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Music Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Addresses Lil Durk's Arrest Brandon Johnson spoke on the alleged murder-for-hire charge. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 26, 2024
Music Lil Durk Reportedly Transferred Out Of Broward County After Arrest For Alleged Murder-For-Hire Lil Durk has a serious legal battle ahead of him. By Caroline Fisher October 25, 2024
Music Should Drake & Future Reconcile? Social Media Users Debate After Pluto Retweets Young Thug Fans are split on whether or not Drake and Future can put the past behind them. By Caroline Fisher October 19, 2024
Music TDE Punch Delivers Hot Take On Hip-Hop Journalism After Kendrick Lamar & SZA's Interview Punch has a theory as to why artists don't want to talk to journalists. By Cole Blake October 22, 2024
Music Young Thug's Lawyer Earns Key Victory In His Controversial Criminal Contempt Case Brian Steel earned a major win on Tuesday. By Cole Blake October 22, 2024
Music Andrew Schulz Allegedly Labels Kendrick Lamar "Too Woke" After His "GNX" Diss DJ Akademiks says he's spoken with Andrew Schulz about the lyric. By Cole Blake November 23, 2024
Music Whitney Alford Shows Support For Kendrick Lamar's New Album "GNX" The rapper's fiance is a fan. By Elias Andrews November 22, 2024
Relationships King Von's Sister, Kayla B, Explains Using Chief Keef’s Phone To Text Sexyy Red Kayla B has attempted to provide some context to the move. By Cole Blake September 28, 2024
Music R Kelly Defends Diddy And Calls His Federal Investigation A "Conspiracy" In Resurfaced Report R. Kelly was convicted on very similar charges to those that Diddy faces. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 26, 2024
Pop Culture Jack Harlow Savagely Roasts Druski On IG After Rubi Rose Scandal These two love clowning each other. By Elias Andrews September 27, 2024
Sports Jalen Hurts Wants NBA YoungBoy To Perform At The Super Bowl Halftime Show Jalen Hurts and several other NFL players discussed their ideal halftime show ahead of the Super Bowl on Sunday. By Cole Blake February 03, 2026
Politics Nicki Minaj Claims A “Premonition” Prompted Her Political Involvement Nicki Minaj has expressed her support for Donald Trump multiple times in recent weeks despite widespread backlash. By Caroline Fisher February 03, 2026