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Reviews Lil Wayne "Tha Carter VI" Review Lil Wayne is trying to keep up when both the industry and the genre are moving on without him—and the result is a confusing album caught between eras, audiences, and expectations. By Aron A. June 11, 2025
Music “Jane” Admits She Used Diddy’s Alleged Freak-Offs To Her Advantage One of Diddy's former girlfriends recently testified anonymously under the pseudonym "Jane" amid his federal trial. By Caroline Fisher June 11, 2025
Music Silento Gets 30 Year Prison Sentence For Killing His Cousin The lengthy sentence comes after Silento pleaded guilty to several charges related to the killing on Wednesday. By Cole Blake June 11, 2025
Music Key Glock’s Associates Face Felony Charges After Allegedly Bringing Guns To Governors Ball Two members of Key Glock's entourage, Joshua Crutcher and Dion Michaels, were taken into custody over the weekend. By Caroline Fisher June 11, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Delivers His Review Of Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s “Grand National” Tour DJ Akademiks attended Kendrick Lamar and SZA's recent performance in Detroit, and has a lot to say about the experience. By Caroline Fisher June 11, 2025
Music JPEGMAFIA Calls Out Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist For Not Taking Enough Risks JPEGMAFIA spoke about being a "risk-taker" in hip-hop during a new interview with Billboard. By Cole Blake June 11, 2025
Music Yung Miami Claps Back At Trolls Saying She Misses Diddy's Money Yung Miami and Diddy had a very public relationship from 2022 to 2023 and in turn, she was mentioned in his criminal trial, this week. By Cole Blake June 11, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Alleges Dave Free Asked Him If Drake Was Paying Him According to DJ Akademiks, he was incredibly offended by a question he was asked at Kendrick Lamar and SZA's show. By Caroline Fisher June 11, 2025
Music JPEGMAFIA Implores Drake To Rap About Something Else JPEGMAFIA has been going at Drake for years at this point and his latest stray stems from a new "Billboard" interview. By Zachary Horvath June 11, 2025
Music Kanye West & Bianca Censori Team Up To Launch New Furniture Company Kanye West and Bianca Censori appear to be on good terms despite recently dealing with rampant divorce rumors. By Cole Blake June 11, 2025
Music Doechii's "Anxiety" Has Reportedly Led To A Major Pay Day For Gotye Doechii's popular single, "Anxiety," famously samples Gotye's iconic 2011 song, "Somebody That I Used to Know." By Cole Blake June 10, 2025
Music "Jane" Reveals How Diddy Dating Yung Miami Impacted Their Relationship One of Diddy's alleged ex-girlfriends has been testifying in his criminal trial for several days under the name, Jane Doe. By Cole Blake June 10, 2025