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Music Earl Sweatshirt Drops Featureless Tracklist For "Live Laugh Love" Earl Sweatshirt surprised quite a few people this past weekend by announcing this project and the quick turnaround before it arrives. By Zachary Horvath August 19, 2025
Music Yak Gotti's Lawyer Responds To Young Thug Seemingly Accusing Him Of Snitching In Leaked Lil Baby Song A snippet of Young Thug's contribution to Lil Baby's upcoming album, "The Leak$," surfaced on Monday night. By Cole Blake August 12, 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 DJ Premier Announces Release Date For His Nas Collab Album Nas' "Legend Has It" series may be coming to an end, but it's going out with a bang as his collab effort with DJ Premier is coming soon. By Zachary Horvath November 20, 2025
Music Lil Gotit Honors Late Brother Lil Keed With New Portrait Tattoo Snd Updated YSL Logo Lil Gotit continues to show love for his brother. By Tallie Spencer November 13, 2025
Music Yeat Brings Don Toliver, Sexyy Red, Lil Yachty & More To ComplexCon Set Yeat's 30-track set also included special appearances from BNYX, Che, xaviersobased, Quavo, and Sheck Wes. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 26, 2025
Music Cardi B Encounters Giant Rat While Roaming NYC Subway To Promote "AM I THE DRAMA?" Cardi B also popped out to the Alexander Wang New York Fashion Week show with her daughter Kulture earlier this week. By Zachary Horvath September 13, 2025
Music Armand Hammer & The Alchemist Announce New Collaborative Album, "Mercy" Armand Hammer and The Alchemist previously collaborated on the critically acclaimed album, "Haram," in 2021. By Cole Blake September 11, 2025
Music Metro Boomin Goes Off On Those Trashing "A FUTURISTIC SUMMA": "Y'all Get No B*tches And It Shows" The public has been weighing in on Metro Boomin's "A FUTURISTIC SUMMA" and overall, it's been mostly mixed over the last three days. By Zachary Horvath August 04, 2025
Music Lil Woody Shares Nuanced Thoughts On Pooh Shiesty's Arrest Pooh Shiesty is right back in custody after returning from a 63-month sentence last October over a gun charge. By Zachary Horvath April 02, 2026
Music J. Cole Says The "Universal Classic" In Hip-Hop Is Dead, But Is He Wrong? J. Cole was recently on "Lost In Vegas" where he offered up his thoughts on classic albums and where they stand in hip-hop. By Alexander Cole March 31, 2026
Music Quavo Hit With Significant Tax Lien Quavo isn't the only Migos rapper dealing with unpaid taxes as Offset recently spent $1.5 million paying back the United States. By Cole Blake March 04, 2026