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Music Joe Budden Responds To Folks Blaming Him For Rory Amid Old Tweets Drama "The Joe Budden Podcast" reacted to Rory's alleged racist tweets, criticizing his "dismissive" response in the immediate aftermath. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 15, 2025
Music Dame Dash Wants To Sue "The Breakfast Club" For Alleged Defamation Dame Dash had a heated interaction with Charlamagne Tha God and the rest of "The Breakfast Club" during an on-air interview. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 28, 2025
Music Kanye West Tries To Use Dave Blunts To Call Out Rolling Loud But Gets A Firm Response Bringing up Dave Blunts is just one of countless headline-grabbing posts Kanye West has made in recent weeks. By Cole Blake March 06, 2025
Music Feds Fail To Find Anything Incriminating On Lil Durk's iCloud & Twitter Lil Durk's trial is scheduled to begin on January 6, 2026 as he faces charges regarding an alleged murder-for-hire plot. By Cole Blake October 28, 2025
Music Cardo Claims Baby Keem Is Dropping His Next Album Soon On "Some Batman S**t" Baby Keem's last album was 2021's "The Melodic Blue," on which Cardo partially boasted the "family ties" and "gorgeous" beats. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 03, 2025
Music YSL Woody Affiliate Reportedly Murdered In Atlanta Amid Young Thug RICO Trial News outlets and law enforcement don't have a lot of information at press time about what led up to this shooting. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 30, 2024
Music Judge Throws Out Jay-Z's Defamation Lawsuit Against Attorney Tony Buzbee Jay-Z's attorney, Alex Spiro, has already confirmed that the rapper intends to file an appeal of the decision. By Cole Blake July 01, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA Shatter Record For Highest-Grossing Hip-Hop Show Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Grand National" tour also has support from Mustard, and it didn't take long to make history. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2025
Music Adin Ross Warns That Lawsuits Are Coming After Cuffem's Injury At A Recent Playboi Carti Show Cuffem was hospitalized after falling from an elevated area at Amerant Bank Arena in Florida during Playboi Carti's concert. By Cole Blake November 19, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Deems Megan Thee Stallion A "Liar" In Latest Deposition Footage DJ Akademiks had a deposition with Roc Nation where he answered questions about his alleged financial compensation from artists and labels. By Zachary Horvath August 23, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA Dethrone Drake As "Luther" Ascends To No. 1 On Apple Music Kendrick Lamar and SZA took down Drake's "Gimme a Hug." By Cole Blake February 18, 2025
Music 50 Cent Reacts To Diddy’s Lawyer Jumping Ship Amid Legal Battle Recently, 50 Cent took to Instagram to troll Diddy after his lawyer filed a motion to be dismissed from his case. By Caroline Fisher February 22, 2025