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Music Nas & Jungle's Artist Kiing Shooter Allegedly Dies From COVID-19: Report Kiing Shooter has reportedly passed away. By Aron A. May 05, 2020
Music Jay Rock Reportedly Faces Gun Charge Following Los Angeles Arrest New details have been revealed about the circumstances that led up to Jay Rock's arrest yesterday (March 13). By Caroline Fisher March 14, 2025
Music Megan Thee Stallion Announces New Single "Whenever" Amid Coachella Hype Megan Thee Stallion already went hard for her self-titled project releases in 2024, so we're grateful she's keeping momentum up this year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 20, 2025
Music Diddy's Lawyers Reportedly Motion To Exclude Cassie Footage From Federal Trial Judge Arun Subramanian recently made some key rulings in Diddy's federal criminal trial for alleged sex trafficking and racketeering. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Relationships Cassie Rushed To The Hospital As She Prepares To Go Into Labor Cassie appears to be preparing to officially welcome her and her husband Alex Fine's third child together. By Cole Blake May 27, 2025
Music Diddy's Alleged Victim Reportedly Never Wanted To Testify In His Trial There's already plenty of drama surrounding Diddy's criminal trial after the process of jury selection began on Monday. By Cole Blake May 08, 2025
Original Content Top 30 Hottest Hip-Hop Albums Of 2018 In a year with no shortage of excellence, here are the thirty best albums of 2018. By Mitch Findlay December 03, 2018
Music 50 Cent Explains His Diddy "Gay And Happy" Meme On "The Breakfast Club" 50 Cent stopped by with the "Den of Thieves" cast and was made to answer to his Diddy meme. By Matt F January 09, 2018
Music MC Lyte's "Eyes On This" LP Turns 34 On her second album, MC Lyte proved she could lyrically hang with big dogs. By Demi Phillips October 17, 2023
Music Blueface's Supposed Release From Jail Isn't Guaranteed The original thought several months ago was that the "Thotiana" MC would be free during this time of the year. By Zachary Horvath July 16, 2024
Music Wack 100 & J Prince Appear To Be At Odds Again After The Record Founder's Shady IG Live Wack 100 recently responded to the clip as well. By Zachary Horvath November 05, 2024
Pop Culture Ice Spice On Meeting Drake For The First Time: "It Was A Movie" Interestingly enough, Drizzy unfollowed the Bronx-born rapper after she began blowing up. By Hayley Hynes September 23, 2022