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Music Black Hippy: Where Are They Now? A close look into the lives and careers of each member of Black Hippy. By TeeJay Small January 03, 2024
Music JID Reveals He & J. Cole Finished A 15-Song Project Together JID, who dropped his own album, "God Does Like Ugly," on Friday, also hyped up J. Cole's upcoming project, "The Fall Off." By Cole Blake August 08, 2025
Music Lil Baby Shocks Fans With New Ink After Previously Dismissing Tattoos Lil Baby does have an upcoming album to roll out very soon, so maybe this is part of a big public image change. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 17, 2025
Music Former Escort Claims Lawyers Exploited His Cassie Allegations Against Diddy Clayton Howard's lawsuit against Cassie alleges prosecutors in Diddy's trial used his story to arrest him and then ignored his other claims. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 14, 2025
Original Content Who Is Trippie Redd? Everything You Need To Know Your guide to Soundcloud’s next trap songbird, Trippie Redd. By Benjamin Salkind October 06, 2017
Music Drake Unleashes On Kendrick Lamar With "Family Matters" Diss Drizzy did not waste any time. By Elias Andrews May 03, 2024
Music Drake Tells Ebro To "Die Slower" In Leaked DMs Drake decided not to take the high road recently as "Ebro In The Morning" was taken off the air over at Hot 97. By Alexander Cole December 15, 2025
Music Rising Florida Rapper Maxon Margiela Passes Away At 21 Maxon Margiela was quickly becoming a name to know out of Orlando. Rest in peace to a future star gone way too soon. By Zachary Horvath November 17, 2025
Politics White House Rep Clears The Air On Nicki Minaj's Trump Gold Card Nicki Minaj flexed her Trump Gold Card late last month online, leading many to believe she expedited her journey to becoming a legal citizen. By Zachary Horvath February 02, 2026
Music Pharrell Williams Ticks Fans Off For Not Mentioning Chad Hugo During Grammy Speech Pharrell Williams won the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award at the Grammys last night and fans are rioting over his speech. By Zachary Horvath February 02, 2026
Music Playboi Carti, NBA YoungBoy, & Don Toliver To Headline Rolling Loud 2026 Rolling Loud 2026 is set to take place in Orlando, Florida, and there has been real anticipation over this year's lineup. By Alexander Cole January 14, 2026
Music Baby Keem Drops Second "Booman" Documentary For New Album "Ca$ino" It's been nearly five years since Baby Keem dropped his first studio album "The Melodic Blue" in September of 2021. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 16, 2026