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Music Maui Police Chief Wins Vote To Keep Job Despite Allegations In Diddy Lawsuit Diddy is currently behind bars at the MDC in Brooklyn awaiting his trial, which is scheduled to begin in May. By Caroline Fisher March 20, 2025
Music Kanye West Shows Love To ASAP Rocky & Kodak Black As Criticism Of Other Rappers Continues Kanye West had already called out Tyler, the Creator, Future, Metro Boomin, Iggy Azealia, and more in fiery posts. By Cole Blake March 18, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Reveals "I AM MUSIC" Features After Briefly Delaying Album Playboi Carti continues to keep fans on the ropes, but we'd be lying if the new details didn't get us excited for "I AM MUSIC." By Elias Andrews March 14, 2025
Music UMG Nearly Axed Pop Smoke Album Due To A Pusha T Bar They Believed Was About Drake We have come to learn that Pusha T has not had the easiest time with labels agreeing to his wants on his projects and now his features too. By Zachary Horvath June 03, 2025
Music Fans Flood Drake With Calls After Tylil Leaks His Phone Number On Stream Drake also made a surprise appearance during Kai Cenat's viral "Streamer University" event over the weekend. By Cole Blake May 26, 2025
Music Snoop Dogg's Cousin Is At The Center Of Spotify Lawsuit That Implicates Drake Drake is not listed as a defendant in this federal class action lawsuit against the streaming titan, but it's just another thing on his plate. By Zachary Horvath November 03, 2025
Music Kanye West Doc's Director Defends Showing Antisemitic Remarks In Film Footage from the upcoming Kanye West documentary "In Whose Name?" also shows him addressing his split from Kim Kardashian. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 13, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist Are Apparently Dropping "Alfredo 2" Later This Month This would cap off one heck of a month for hip-hop if Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist actually follow through on this. By Zachary Horvath July 16, 2025
Pop Culture Halle Bailey's Restraining Order Against DDG, Explained A court granted Halle Bailey a temporary restraining order against DDG. By Aron A. May 15, 2025
Music Outkast's "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below": 2 Decades Of Mastery Big Boi and André 3000's "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" changed the way Hip Hop viewed collaborative albums—and no one could duplicate Outkast's eclectic delivery. By Erika Marie October 09, 2023
Music Travis Scott "Utopia" Credits: Drake, Beyonce, Westside Gunn, The Weeknd & More Beyonce, Drake, Playboi Carti, Kanye West, and more have credits on Travis Scott's latest project, "Utopia." By Aron A. July 28, 2023
Music FBG Duck Murder: 6 O-Block Members Found Guilty Each of the six O-Block-affiliated defendants will be facing life in prison after being found guilty in the killing of FBG Duck. By Cole Blake January 17, 2024