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Music Young Thug Teases A YSL Project From Label's Newer Generation Young Thug's new gen YSL project could tap 1300SAINT, Yung Kayo, Nine Vicious, and more. But this announcement amid a Gunna release? Huh... By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 08, 2025
Music Diddy Allegedly Woke Up With A Knife To His Throat During Frightening Incident In Prison Diddy has been residing behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since his arrest, last year. By Cole Blake October 22, 2025
Music Mal Explains Why Drake's UMG Lawsuit Isn't Over Yet Despite Judge's Dismissal Drake filed his lawsuit against Universal Music Group, earlier this year, accusing them of defamation due to Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." By Cole Blake October 14, 2025
Music Young Thug & Quavo's Link-Up After Tour Tease Draws Harsh Reactions Following the jail call leaks, fans have speculated about are Young Thug's "rap buddies" are these days. It seems Quavo's one of the few. By Zachary Horvath October 13, 2025
Music Drake's UMG Lawsuit's Dismissal Shows Up In Fat Joe's Defamation Case Lawyer Tyrone Blackburn is representing Fat Joe's former hype man Terrance "T.A." Dixon in a defamation lawsuit not quite similar to Drake's. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 12, 2025
Music Nas Confirms Long-Awaited DJ Premier Album Is Finally Finished: “A Long Time Coming” Nas has confirmed that his long-awaited joint album with DJ Premier is finally complete. By Tallie Spencer October 09, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Teases Several "DON'T BE DUMB" Snippets In Latest Puma Ad A$AP Rocky still doesn't have a release date for "DON'T BE DUMB," but we are hopefully closer than we've ever been with these new snippets. By Zachary Horvath October 09, 2025
Music Gunna Announces Global "Wun World" Tour Gunna is taking his last record with YSL on a global trek starting as soon as November 17. It will extend into July 2026. By Zachary Horvath October 06, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Speaks Candidly About Getting Kidnapped By The Nine Trey Bloods 6ix9ine was kidnapped by his own gang, the Nine Trey Bloods, back in 2018, after filming a music video for "FEFE" in Los Angeles. By Zachary Horvath October 01, 2025
Music Cassie Voices Fear Of Diddy Retaliation In Powerful Victim Impact Statement Diddy faces up to 20 years in prison for two counts of transportation for prostitution, and he'll learn his fate on October 3. By Caroline Fisher September 30, 2025
Music Diddy Gets Letters Of Support From Inmates Who Attended His "Free Game" Course Diddy's legal team shared the letters while arguing for a lenient sentence ahead of his hearing, next month. By Cole Blake September 25, 2025
Music Clipse & Kendrick Lamar Preview Highly Anticipated "Chains & Whips" Music Video This Clipse and Kendrick Lamar collaboration will hit the timeline in just a week on the duo's "Let God Sort Em Out" album. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 04, 2025