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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 Harvey Levin Slams Diddy For Allegedly Betraying His Lawyer With Secret Video Netflix's new 50-Cent produced Diddy docuseries features a heated phone call between the mogul and his attorney, Marc Agnifilo. By Caroline Fisher December 10, 2025
Music Swae Lee Unveils Tracklist And Features For "Same Difference" Album Swae Lee is getting ready to drop his first true solo album of his career and he's giving fans a sneak peek at the tracklist. By Zachary Horvath March 27, 2026
Music Chris Brown's Dog Attack Victim Allowed To Collect Usher Tour's Profits Chris Brown is still fighting to overturn the verdict in the dog attack case from his former housekeeper, Maria Avila. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 21, 2026
Music Lil Yachty Calls For Lil Durk's Freedom Amid Recent Case Developments Lil Durk and Lil Yachty have a couple of different collaborations together, and fans hope they won't be the only ones they will ever drop. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 18, 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 Vince Staples Depicts Mass Shooting In "Blackberry Marmalade" Music Video Vince Staples' new single "Blackberry Marmalade" is about racism in the United States and violent responses to (and from) its corrupt system. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2026
Music Drake's Team Requests Holiday Break In "Not Like Us" Lawsuit Appeal Drake's legal action over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" diss track has been one of the most controversial parts of their beef. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 29, 2025
Music Don Toliver Shows Love To Drake And Fans Think A Collab Is Coming Drake and Don Toliver haven't linked up very often in the past, whether in person or online, so these new Instagram posts may be important. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 25, 2026
Music Is Lil Wayne Mad That He Didn’t Get Invited To JAŸ-Z’s Yankee Stadium Show? It would’ve been cool to see them do “Hello Brooklyn” together. By Aron A. July 14, 2026
Music Pooh Shiesty Flexes Huge Stacks Of Cash After Early Prison Release Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty was released from prison early this week after spending roughly three years behind bars. By Caroline Fisher October 08, 2025
Music Kirk Burrowes Alleges He Saw Diddy Slap His Mother Allegedly, Janice Combs questioned her son Diddy shortly after the deadly 1991 City College crowd crush, and he had an extreme reaction. By Caroline Fisher December 02, 2025