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Music Hip-Hop Albums Dropping In August Of 2026 August of 2026 is going to be a good month for hip-hop albums, and we have a calendar of releases for you to feast upon. By Alexander Cole August 03, 2026
Pop Culture Sidney Starr's Arrest Revives One Of Hip Hop's Most Damaging Rumors A Georgia arrest has returned Sidney Starr to the headlines, prompting a look back at the false claims that altered the trajectory of Chingy's career. By Erika Marie August 03, 2026
Music ASAP Rocky Pulls Design Offer After Private DM Goes Public A potential collaboration with ASAP Rocky fell apart after a logo designer posted their private Instagram exchange. By Erika Marie August 03, 2026
Music ScHoolboy Q Announces "10 Years Of Blank Face LP" Tour: How To Buy Tickets ScHoolboy Q is going on tour to support the 10-year anniversary of his 2016 juggernaut of an album, "Blank Face LP." By Alexander Cole August 03, 2026
Sports Vinícius Jr Uses Drake's "Janice STFU" For Instagram Post With JAŸ-Z He quickly changed the song. By Aron A. August 03, 2026
Music Brandy & Ray J Share Emotional Reunion In Atlanta A touching reunion between Brandy and Ray J comes months after the singer acknowledged the siblings had grown apart. By Erika Marie August 03, 2026
TV Too Short Pitches 2-On-2 Verzuz With E-40 Against Another Duo Too Short has no interest in facing E-40 in Verzuz again, instead proposing the Bay Area icons team up against another pair of Rap legends. By Erika Marie August 03, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Answers Whether Or Not He'd Fight Drake: "Bare Knuckles Like The Irish" A$AP Rocky recently sat down for an interview with Jason Lee, and there were some questions about Drake throughout. By Alexander Cole August 03, 2026
Music Suge Knight Among Witnesses Listed In Keefe D's Tupac Murder Trial More than 200 potential witnesses, including Suge Knight, could be called as prosecutors prepare to try Keefe D in Tupac Shakur's murder case. By Erika Marie August 03, 2026
Relationships Remy Ma Seemingly Name Drops Papoose During "W.Y.F.L" Performance Remy Ma didn't appear to hold back. By Aron A. August 03, 2026
Music Drake Spotted Recording New Music As "ICEMAN" Continues To Dominate The Charts Drake has been having lots of success thanks to "ICEMAN," and now, the artist is looking to make new music. By Alexander Cole August 03, 2026
Music Cardi B Reacts To Viral Video Of Her Allegedly Getting Beat Up Cardi B is always clapping back at haters online, so her reaction to this alleged viral video should come as no surprise. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 02, 2026
Music Chris Bosh Reveals He Almost Died Six Months Ago Chris Bosh has dealt with some harrowing health issues as of late, and recently, he came clean about almost dying. By Alexander Cole August 03, 2026
Music The Joe Budden Podcast Argues If Meek Mill's "Nightmares To Dreams" Is "Weird" "The Joe Budden Podcast" had split takes on Meek Mill's new song "Nightmares To Dreams," which reimagined his iconic "Dreams And Nightmares." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 02, 2026
Relationships T.I. & Tiny Mark 16 Years Of Marriage By Renewing Their Vows Tiny shared moments from the Jamaican ceremony on Instagram after she and T.I. celebrated 16 years of marriage by saying "I do" again. By Erika Marie August 03, 2026
Music Malice Accused Of Stealing A Hot Dog After Lollapalooza Clipse were performing in Chicago over the weekend for Lollapalooza, and Malice got hit with some strange allegations. By Alexander Cole August 03, 2026
Pop Culture Chingy & Sidney Starr: How A Lie Derailed The Rapper's Career In 2010, Sidney Starr spilled the T on her relationship with Chingy, but it turned out to be an outright lie. By Tamara McCullough August 21, 2023
Music Future Is Already Teasing His Next Album Future recently dropped off his new album, "The Real Me," but it appears as though he is already back for more. By Alexander Cole August 03, 2026
Music ilykimchi Responds After Alleged Explicit Photos Leak Of Her Cheating On Oogie Mane With Tezzus Underground artists ilykimchi and Tezzus are currently going viral on X right now thanks to an alleged cheating scandal involving Oogie Mane. By Alexander Cole July 14, 2026
Music Ice Spice Leaves Fans Hot & Bothered After Showing Off New Pixie Cut Ice Spice took to TikTok over the weekend where she showed off her new pixie cut, which fans are evidently fans of. By Alexander Cole August 03, 2026
Music Tyga Accused Of Using AI On New Album "$TARFACE" The AI accusations against Tyga's "$TARFACE" era come from the same artist who allegedly exposed Fenix Flexin's "RUBBERZ." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 02, 2026
Music 38 Spesh Chose Violence: Breaking Down His Beef With Jadakiss, Jim Jones & Fat Joe 38 Spesh's challenge to Jadakiss snowballed into a full-fledged feud involving Jim Jones, Fat Joe, DJ Khaled, and a diss record that has now raised the stakes. By Aron A. July 29, 2026
Music Insider Claims Drake Has Future, Molly Santana, And Karol G On "ICEMAN" With Drake set to drop "ICEMAN" on May 15, there has been all sorts of speculation surrounding the album, especially regarding features. By Alexander Cole May 11, 2026

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