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Music Boosie Badazz Reacts To Charleston White Hoping He Dies In Jail Earlier this month, Boosie Badazz accepted a plea deal in his federal gun case, and he's preparing for sentencing. By Caroline Fisher August 20, 2025
Music Lil Durk’s Crew Accused Of Threatening Judge As Prosecutors Push For Anonymous Jury Federal prosecutors recently filed an eight-page document, alleging that Lil Durk has displayed “contempt for the judicial process.” By Caroline Fisher November 12, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks' Trolling Backfires After He Said Young Thug Has The "Worst Build" DJ Akademiks has been very critical of Young Thug as of late, clowning him and Lil Baby for teasing collaborations without Gunna. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 08, 2026
Streetwear Jay-Z Flexes An Incredibly Rare Patek Philippe During Fat Joe Linkup Jay-Z is always wearing some crazy timepieces on his wrist and this icy blue Patek Philippe is no exception. By Zachary Horvath January 09, 2026
Music Kevin Gates Reveals Ridiculous Reason Why He Wouldn't Trade Places With LeBron James Kevin Gates' reasoning has nothing to do with LeBron James' life and everything to do with how people supposedly perceive it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares 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 21 Savage & Future Hop On FaceTime After Swapping Subliminal Disses In the midst of 21 Savage trying to heal the Atlanta rap scene, him and Future butted heads for a short minute on Twitter (X). By Zachary Horvath December 18, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Speaks On Deterioration Of His Relationship With Drake Fans will get to decide who the "diss track" is really aimed at. By Tallie Spencer January 15, 2026
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 Jadakiss Dismisses will.i.am's Jay-Z & Black Thought Hot Take On their podcast, Fat Joe and Jadakiss debated will.i.am's spicy take that Black Thought is "a trillion times better" than Jay-Z. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 08, 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 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