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Music BigXthaPlug Arrested In Dallas For Alleged Drug And Gun Possession It looks like BigXthaPlug ran into more legal issues while in Texas for his "I Hope You're Happy" release party. By Caroline Fisher August 22, 2025
Music Drake Caught In Crosshairs Of Another AI Scam That Preys On His Fans Drake has had a rough go of it legally speaking. His growing list includes these scammers tricking his fans into buying fake merch. By Zachary Horvath December 11, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Says She Doesn’t Care If Her Fans Don’t Support Donald Trump Recently, Nicki Minaj took to Twitter Spaces to address some of the backlash she's received for her political takes. By Caroline Fisher December 11, 2025
Music 50 Cent's "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" Could Result In A Legal Battle With Diddy Diddy and his team aren't happy about the way 50 Cent and Netflix obtained footage for "Sean Combs: The Reckoning." By Cole Blake December 02, 2025
Music Latto Fires Back At Woman Claiming To Be Her Estranged Sister The woman in question claimed that she and Latto share the same father, but that the rapper wants nothing to do with her. By Cole Blake December 01, 2025
Music Ja Rule Reveals What Advice He’d Give Drake Amid Kendrick Lamar Feud Ja Rule has dealt with his fair share of rap beef throughout his decades-long career, much like Drake and Kendrick Lamar. By Caroline Fisher November 11, 2025
Music Soulja Boy Threatens To Shoot TikTokers In Fiery Rant Soulja Boy was heated but content creators ExoticTV Ra, MCL and Mello Rell didn't seem too fazed by his antics. By Cole Blake November 04, 2025
Music Diddy Is Allegedly Boasting About Potential Donald Trump Pardon In Prison It looks like Diddy is feeling pretty confident that he'll be released from prison long before serving his full sentence. By Caroline Fisher November 04, 2025
Music 50 Cent Doubles Down On Why He Doesn’t Like Zohran Mamdani Recently, Zohran Mamdani admitted that he still listens to 50 Cent sometimes, even though the rapper disagrees with his economic agenda. By Caroline Fisher November 04, 2025
Music Charlamagne Tha God Predicts A Sweeping Federal Investigation Will Occur Following Spotify Bot Lawsuit Spotify is currently facing a federal class action lawsuit for allegedly allowing artists to benefit from "billions" of botted streams. By Zachary Horvath November 03, 2025
Music Pusha T Disses Birdman And Drake Again On New Song “Damage Control” With Wale Pusha T has some more words for multiple longtime foes on a new track with Wale, and unsurprisingly, it turned heads. By Devin Morton July 25, 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