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Music Tony Yayo Passionately Debates If 50 Cent's Career Was Better Than Jay-Z's Tony Yayo, Andrew Schulz, and the rest of the "Flagrant" podcast had some very hot takes about 50 Cent and Jay-Z's career trajectories. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 06, 2026
Music Mero Alleges DJ Akademiks Is A Pedophile Amid Back & Forth Disses DJ Akademiks and Mero blasted each other online over Ak's criticisms of Hot 97 and their hosting change-ups. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Music Tyrese Accosts Kevin McCall For Claiming He Refused To Help Him Kevin McCall had complained about Tyrese during a recent interview, alleging that he refused to help him out when he was homeless. By Cole Blake November 10, 2025
Music Fat Joe Says He Can’t Support An Alleged “Rat” Despite Liking Gunna’s New Album During a recent episode of his podcast, Fat Joe weighed in one Gunna's final album under YSL, "The Last Wun." By Caroline Fisher August 21, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Gives Massive Credit To Kanye West Despite His Controversies A$AP Rocky and Kanye West have collaborated before, so it's no shock to hear Rocky praise Ye even if he doesn't agree with him on everything. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 25, 2026
Music Juvenile & B.G. Were The Only Cash Money Artists At NYC Reunion Show Considering various internal issues seemingly affecting Cash Money, Juvenile and B.G.'s performance might point to something big. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 23, 2025
Music Iggy Azalea And DJ Akademiks Go Off On Each Other As Playboi Carti Drama Reaches A Fever Pitch DJ Akademiks recently accused Iggy Azalea of trying to use him to get her child's father, Playboi Carti, "canceled." By Caroline Fisher September 17, 2025
Music Chris Gotti Slams Ashanti For Not Reaching Out After Irv Gotti's Death Murder Inc. co-founder Irv Gotti passed away at the age of 54 on February 5, 2025, after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke. By Cole Blake September 30, 2025
TV Every Rap & R&B Star That Appeared In The “Power” Universe From Freddie Gibbs and Lil Durk to Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent has used the "Power" universe to introduce rappers into TV. By Aron A. October 09, 2024
Music NBA Ben 10 Calls Out AllStar JR For Peddling Fake Narrative About Shooting NBA Ben 10 was recently seen sporting a neck brace after the Houston shooting that AllStar JR has been trolling him over. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 19, 2026
Music Kid Cudi Smokes A Cigarette While Arriving At Court To Testify In Diddy's Trial Kid Cudi will likely be testifying about his relationship with Cassie and Diddy's allegedly furious reaction. By Cole Blake May 22, 2025
Music Diddy Accused Of Sexual Abuse In Bombshell Lawsuit From His Former Stylist Deonte Nash's lawsuit against Diddy comes ahead of the Bad Boy mogul's upcoming sentencing hearing, next month. By Cole Blake September 24, 2025