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Politics NBA YoungBoy's Oklahoma City Show Leads To Racial Bias Debate At Their Jail Rev. Derrick Scobey, a Black Oklahoma County Jail trustee, blasted their increased staffing in reaction to NBA YoungBoy's concert. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 02, 2025
Music 7 Dr. Dre Facts You Didn't Know Some Dr. Dre facts are common knowledge by hip hop fans but others are only known by dedicated admirers of the West Coast legend. By Paul Barnes July 21, 2023
Music Kia Shine Reveals How He Co-Wrote Drake's "Best I Ever Had" The comments from Kia Shine are circulating amid Drake's feud with Kendrick Lamar. By Cole Blake June 26, 2024
Music Star Boy Refuses To Clear Samples For Destroy Lonely And Kanye West Collabs The producer isn't budging. By Elias Andrews September 04, 2024
Music Trina Says "Scammer" Business Partner Stole Money Meant For Her Album Her latest release, "The One," was taken off streaming services. By Erika Marie January 06, 2020
Music Mac Miller's Ex-Girlfriend Nomi Shares Touching Prose About Their Recent Reunion "So grateful we had our final moment. Our clarity, cleaning of the air." By Alex Zidel September 10, 2018
Politics Kendrick Lamar Accused Of Deleting Pro-Palestine Comments On IG, OVO 40 Weighs In Kendrick is under fire right now. By Alexander Cole May 02, 2024
Relationships Quavo Explains "Straightenin" Lyrics Seemingly About Saweetie & The Repo'ed Bentley Quavo unpacks some of his "Culture III" lyrics which are seemingly about his ex-girlfriend Saweetie. By Alex Zidel July 05, 2021
Music Wack 100 Checks DJ Akademiks Over Blueface Theft Allegations Recently, DJ Akademiks accused Wack 100 of stealing money from Blueface, prompting the music manager to set the record straight. By Caroline Fisher February 04, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Wants To Run For Mayor Of New York City It looks like A$AP Rocky could be eyeing a career pivot following the release of his new album, "Don't Be Dumb." By Caroline Fisher January 29, 2026
Music PlaqueBoyMax Jokingly Confronts Fivio Foreign Over Mafiathon 3 And Selling Weed With His Likeness PlaqueBoyMax and Fivio Foreign have been at odds since January, but it looks as if they are slowly making amends. By Zachary Horvath October 09, 2025
Politics Lil Wayne Explains The Backstory Of His Infamous Donald Trump Photo Lil Wayne says he wasn't worried about possible backlash to his decision to pose with Donald Trump. By Cole Blake April 22, 2025