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Music Latto Appears To Address Allegation She Had Influencer Jumped Over 21 Savage Rumors It looks like Latto is firing back. By Caroline Fisher February 02, 2025
Music Geechi Gotti Arrested On Drug Charges In Ohio Earlier this month, Geechi Gotti and three other men were taken into custody during a traffic stop in Butler County. By Caroline Fisher February 11, 2026
Music Frank Ocean Makes History As Independent Artist Thanks To Streaming Numbers Even though he hasn't dropped a full-length project in over seven years, the former Odd Future superstar is as beloved and popular as ever. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 30, 2023
Music Playboi Carti Reportedly Arrested For Alleged Assault Before Utah Concert Take this Playboi Carti report with a massive grain of salt, as there are various conflicting bits of information on the Internet. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 18, 2025
Music Jay Electronica Allegedly Bullies Fans In Bizarre Discord Server Jay Electronica also allegedly pushed back releasing new music in the wake of Diddy's sentencing on Friday. By Cole Blake October 06, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Reignites Drake Beef With Comments About UMG Lawsuit A$AP Rocky and Drake went at it a bit last year, and while the former fell back, it seems like the UMG lawsuit has reignited tensions. By Alexander Cole September 23, 2025
Music DJ Vlad Believes "Everybody Lost" In The Lil Durk Trial DJ Vlad spoke about how people on both sides of the Lil Durk murder-for-hire case have suffered and spent a lot of energy and money over it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 13, 2026
Music Lil Nas X Reveals His Mother Has Passed Away Lil Nas X took to social media to announce the passing of his mother Tameka Hill years after discussing her issues with addiction. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 29, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar Keeps Promise To Meet Seven-Year-Old Fan Who Lost His Arms Romell Frazier Jr. lost both his arms in a dog attack, and Kendrick Lamar had given the fan a very special promise on his birthday. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 28, 2026
Music Reason & Hitta J3 Go At It Over Kendrick Lamar's "GNX" Reason loves Kendrick Lamar's "GNX" but thinks its featured West Coast artists didn't live up to the moment, which Hitta J3 took issue with. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 21, 2026
Politics Streamer Presses DJ Khaled To Support Palestine After Drake's "ICEMAN" Diss Drake called out DJ Khaled on "ICEMAN" for not supporting his parents' native Palestine, which has been suffering a genocide. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2026
Music Kurupt Says Eminem Covered His Rehab Costs During Alcohol Battle After seizures and a nearly three-week coma, Kurupt received private support from Eminem and Dr. Dre during his recovery. By Erika Marie August 05, 2026