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Music Chance The Rapper Speaks To Rory & Mal About Current Relationship With Kanye West Chance The Rapper sat down with Rory & Mal to discuss "Star Line" and where things stand with him and Kanye West. By Devin Morton August 15, 2025
Music Pooh Shiesty Shares Message For His Supporters From Behind Bars Pooh Shiesty has been behind bars since his initial arrest in 2022 after pleading guilty to a firearm conspiracy charge. By Cole Blake August 14, 2025
Music LiAngelo Ball Reveals He Was Making $3K Per Month Before Pivoting To Rap Amid the success of his viral hit "Tweaker," LiAngelo Ball landed a lucrative deal with Def Jam and Universal Music Group. By Caroline Fisher August 11, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy & DJ Khaled Announce Surprise Joint Mixtape "DESHAWN" Dropping This Week NBA YoungBoy just left off "Make America Slime Again" at the end of July to solid commercial success and another top 10 debut. By Zachary Horvath August 11, 2025
Sports LeBron James Shows Love To Gunna's New Album "The Last Wun" On X LeBron James is a longtime fan of Gunna, and he is feeling the Atlanta rapper's YSL finale, "The Last Wun." By Devin Morton August 10, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Believes Gunna's "The Last Wun" Will Outsell Young Thug & Lil Baby's Upcoming Projects Gunna just released his last album under YSL Records fittingly titled "The Last Wun" yesterday costarring Offset, Burna Boy, and more. By Zachary Horvath August 09, 2025
Music JID Still Wants To Rap With Kendrick Lamar After J. Cole Apology JID explained on "The Joe Budden Podcast" why J Cole's apology to Kendrick Lamar for a diss song deserves more respect and nuanced discussion. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 09, 2025
Music JID Reveals The Tracklist For "God Does Like Ugly" With Some Twists JID's highly anticipated fourth album "God Does Like Ugly" is going to be here on August 8. "WRK" is the lone single from the rollout. By Zachary Horvath August 05, 2025
Music Rory & Mal Co-Host Goes Off On Ray Vaughn For Allegedly Lying About His Age Ray Vaughn has since issued a response to Rory and Mal as well as Demaris by posting a video on social media. By Cole Blake July 29, 2025
Music Mike Dean Seemingly Reacts To Kanye West & Travis Scott's Japan Reunion Rumors have flown around for months now that Mike Dean is beefing with both Travis Scott and Kanye West... Is there any merit to them? By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 08, 2025
Music Blacc Zacc Arrested Over Alleged Murder-For-Hire Plot In South Carolina Blacc Zacc pleaded not guilty to charges of RICO conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, and more this week. By Caroline Fisher October 30, 2025
Music Drake & Kanye West Continue To Carry Hip-Hop's Streaming Numbers Thanks To Impressive New Achievement Drake and Kanye West both continue to rack up impressive streaming numbers on Spotify, leaving their competitors in the dust. By Caroline Fisher October 29, 2025