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Music Lil Tjay Arrested In Connection With Offset Shooting, Sheriff's Office Releases Mugshot With conflicting reports circulating online, TMZ is reporting that Lil Tjay was arrested in connection with the shooting that injured Offset. By Alexander Cole April 07, 2026
Music NBA YoungBoy Fans Claim NLE Choppa's Using Bots After Dropping His Diss Track NLE Choppa shocked folks yesterday by dissing NBA YoungBoy on a new single titled "KO." Now the latter's fans are trying to expose him. By Zachary Horvath October 31, 2025
Music Young Thug Apologizes To GloRilla After Disrespectful Jail Call After GloRilla's response to Young Thug, we will see if he addresses the other alleged leaked jail calls that bash other artists. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 04, 2025
Music Latto Allegedly Disses Ice Spice On Their Own Collab "Gyatt" While some fans think Ice Spice and Latto squashed their beef with their new song "Gyatt," others think they're still taking shots. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 04, 2025
Politics Is Pharrell Apolitical, Tone-Deaf Or Spineless? Pharrell's recent comments on politics and DEI paint him as selectively political, and those choices reveal contradictions shaped by financial privilege, corporate entanglements, and blind spots around structural inequity. By Aron A. November 27, 2025
Music Lil Baby Announces New Album Dropping Just Four Weeks After Upcoming "The Leak$" Lil Baby's gearing up to have a very prolific 2025, although we don't know if the third record will be the previously announced "Dominique." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 10, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Exposes DMs With Iggy Azalea Amid Playboi Carti Drama DJ Akademiks got on his Kick stream to discuss the drama between Iggy Azalea and Playboi Carti and his minor role in the situation. By Devin Morton September 16, 2025
Music OsamaSon Reportedly Breaks Ankle During Phoenix Concert Fall OsamaSon had to cut his performance in Phoenix, Arizona short this week and was rushed away in an ambulance. By Caroline Fisher December 09, 2025
Music Metro Boomin’s “A FUTURISTIC SUMMA” Receives First-Week Sales Projections Recently, Metro Boomin took fans back to early 2000s Atlanta with the release of his new mixtape, "A Futuristic Summa." By Caroline Fisher August 05, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Labels & Artists Will Copy Drake's "ICEMAN" Rollout DJ Akademiks thinks Drake's new album "ICEMAN" will introduce a new meta for the music industry to follow concerning album rollouts. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 19, 2026
Music Symba Plans To Respond To J. Cole's Alleged Diss On New Freestyle Many J. Cole fans dismissed the theory that he dissed Symba on "Birthday Blizzard '26," but the Bay Area MC still felt slighted. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 31, 2026
Music New Diddy Trial Evidence Reveals Hotel Planning & Cleanup Logistics For Alleged "Freak-Offs" The twenty-fourth day of Diddy's criminal trial kicked off in New York City on Monday morning with more testimony. By Cole Blake June 16, 2025