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Pop Culture NBA Youngboy's Mother Reveals The Name Of His Son With Yaya Mayweather The rapper's mother revealed that he now has a junior. By Madusa S. January 21, 2021
Music Soulja Boy Brings Back Rapper-Centric Video Games With “Soulja Boy: Rap Empire” Soulja Boy's new game is available on PC. By Aron A. October 20, 2026
Numbers Jay-Z & Kanye West's "N***as In Paris" Goes Octuple Platinum Eight platinum plaques down the road, Jay-Z and Kanye West's "N***as In Paris" was more evocative than anyone could have ever imagined. By Mitch Findlay March 24, 2021
Music 50 Cent Warns Jim Jones: "Get The Strap, Don't Get Caught With It" 50 Cent jokingly pleads with Jim Jones to clean up his act. By Devin Ch June 22, 2018
Music Lil Durk Finally Gets Good News In His Murder-For-Hire Case Thanks To His Judge As his federal trial for alleged murder-for-hire develops, Lil Durk has reportedly found community with various fellow inmates through Islam. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 24, 2025
Numbers Chris Brown Is Finally Trending For The Right Reasons Chris Brown and Young Thug's collaborative single "Go Crazy" hits #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and sparks the former's name to trend on Twitter. By Alex Zidel January 13, 2021
Music Diddy Blasts Kanye West For Meeting With Donald Trump: "NOT Black Excellence" Safe to say we will not be seeing any collaborations from Diddy and Ye in the future. By Chantilly Post October 11, 2018
Music Kodak Black Arrested, Charged With Cocaine Possession Kodak Black will appear before a Florida judge later today. By Caroline Fisher December 07, 2023
Music Drake Thinks He & Chris Brown Are "First Mortal Enemy Duo To Go No. 1 On Apple Music" Drake is pretty stoked about hitting the top spot on Apple Music. By Alex Zidel June 10, 2019
Pop Culture Sexyy Red & Chrisean Rock Twerk Barefoot In The BET Awards Aisles: Watch Kash Doll had a front row seat to the wild antics at this weekend's show. By Hayley Hynes June 26, 2023
Music Yams Day Concert Shuts Down Early After Reported Gunshots Ring Off The A$AP Yams event was shut down early Thursday after a fight & gunshots rang out. By Kevin Goddard January 19, 2018
Music Drake Gets Annihilated Online For Linking Up With ian With the stigma surrounding Drake thanks in part to Kendrick Lamar, the internet is having a field day with this ian link up. By Zachary Horvath July 19, 2025