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Music Fetty Wap Looks Unbothered In New Prison Photo Fetty Wap was sentenced to a six-year prison sentence for drug trafficking in 2023, and is expected to be out in January of 2027. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 29, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Back Under House Arrest Until Sentencing For Assault Plea 6ix9ine was charged with various probation violations, and he will receive his sentence for all of them this November. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 27, 2025
Music Diddy Accused Of Sexual Abuse In Bombshell Lawsuit From His Former Stylist Deonte Nash's lawsuit against Diddy comes ahead of the Bad Boy mogul's upcoming sentencing hearing, next month. By Cole Blake September 24, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Causes Huge Debate By Proclaiming Atlanta Is "The Home Of Hip-Hop" Concerning this Playboi Carti debate, fans are split between hip-hop's historical origins and Atlanta's dominance in recent decades. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 22, 2025
Music Drake Targets UMG Executives Directly As Discovery Requests Continue To Pile Up Drake has been suing Universal Music Group for defamation over the company's alleged promotion of Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." By Cole Blake August 19, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy & DJ Khaled's "Deshawn" Mixtape Struggles With First-Week Sales NBA YoungBoy dropped "Deshawn" just weeks after the release of his previous album, "MASA." By Cole Blake August 18, 2025
Music Mariah The Scientist Gifts Young Thug With Matching Bracelets After Addressing Viral Jail Call Leak In Latest Interview Mariah The Scientist and Young Thug have recorded several collaborations together, inclduing "For Her" and "For Him." By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 17, 2025
Music Tyler The Creator Pulls Jay-Z In Response To Fan Missing His Old Music Tyler The Creator describes ‘Don’t Tap The Glass’ as a carefree album that he created with feel-good dance music in mind. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 10, 2025
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 Never-Before-Seen Footage Shows Diddy & Cassie Having A Ball While Celebrating His Birthday In Mexico Per reports, Cassie is currently testifying against Diddy in Manhattan. She's touched on his alleged "freak-offs" and the 2016 video. By Zachary Horvath May 13, 2025
Music Travis Scott's Late Coachella Set Runs Goldenvoice's Pockets For An Extra $20,000 Travis Scott tends to do things on his terms and unfortunately for Coachella and its organizer, they are paying a hefty price for it. By Zachary Horvath April 28, 2025
Pop Culture Joe Budden Had One "Big Issue" With Kai Cenat For This Reason Joe Budden says he otherwise doesn't have a problem with the streamer. By Cole Blake August 10, 2024