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Music Desiigner Has Stunned Listeners Comparing Him To Conway The Machine After Debuting New Sound When Desiigner first burst onto the scene, fans compared him to Future. Now, those comparisons will no longer stand. By Alexander Cole October 29, 2025
Music Mother & Son Inspiration For 2Pac's "Brenda’s Got A Baby" Reunite After 3 Decades Author Jeff Pearlman helped orchestrate the reunion for his new book, "Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur." By Cole Blake October 27, 2025
Music P.E.A.C.E. Of Freestyle Fellowship Passes Away P.E.A.C.E. was arguably the most iconic and legendary Freestyle Fellowship pen, and hip-hop is mourning yet another legend. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 26, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy's Old Bucket List From 2018 Reportedly Surfaces Online While NBA YoungBoy has achieved many of the goals he set for himself seven years ago, he's still got some boxes to check. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 25, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Admits Drake's UMG Lawsuit Was "Weak" From The Jump Although Drake's legal pursuit over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" was shut down, the debate it represents will sadly live on forever. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 10, 2025
TV Vince Staples Shares Chaotic Teaser Trailer For Season Two Of His Netflix Show Vince Staples' eponymous Netflix series was renewed for its second season last May, but we didn't a release date for it until this August. By Zachary Horvath October 09, 2025
Music Young Thug Wants To Do “First” Interview With Adin Ross, Asks Big Bank To Drop His Thug Interview Now Young Thug’s jail phone calls have sprung a major leak with the rapper commenting on the beef between Metro Boomin and Drake. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 06, 2025
Music Wu-Tang Clan Inducted In Billboard's Hip-Hop Hall Of Fame Raekwon, the RZA, and Cappadonna represented the Wu-Tang Clan at Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players 2025 event. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2025
Music Wack 100 Claims Drake Has A 28-Minute Jail Call Of Young Thug Trashing Drizzy Drake and Young Thug have been incredibly supportive of one another as of late, so this allegation from Wack 100 raised many eyebrows. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2025
Music Kanye West Hit With Sampling Lawsuit For "DONDA 2" Track "LORD LIFT ME UP" Kanye West has been tangled up in plenty of lawsuits of this faction as he's facing another one for "Donda" as well. By Zachary Horvath September 05, 2025
Music Gunna Rallies His Day Ones With Passionate Gym Speech Gunna announced a 5k run through Brooklyn in support of his non-profit organization and new album, The Last Wun. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 30, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Labels Yung Miami The "Nucleus" Of The Diddy Allegations Diddy will be returning to the courtroom in October for a hearing to determine his sentence following his high-profile criminal trial. By Cole Blake August 25, 2025