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Music Ryan Coogler Reveals Kendrick Lamar Was Only Supposed To Record One Song For "Black Panther" Soundtrack In a chat with LeBron James and "Interview" magazine, Ryan Coogler remembers Kendrick Lamar going above and beyond for him. By Zachary Horvath April 19, 2025
Music Quality Control's P Staunchly Denies Young Thug's Snitching Allegations Against Him Young Thug said this about Quality Control's CEO Pierre "P" Thomas during an alleged leaked jail call with the label's artist, Lil Baby. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 30, 2025
Music Young Thug Shares "Whiteface" Versions Of His "UY SCUTI" Guests Many Young Thug fans were weirded out by his "UY SCUTI" album cover, and he chose to double down by "whitefacing" Cardi B, Future, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 27, 2025
Music Ebro Darden Speaks Out After Mero Lands Hot 97's New Morning Show The first episode of "Mornings With Mero" will air on Tuesday with subsequent episodes airing weekdays from 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM. By Cole Blake January 12, 2026
Music Celina Powell's Friend Claims She Had An Affair With Offset While Dating His Assistant Celina Powell has previously shared her own stories of allegations about Offset and other artists in hip-hop. By Cole Blake March 10, 2026
Music King Harris Unleashes On 50 Cent In New Diss Track “Made Man” T.I. is currently feuding with 50 Cent, and recently, his 21-year-old son King Harris decided to get involved. By Caroline Fisher February 25, 2026
Music Key Glock Wants The Kendrick Lamar & Drake Beef Talk To End Key Glock released his major label debut album, Glockevli with hit songs "Blue Devil," "She Ready" and "The Grinch." By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 29, 2025
Music Kanye West Announces Yeezy Season Performance In Slovakia Kanye West's concert announcement comes as he's been promising to release new music for fans at some point this week. By Cole Blake June 19, 2025
Music Baka Not Nice Reveals How Drake Prevented Him From Responding To Kendrick Lamar Baka Not Nice was one of the many subjects of the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef and he wasn't enthusiastic about it. By Alexander Cole April 08, 2025
Music Drake Admits He DM'd Justin Bieber About Collaborating But Hasn't Heard Back Drake's attempt at working with Justin Bieber comes after he revealed he's gearing up for a new "chapter" in his career. By Cole Blake April 07, 2025
Music Pressa Accuses Top5 Of Being A Rat And Paying Blogs To Delete Robbery Details These two Toronto rappers used to be cool with each other, but something happened along the way that drove Pressa and Top5 apart. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2025
Music Ian Clowned Over His Viral XXL Freshman Freestyle Ian is one of several up-and-coming rappers that XXL recently celebrated with its 2025 Freshman Class issue. By Cole Blake July 03, 2025