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Music Playboi Carti Previews Two Unreleased Songs At NYC Birthday Event Playboi Carti recently celebrated his birthday and played tracks that could eventually end up on "BABY BOI." By Devin Morton September 14, 2025
Music Dave Blunts Encourages His White Fans To Say The N-Word At Controversial Show Considering all the work Dave Blunts is putting in for Kanye West these days, we're not really surprised by this. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 04, 2025
Relationships Jayda Cheaves Alleges That Lil Baby Did Sleep With Ari Fletcher Jayda Cheaves is stepping forward and claiming that the history between Lil Baby and Ari Fletcher is more than just a rumor. By Zachary Horvath January 17, 2026
Music Tyler The Creator Confirms "Don't Tap The Glass" Release Time And Tells Fans To Mellow Their Hype Tyler The Creator also dropped his last album on a Monday, although "Don't Tap The Glass" seems to be very different from "CHROMAKOPIA." By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 20, 2025
Music Lil Meech Appears To Fire Back At 50 Cent Amid Snitching Allegations Recently, one of Lil Meech's alleged ex-friends accused him of snitching, prompting a response from 50 Cent. By Caroline Fisher July 17, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Is Eligible For RIAA Diamond Certification Kendrick Lamar is continuing to reach new sales milestones with last year's hit Drake diss track, "Not Like Us." By Cole Blake July 08, 2025
Music Wack 100 Explains New Street Rules After Young Thug Scandal Wack 100 compared the current accusations against Young Thug to those that Gunna faced early in the YSL RICO trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 29, 2025
Music YNW Melly Wants New Legal Representation Amid Criminal Investigation Into One Of His Attorneys YNW Melly has been behind bars in Florida since his initial arrest on two counts of first-degree murder in 2019. By Cole Blake August 27, 2025
Music Future Deactivates His Instagram Account After Hackers Got A Hold Of It With Other Celebrities Future went viral over the weekend after debuting a new hairstyle in lavender-colored haircut. The new hairstyle elicited numerous reactions. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 24, 2025
Music Yungeen Ace Is "Elated" Over Foolio's Death, DJ Akademiks Theorizes Foolio was shot multiple times in June. By Caroline Fisher September 11, 2024
Music Police Reportedly Identify Second Suspect In d4vd & Celeste Rivas Case Reports named d4vd as a suspect in Celeste Rivas' death, although no official documentation has come out to support this at press time. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 22, 2025
Music 50 Cent Doubles Down On Why He Doesn’t Like Zohran Mamdani Recently, Zohran Mamdani admitted that he still listens to 50 Cent sometimes, even though the rapper disagrees with his economic agenda. By Caroline Fisher November 04, 2025