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Streetwear 6ix9ine Reveals His Blonde Hair Was Just A Wig For Presumed New Music Announcement 6ix9ine is still under house arrest and dealing with legal trouble following a police raid on his home to verify his probation. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Music No-Show Witness In Celeste Rivas Case Reportedly Faces Arrest Celeste Rivas' loved ones continue to demand answers months after the 14-year-old's remains were found in D4vd's Tesla. By Caroline Fisher December 10, 2025
Music Wale Reflects On Distance With Drake And Painful Kid Cudi Fallout Wale spoke candidly and earnestly about his industry relationships with Kid Cudi and Drake amid the release of his new album. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 07, 2025
Music 21 Savage Seems To Kick Off New Album Rollout With Art Installation 21 Savage's last album came out almost two years ago, and the follow-up to "american dream" might be coming very soon. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 06, 2025
Music Florida Rapper POORSTACY Dead At 26 POORSTACY was nominated for a Grammy for his work on the "Bill & Ted Face the Music" soundtrack and also collaborated with Travis Barker. By Cole Blake December 01, 2025
Music DJ Swamp Izzo Recalls How Hospital Allegedly Misled Young Scooter's Family About His Passing DJ Swamp Izzo hosted Young Scooter's first mixtapes, and recently reflected on the late rapper's relationship with making music. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 14, 2025
Music NAV Reportedly Loses Tens Of Thousands Of Units From "OMW2 REXDALE" First Week Sales We previously reported that NAV's new album outsold Lil Durk's, but it looks like Billboard called foul and scrutinized his numbers. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 06, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Equates Himself To Lil Wayne While Celebrating "MUSIC" Success Lil Wayne's son is a massive Playboi Carti fan who even remixed "LIKE WEEZY," and he also thinks these two are in similar legend spaces. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 03, 2025
Music Chance The Rapper Heads To Trial Against Ex-Manager Over Major Contract Dispute Chance The Rapper labeled his former manager "disgruntled" in a new statement addressing the upcoming trial. By Cole Blake April 02, 2025
Music Cardi B Gives Fans A Huge Update On Her Long-Awaited Album Fans have been waiting on a sophomore album from Cardi B since the release of 2018's "Invasion of Privacy." By Cole Blake April 01, 2025
Music Latto Dances With $10K “Brokey” Challenge Winner After It Got Her Fired Latto is giving back. By Caroline Fisher September 25, 2024
Music Travis Scott Enters "Big Three" Of The Most Streamed Rappers On Spotify Of All Time Beyond hip-hop, Travis Scott is making a wild push within the top ten most streamed artists of all time on Spotify, any genre. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 20, 2024