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Music Curren$y Shrugs Off Freddie Gibbs Diss On New Album's Opener Curren$y's response to Freddie Gibbs comes after the latter's shots on his new collab album with The Alchemist, "Alfredo 2." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 31, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Trolls Jay-Z With Bizarre AI Wig Image After Her Instagram Vanishes Earlier this week, Nicki Minaj's Instagram profile mysteriously disappeared, prompting her and the Barbz to speculate. By Caroline Fisher October 21, 2025
Music Woman Tries Running 2 Chainz Off The Road, And Alleges He Owes Her Dad Money 2 Chainz was cruising around in his Cybertruck when a random woman tried to confront him over some alleged debt to her dad. By Zachary Horvath April 01, 2026
Music YNW Melly Hit With Yet Another Setback As Judge Denies Pre-Trial Release YNW Melly has been in jail since 2019 and he is still waiting to get out as he awaits a re-trial in September of this year. By Alexander Cole May 12, 2025
Music REASON Seemingly Accuses Ab-Soul Of Being On Drugs After Meager Freestyle Ab-Soul and REASON apparently haven't gotten along as of late, even before all the East Coast and West Coast drama. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 29, 2025
Music Chris Brown Reportedly Arrested In The UK For Alleged "Grievous Bodily Harm" Chris Brown's alleged arrest reportedly stems from a bottle-throwing incident from two years ago at a London nightclub. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 15, 2025
Music Jay-Z & Roc Nation's NYC Casino Bid Shot Down By Advisory Committee President of the Broadway League Jason Laks called the vote against Jay-Z and Roc Nation's casino bid one to "protect the magic of Broadway." By Caroline Fisher September 17, 2025
Music Kid Cudi Details His “Heartbreaking” Falling Out With Kanye West According to Kid Cudi, his former friend Kanye West has said some things that there is simply "no coming back from." By Caroline Fisher August 13, 2025
Music Joe Budden Accused Of Hypocrisy After Revealing He Took Ozempic Joe Budden revealed his experience with Ozempic on his podcast, which made folks look back at Melyssa Ford's remarks on her usage of it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 03, 2026
Music 50 Cent Continues His Unrelenting Trolling Of Diddy Following His Prison Sentencing 50 Cent is one of many social media users to react to Diddy's sentencing, which has mostly been responded to with shock and disappointment. By Zachary Horvath October 04, 2025
Music Dream Con Issues Apology To Megan Thee Stallion After Seemingly Supporting Tory Lanez Black-owned entertainment convention Dream Con is under fire for liking pro-Tory Lanez comments on social media. By Caroline Fisher May 22, 2025
Music Lil Tecca Hospitalized After Allegedly Saving His Manager From A Group Of Robbers Lil Tecca was in France to attend Paris Fashion Week, having recently been spotted by fans at an event for Rick Owens. By Cole Blake January 27, 2026