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Music Drakeo The Ruler Wrongful Death Lawsuit Receives Frustrating Update Drakeo the Ruler's family continues to receive justice. By Zachary Horvath September 04, 2024
Music Multiple Lil Baby "WHAM World Tour" Shows Have Been Canceled The hits keep coming for Lil Baby as he's already receiving backlash for not dropping "The Leak$" without any explanation. By Zachary Horvath September 05, 2025
Music Details Of Nicki Minaj's Boyfriend's Cold Blooded Manslaughter Case Surface Kenneth Petty was ruthless. By Karlton Jahmal December 22, 2018
Original Content Top 10 Lil B Mixtapes Of All Time On the heels of "Black Ken," here are Lil B's top 10 mixtapes from his expansive discography. By Alphonse Pierre August 24, 2017
Music Drake & Kodak Black Collab Joins Slew Of Recent Drizzy Leaks Before "Iceman" This leaked Drake and Kodak Black song, titled "Skies Parted" online, is reportedly a scrapped loosie from the 2023 "For All The Dogs" era. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 21, 2025
Music Charlamagne Tha God Claims One Of Drake's Biggest Foes Is On "ICEMAN" More and more updates about Drake's "ICEMAN" continue to roll in and this latest one from Charlamagne Tha God is quite interesting. By Zachary Horvath March 12, 2026
Music Jim Jones, Fabolous, Maino & Dave East Downplay 50 Cent & New York Beef Jim Jones, Fabolous, Maino, and Dave East of the "Let's Rap About It" podcast addressed their beef with 50 Cent and New York tensions. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 30, 2026
Music Playboi Carti Gets Pre-Trial Date For Allegedly Assaulting Woman & Driver Playboi Carti and his purported boo Giovanna "Gio" Ramos seemed to deny these claims back when they first surfaced last October. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 23, 2026
Music Playboi Carti Divides Fans' Tastes With His Iced-Out Lollipop Some Playboi Carti fans have pretty bigoted views of his style choices, whereas others think he's just doing too much to be cheeky. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 10, 2025
Music Ian Clowned Over His Viral XXL Freshman Freestyle Ian is one of several up-and-coming rappers that XXL recently celebrated with its 2025 Freshman Class issue. By Cole Blake July 03, 2025
Music North West Stole Some Pink Friday Nails From Kim Kardashian It's the latest adorable viral video of North West. By Lavender Alexandria March 20, 2024
Original Content Best Marvin Gaye Samples In Hip Hop: From Kendrick Lamar To Jay-Z Marvin Gaye has been sampled hundreds of times. Here is a list of the best hip hop samples of his music. By Wyatt Westlake May 08, 2023