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Music Authorities Reveal Suspect's Identity In Rihanna's House Shooting A woman in her 30s fired several shots at Rihanna's home in Beverly Hills on Sunday, but no one was injured. By Cole Blake March 09, 2026
Music Boosie Badazz Sparks Tense Back-And-Forth After Kodak Black Drops In On Instagram Live Boosie Badazz and Kodak Black never really seemed to be cool with one another, but things really exploded between them in 2023. By Zachary Horvath March 09, 2026
Relationships Young Thug Is Feeling Love Sick With Mariah The Scientist On The Road Young Thug's post comes as Mariah The Scientist has been performing on the road for her "Hearts Sold Separately" tour. By Cole Blake March 09, 2026
Music Grime Icon Dot Rotten Passes Away At 37 Several notable voices in hip-hop have been sharing tributes for Dot Rotten on social media, including Wiley. By Cole Blake March 09, 2026
Music Joe Budden Steps Into Viral Debate About Drake's Classic Albums "The Joe Budden Podcast" recently spoke about Drake's discography after Ebro suggested he's never making a classic album. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 08, 2026
Music 50 Cent Shades Jermaine Dupri & Dame Dash After Dame Questioned His Trauma 50 Cent's clap-back at Jermaine Dupri for liking a post about Dame Dash's criticisms even roped in another enemy of 50's, Rick Ross. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 07, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Breaks Down Why He Thinks Jay-Z & Drake Started Beefing Although Jay-Z and Drake collaborated in the 2020s decade, DJ Akademiks thinks the root of their fallout happened much earlier. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 07, 2026
Music 50 Cent Drops New Max B Remix After Finally Responding To T.I.'s Disses It seems like the barrage of diss tracks from T.I. and his family have inspired 50 Cent to get in the booth, whether with Max B or others. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 07, 2026
Music JID Fights For Survival In A Dystopiant Zone 6 In "WRK" Visual JID and Ari Lennox are among the latest artist to depart J. Cole's Dreamville imprint. He signed with record label in 2017. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 15, 2025
Music YG Reveals 90% Of The Men He Knows Have Experienced Sexual Abuse Earlier this year, YG finally shared his sexual abuse story with the world on his vulnerable track "2004." By Caroline Fisher May 15, 2025
Music Playboi Carti, Lil Wayne, GloRilla & More Announced As 2025 BET Awards Performers Leon Thomas and Teyana Taylor also join GloRilla, Lil Wayne, and Playboi Carti as 2025 BET Awards performers. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 15, 2025
Music Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival Tragedy To Be Explored In New Netflix Documentary Netflix's new documentary about Travis Scott's 2021 Astroworld Festival will feature interviews with victims' families, 911 audio, and more. By Caroline Fisher May 15, 2025