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Music R Kelly Takes On Chris Brown's "Residuals" Challenge With A Candid Verse From Behind Bars Several singers have already contributed to the challenge featuring Chris Brown's song, "Residuals," including Tank, NLE Choppa, and more. By Cole Blake March 11, 2025
Music Finesse2Tymes Posts His Alleged Payments To His Mother, Calls Out 50 Cent Amid Dispute Tensions have been high between Finesse2Tymes and his mother, but they just got worse and it doesn't help that 50 Cent is instigating. By Zachary Horvath August 12, 2025
Music Ja Rule Admits He Nearly Went “Nuclear” On 50 Cent For Dissing The Late Irv Gotti During a recent appearance on "The Breakfast Club," Ja Rule opened up about his longtime feud with 50 Cent. By Caroline Fisher April 11, 2025
Music Suge Knight Agrees To $1.5 Million Settlement To Avoid Hit-&-Run Trial Suge Knight says that he doesn't want to put the Carter family "through more pain." but maintains he didn't do "anything wrong" By Cole Blake April 30, 2025
Viral DJ Akademiks Reveals He Signed With Kick For A Brand New Streaming Agreement DJ Akademiks didn't reveal many details about this Kick partnership, but he assured viewers he will still stream on various platforms. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2025
Music Young Thug Calls Gunna, Yak Gotti & More "Rats" In Leaked Diss Track With a couple of interviews coming up, this Young Thug diss track previews his presumed reflections on all his snitching and jail call drama. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 06, 2025
Relationships Young Thug Continues To Receive Disapproval From Mariah The Scientist Fans Following Innocent Vacation Post Young Thug and Mariah The Scientist have faced a lot of skepticism from fans about their relationship and that continues with this post. By Zachary Horvath July 19, 2025
Music Biggie's Son CJ Accused Of Facilitating Alleged Diddy Assault This lawsuit comes from an anonymous man who claimed Diddy allegedly masturbated into a shirt Biggie once owned. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 12, 2025
Music Kanye West Gifts The Game His Two Chrome Maybachs The Game has two new Maybachs courtesy of Ye. By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 08, 2025
Music Future Hit With Lawsuit For Using Pic Of Dungeon Family House As Mixtape Art Future was once "Meathead" in the Dungeon Family collective in Atlanta, a legacy that was clear on "MIXTAPE PLUTO." By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 13, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Questions "Odd" Decision To Exclude Bundles From "MUSIC" First Week Sales Playboi Carti made a gigantic splash with his new album, and he wants to know why physical copies were not counted. By Elias Andrews March 17, 2025
Streetwear J Cole Leaves Fans Puzzled After Wearing "I'm Retired" Hoodie Amid "The Fall Off" Hype This was unfortunate timing for J Cole, who just received some supposed disses courtesy of Freddie Gibbs' new song "The Big 2." By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2025