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Music Maino Surprised By Shannon Sharpe Lawsuit After He Thought Podcaster Was Gay Maino found success in rap after prison with "Hi Hater." He is also known for his previous relationship with Lil Kim. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 03, 2025
Music Kanye West’s “DONDA 2” First-Week Sales Revealed Earlier this week, Kanye West's album "Donda 2" hit streaming services for the first time, with a few changes. By Caroline Fisher May 03, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Believes This Kendrick Lamar Song Was The Worst In The Drake Battle "By A Mile" While DJ Akademiks and all Kendrick Lamar and Drake fans have their preferred disses, each record boasts big pros and cons as battle cuts. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2025
Music Kanye West Tells Top5 He Can Open For Him In Korea Kanye West has been getting closer to Top5 recently, and even gifted him a swastika chain earlier this week. By Caroline Fisher May 02, 2025
Music Kanye West Wants To Focus All His Energy On Supporting Drake's UMG Lawsuit During a recent rant on Sneako's livestream, Kanye West praised Drake's "red pill" move and used it as fuel for his legal pursuit of his kids. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2025
Music Tiny Harris Recalls Biggie Smalls Apologizing For Xscape Diss Line In "Just Playin (Dreams)" Xscape were among a laundry list of R&B singers that The Notorious B.I.G. raps about messing with on Ready To Die. Another was Mariah Carey. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 01, 2025
Music Suge Knight Agrees To $1.5 Million Settlement To Avoid Hit-&-Run Trial Suge Knight says that he doesn't want to put the Carter family "through more pain." but maintains he didn't do "anything wrong" By Cole Blake April 30, 2025
Music Kanye West Snaps On Pusha T In Fiery Livestream Rant Kanye West brought up Pusha T's infamous feud with Drake while criticizing his former collaborator. By Cole Blake April 29, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Buys His Security Guard A Home Near His Following Prison Release According to NBA YoungBoy's neighbor, there's been a notable increase in armed security around the rapper's property since his return. By Caroline Fisher April 12, 2025
Music Jay-Z & Beyonce Removed From Diddy Accuser’s Lawsuit According to Jay-Z's attorney Alex Spiro, his client wasn't even in town during the alleged "freak off" party. By Caroline Fisher April 12, 2025
Music Young Thug Fans Are Split Over Yet Another 21 Savage Feature On New Album This hypothetical Young Thug and 21 Savage collab on this presumed new album follows team-ups like "Rich N***a S**t" and "Want Me Dead." By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 10, 2025
Pop Culture Andrew Schultz Calls Kendrick Lamar "Hypocritical" For His Apparent "GNX" Diss Andrew Schulz has not let this beef with Kendrick Lamar go and his latest comments show that he's got a lot to get off his chest still. By Zachary Horvath April 09, 2025