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Music Cardi B Teases Long-Awaited New Album With Big Announcement Coming Today It has been seven years since Cardi B released "Invasion Of Privacy," and it looks like fans will finally get their follow-up. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 23, 2025
Music Kanye West Announces Yeezy Season Performance In Slovakia Kanye West's concert announcement comes as he's been promising to release new music for fans at some point this week. By Cole Blake June 19, 2025
Music R Kelly’s Team Readies “Bombshell” New Evidence Amid Alleged Prison Assassination Plot Allegedly, R Kelly recently overdosed after accusing authorities of trying to bribe an Aryan Brotherhood gang leader into killing him. By Caroline Fisher June 18, 2025
Music Diddy Allegedly Asked Cassie To Celebrate Christmas With A "Freak-Off" Party The Diddy trial's jury saw alleged text message exchanges between him and Cassie, which allegedly date back to 2013. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 16, 2025
Music 50 Cent Gets "Nobel Beef Prize" At Miami Club Performance Amid T.I. Feud 50 Cent isn't just beefing with T.I. these days, as he also has smoke for Jim Jones, Rick Ross, Floyd Mayweather, and many more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 01, 2026
TV "SNL" Addresses Reports Of Cardi B's Alleged Rehearsal Tantrum Cardi B allegedly wasn't too happy with a joke regarding Nicki Minaj being made during the "Weekend Update" segment. By Zachary Horvath February 26, 2026
Music T.I. Disses 50 Cent With A Low Blow Aimed At His Late Mother T.I. and 50 Cent have been embroiled in a heated back and forth, although it is starting to go a bit too far. By Alexander Cole February 24, 2026
Music Cam'ron Recalls Alleged Suge Knight Confrontation Over Iconic Tupac Sample Cam'ron was once again detailing his past on "Talk With Flee," although this time it wasn't as light-hearted. By Zachary Horvath March 19, 2025
Music Kanye West Calls Playboi Carti "A Dumber Version Of Virgil" As His Relentless Verbal Assault Continues Playboi Carti finally stepping up to Kanye West got him hit with more disrespectful tweets as the latter continues to spiral. By Zachary Horvath March 19, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Receives Nice Sales Bump In Latest First-Week Projections Update Playboi Carti is already prepped to have his biggest debut ever, but the final number keeps growing larger by the day. By Zachary Horvath March 18, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Delivers Exciting Updates On Drake, Lil Durk & NBA YoungBoy Both Lil Durk and NBA YoungBoy are currently dealing with legal issues, while Drake just released "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U" with PartyNextDoor. By Caroline Fisher March 16, 2025
Music Clipse Reveal Their Favorite Verses From Each Other On “Let God Sort Em Out” Clipse’s Let God Sort Em Out debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 after selling 113,000 copies. They surpassed Lil Wayne’s The Carter 6. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 20, 2025