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Music Wale & Smino Celebrate Black Music Month With Amazon Exclusive "Glory" Wale and Smino also performed their new track "Glory" in an exclusive Amazon Music video to celebrate Black Music Month. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 19, 2026
Music Blueface Ordered To Relinquish Music Royalties To The Mother Of Soulja Boy's Child Blueface must now pay Jackilyn Martinez a hefty six-figure sum after refusing to pay attention to her defamation lawsuit. By Alexander Cole June 12, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Jay-Z's Diss Targets Don't Care About His Freestyle DJ Akademiks continues to blast Jay-Z's Roots Picnic freestyle, arguing Drake, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West, and others aren't worried about Hov. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 06, 2026
Music Doja Cat Delivers Hilarious Rant At Elon Musk While Begging For X Feature To Return Doja Cat shared her unfiltered thoughts. By Tallie Spencer June 04, 2026
TV Joe Budden Weighs In On Sauce Walka's Beef With Drake Joe Budden and his co-hosts decided to dive head first into the recent beef between Sauce Walka and rap megastar, Drake. By Alexander Cole June 03, 2026
Music Chief Keef & G Herbo Affiliate Reportedly Shot At Mello Buckzz Show Four individuals died and 14 others were injured at a shooting at Mello Buckzz's album release party and concert in Chicago. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 03, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Puts His Pride For The USA On Full Display For Official Cover Of "Make America Slime Again" NBA YoungBoy is the latest rapper to put their own spin on the American flag album cover art and it's got fans hype. By Zachary Horvath July 02, 2025
Music Lil Durk’s Father Opens Up About Helping His Son Fight Murder-For-Hire Case Lil Durk's father Dontay Banks has dealt with legal issues of his own, which is why he knows exactly what his son is going through. By Caroline Fisher April 19, 2025
Music Russell Simmons' "Stateless" Move To Indonesia Causes Dismissal In Federal Jane Doe Case Catch me if you can. By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 13, 2025
Sports Drake Reveals He's Received "A Good Ol' One-Year Ban" From Commentating At Raptors Games It seems the Raptors organization didn't like Drizzy's DeMar DeRozan comments. By Zachary Horvath January 14, 2025
Music Cam'ron Escalates Feud With Jim Jones During Heated Rant On "It Is What It Is" Cam'ron says Jim Jones isn't even from Harlem. By Cole Blake January 13, 2025
Viral Female Young Thug Lookalike Goes Viral As Fans Are Hungry For More Music Perhaps this woman can help Thugger finish some of his verses... By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 12, 2025