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Music Foolio Murder Suspect Alicia Andrews Found Guilty On Lesser Charges Alicia Andrews stood accused of following Foolio across multiple places along with four other codefendants before they allegedly murdered him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 01, 2025
Music Kanye West Proclaims His Love For Young Thug After Thugger Claimed To Be A Drake Fan Kanye West has shared mixed reactions on the beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake that included rapping about it on "Like That" remix. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 26, 2025
Music Kanye West Shockingly Hops On A Call With Top5 After Flipping The Script On Drake Kanye West recently vowed to never diss Drake again due to his UMG defamation lawsuit, something Top5 is probably happy about. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2025
TV Snoop Dogg Inks Huge Deal With NBCUniversal For Film, TV, & Streaming Content The deal comes as a feature-length biopic about Snoop Dogg's life and career is already in the works from Death Row Pictures. By Cole Blake April 24, 2025
Music The Weeknd Makes A Fun But Disappointing Cameo At Coachella The Weeknd had previously been teasing a mysterious "FERRIS WHEEL TAKEOVER," leaving many fans sitting on the edge of their seats. By Zachary Horvath April 21, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Surprisingly Defends Kendrick Lamar Mocking Drake On The "Grand National Tour" Kendrick Lamar appeared to poke fun at Drake for filing a defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group. By Cole Blake April 20, 2025
Music Doechii's "Anxiety" Races To Millions Of Views In Hours Doechii's "Anxiety" has become a phenomenon with celebrities such as Will Smith, Demi Lovato, and Alabama Barker. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 19, 2025
Music Diddy's New Defense Lawyer Brian Steel Spotted At Bad Boy Mogul's Hearing Before tackling the Diddy case, Brian Steel was Young Thug's right-hand legal representative in the YSL RICO case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 19, 2025
Music TDE Punch Reveals Kendrick Lamar’s “Euphoria” Originally Featured More Explosive Drake Disses According to TDE Punch, he gave Kendrick Lamar his input on one of his most memorable Drake diss tracks amid their feud. By Caroline Fisher April 18, 2025
Music Tommy Richman Can't Escape Controversy With Mixed Reactions To Snippet Of New Sexyy Red-Featured Song Although "Million Dollar Baby" was Grammy nominated, Tommy Richman's debut album didn't make the Billboard 200 after it's debut release. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 17, 2025
Music Young Thug Officially Announces "UY SCUTI" Album With New Merch Drop Young Thug has been hyping up "UY SCUTI" for weeks now and we finally get confirmation of it with bundles and physical copies. By Zachary Horvath April 16, 2025
Music Chris Rock's Brother Goes Off On Will Smith's “Trash” New Album Will Smith references his infamous altercation with Chris Rock at several points on his new album, "Based on a True Story." By Cole Blake April 15, 2025