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Music Diddy Reveals Where He Wants To Go To Prison And The Jokes Write Themselves Diddy was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in his high-profile criminal trial, earlier this year. By Cole Blake October 07, 2025
Music Young Thug Reveals His Surprising Atlanta Hip-Hop Mount Rushmore Considering Young Thug's recent praise and pettiness towards several Atlanta rap OGs and peers, this Mount Rushmore is quite interesting. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 02, 2025
Music Azealia Banks Claims Doja Cat Bites Nicki Minaj's Style A Lot Azealia Banks, Doja Cat, and Nicki Minaj have made definitive contributions in women's hip hop that will be studied for generations. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 29, 2025
Music Big U Will Represent Himself In RICO Trial After His Lawyer's Shocking Withdrawal Authorities have accused Big U of allegedly running a criminal network connected to the Rollin' 60s Crips gang. By Cole Blake May 21, 2025
Music Bobby Shmurda Owns Up To Tour Failure, Lawsuits On The Way Bobby Shmurda earned respect from everyone in hip-hop after his release from prison for not snitching and serving more time in his bid. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 11, 2025
Music Akon Claims T-Pain Went Broke Trying To Keep Up With Him Akon signed T-Pain to his Konvict Music Group after the success of his debut album, Locked Up. T-Pain released five albums. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 01, 2025
Music Kanye West Rips Playboi Carti's "MUSIC" And Rages At Travis Scott Kanye West once again takes aim at Playboi Carti after Carti left him off of MUSIC, also taking a shot at Travis Scott in the process. By Devin Morton April 25, 2025
Politics Larry Hoover Jr. Reaches Out To Kanye West Following His Father's Presidential Commutation Larry Hoover received a commutation of his sentence from President Donald Trump, and it has sparked a ton of reactions online. By Alexander Cole May 29, 2025
Music Drake Continues To Build New Album Buzz As Fans Read Into "ICEMAN" Teases We already heard lots about Drake's next solo album from others, but he himself hasn't dropped "ICEMAN" details, if that's even the title. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 24, 2025
Music Tiny Harris Throws Star-Studded Crimson 50th Birthday Party Tiny Harris has thrown star-studded birthday parties in Atlanta for years. Along with family and friends, who's who guest list. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 19, 2025
Music Robbie Pardlo, City High Co-Founder and R&B Vocalist, Dead at 46 City High, including Robbie Pardlo, Ryan Toby, and Claudette Ortiz, were the first new acts by Wyclef Jean in 2001. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 19, 2025
Music Travis Scott, SZA & Future Cite Kanye West's Involvement In “Telekinesis” To Seek Lawsuit Dismissal Gospel singer Victory Boyd is suing Travis Scott, SZA, and Future for reusing an unreleased Kanye West track that she worked on. By Cole Blake July 16, 2025