together and after seeing him go off to prison, Young Thug paid his friend to stay out of the streets and in the studio. By Erika Marie October 20, 2021
Music Joe Budden Will Not Actually Be Performing In BET Cypher: Report Despite earlier reports, Joe Budden's retirement appears to be iron-clad. By Mitch Findlay October 10, 2018
Music XXXTentaction’s Mother Says Charity Event Still Happening This Weekend According to X's mother, the event is still going down this Sunday. By Kevin Goddard June 21, 2018
Music Curren$y Responds To Freddie Gibbs Diss On "Alfredo 2" Freddie Gibbs and Curren$y fell out because the latter allegedly didn't promote their collab album like the former wanted him to. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 27, 2025
Music Nipsey Hussle's Murderer's Getaway Driver Was "Excited" To Meet The Rapper Eric Holder's getaway driver explains the moments leading up to Nipsey Hussle's shooting. By Alex Zidel June 27, 2019