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Music Lil Baby Overtakes 21 Savage For The Highest-Charting Rap Album On Apple Music Lil Baby and 21 Savage both ended 2025 on a high note with their new albums, but the former as a little bit of a leg up to start 2026. By Zachary Horvath January 02, 2026
Music Young Thug's Latest Moves Have Fans Thinking An Album Rollout Is Imminent Young Thug has still yet to release a new project since he got out of jail after accepting a plea deal in the YSL RICO case. By Cole Blake March 26, 2025
Music Kanye West Appears To Confirm His Nazi Antics Are A Revenge Tactic Against Adidas The revelation from Kanye West comes as he's been making all sorts of offensive posts on social media in recent weeks. By Cole Blake March 20, 2025
Music Trouble's Killer Pleads Guilty To 2022 Shooting And Receives Prison Sentence Trouble was an Atlanta MC known for his independent mixtapes and big-name collaborations with the Migos, Drake, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2025
Music Little Brother Announce "Curtain Call: The Final Tour" And Say Goodbye To The Road Little Brother will hit the road one last time starting on May 24 in Baltimore before wrapping up their final tour on open water in October. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 07, 2025
Music DJ Scheme Boldly Claims Cole Bennett Once Slapped Digital Nas In The Face DJ Scheme's story comes as Digital Nas has been in the studio working with Kanye West on his new album, WW3." By Cole Blake April 07, 2025
Pop Culture Drake And Sophie Brussaux Throw Western-Themed Bash For Adonis' 8th Birthday Drake and Sophie Brussaux keep their relationship private, but it seems their co-parenting journey is going well. By Zachary Horvath October 13, 2025
Music Blueface’s Brother Points To Alleged Murder Plot Amid Domestic Violence Case Blueface's brother alleges that his wife has enlisted the help of other lovers to kill him and take his money. By Caroline Fisher September 08, 2025
Music Federal Prosecutors Blast Diddy's Appeal Defense Regarding Adult Film Production Diddy's defense team argued that his conviction for violating the Mann Act mischaracterizes his supposed actual behavior. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 22, 2026
Music Kanye West Claims He Hates Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" In Vicious Rant Kanye West did not want the attention to stray from him for too long, and decided to target both Playboi Carti and K. Dot's biggest single. By Elias Andrews March 18, 2025
Music Nas & DJ Premier Reveal Exciting New Details About Upcoming Joint Album Today (November 25), Nas and DJ Premier took to Instagram to announce the release date and title of their latest project. By Caroline Fisher November 25, 2025
Music Remy Ma Fires Some Apparent Threats At Someone On New Song "Head Tap" Remy Ma linked up with fellow New York femcee Connie Diiamond on a song off of the latter's new album "Underdog Szn 2." By Zachary Horvath September 24, 2025