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Music A$AP Rocky Is Throw'd By Photographer's Request To Take A Photo Without Rihanna In It Rihanna and A$AP Rocky announced they are expecting the couple's third child during their Met Gala grand entrance. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 08, 2025
Music YNW Melly Could Get Out Of Jail Ahead Of Double Murder Retrial YNW Melly is currently behind bars at the Broward County Jail in Fort Lauderdale, facing two first-degree murder charges. By Caroline Fisher May 07, 2025
Relationships Nelly & Ashanti Playfully Shut Down Hair Loss Rumors Nelly and Ashanti welcomed their first child, Kareem Kenkaide Hayes, in July of last year and appear to be doing great. By Cole Blake May 05, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA's "luther" Looks Unstoppable As It Goes No. 1 For 11th Straight Week At this point, it feels like Kendrick Lamar and SZA are destined to shatter the coveted hip-hop record on the Hot 100. By Zachary Horvath May 05, 2025
Music Kanye West's New "WW3" Single Becomes The Most Viral Song In Germany This is presumably Kanye West's lead single for his upcoming album "Cuck," although he's still changing a lot of details on the record. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 04, 2025
Music Feds Claim They Intercepted 20K Phone Calls In Big U's RICO Case The update comes as Big U's co-defendants in the case are hoping to push their trial date back a full year. By Cole Blake May 04, 2025
Music The Day Rap Broke The Internet: Reexamining Kendrick Lamar's "Meet The Grahams" Vs. Drake's "Family Matters" One year ago today, Drake and Kendrick Lamar went song-for-song at the height of their feud. By Aron A. May 03, 2025
Music Warren G Claims Snoop Dogg & Dr Dre Ghosted His Calls During Their Super Bowl Performance Warren G said he just wants to hang out with Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre again, and isn't asking them for anything more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2025
Music Jim Jones Doubles Down On His Pessimistic View Of His Beef With Cam'ron Dipset's Jim Jones and Cam'ron started feuding earlier this year due to some comments Cam made about Jim performing at a 50 Cent show. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2025
Music Kanye West Confirms "Donda 2" Was Taken Down Because Producers Are Now Coming After Him Until Wednesday, Kanye West's 2022 "Donda" sequel was only available for fans through the Stem Player. By Cole Blake April 30, 2025
Music Quavo Hopes To Become The Greatest Rapper-Turned-Actor Of All Time It's unclear if Quavo means to leave his rapper role behind for a full actor transformation, as unlikely as that sounds. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 24, 2025
Music Kanye West Reveals Dave Blunts Wrote The Entirety Of His New Album, “Cuck” Kanye West has already been making headlines for his lyrics from the first song off the upcoming project, "Cousins." By Cole Blake April 22, 2025