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Music Playboi Carti Equates Himself To Lil Wayne While Celebrating "MUSIC" Success Lil Wayne's son is a massive Playboi Carti fan who even remixed "LIKE WEEZY," and he also thinks these two are in similar legend spaces. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 03, 2025
Music Kanye West Claps Back After Fan Calls Him A “White Edgelord” Kanye West is even getting mad at his own fans on social media after his controversial antics continued on Wednesday. By Cole Blake April 02, 2025
Music YG Recalls Being Sexually Assaulted When He Was A Teen On New Song "2004" YG also pays tribute to Nipsey Hussle by comparing their bond to Jay-Z and Biggie Smalls on his new track with Buddy and The Gang. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 28, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Won't Stop Teasing Another New Album Despite Grueling Wait For "MUSIC" Playboi Carti is coming off of another Billboard No. 1 debut for his new album "MUSIC," which pushed almost 300K units in its first week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 24, 2025
Music DJ Vlad Denies VladTV's Involvement In Big U & Bricc Baby RICO Arrests After Past Interviews DJ Vlad spoke to Adam22 about this matter, who also denied that No Jumper has anything to do with Big U and Bricc Baby's RICO case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2025
Music 50 Cent Admits Jay-Z Is A Better Businessman Than Him 50 Cent has plenty of negative things to say about his longtime foe Jay-Z, but he has to admit he's good at what he does. By Caroline Fisher February 05, 2026
Relationships Offset Finally Pays Off $1.5 Million In Tax Debt As Cardi B Divorce Continues Cardi B previously claimed that Offset's unpaid taxes are the reason she hasn't been able to finalize their divorce. By Cole Blake January 21, 2026
Music Finesse2tymes Arrested In Harris County On Outstanding Warrant News of Finesse2tymes' latest arrest comes just weeks after he was arrested in Dallas on drug-related charges. By Caroline Fisher November 20, 2025
Music Cardi B Drops Adorable First Photos Of Her Newborn With Stefon Diggs Earlier this month, Cardi B gave birth to her first child with her boyfriend Stefon Diggs, and her fourth overall. By Caroline Fisher November 19, 2025
Music Jay-Z Named 25th Best Songwriter Of The Century By Billboard Billboard will be unveiling the rest of the 25 biggest songwriters of the 21st century throughout the week. By Cole Blake November 10, 2025
Music Famous Dex Threatens Rich The Kid For Allegedly Scamming Him Famous Dex claims that he hasn't been properly compensated for his collaboration with Rich the Kid, "Rich Forever 5" By Cole Blake November 04, 2025
Music 50 Cent Mocks Dame Dash After Film Company Sells For $100 This week, Dame Dash's film company was put up for auction in an attempt to pay off some of his defamation lawsuit judgments. By Caroline Fisher December 31, 2025