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Music Diddy’s Hair Dramatically Turns Grey As Sex Trafficking Trial Nears Diddy will still be going on trial in May after his legal team's request for a delay was denied, last week. By Cole Blake April 22, 2025
Music Young Thug Says Kendrick Lamar Will Never Be Bigger Than Drake After Failing To Get A Feature The leaked call audio continues to come out, as Young Thug was allegedly caught blasting Kendrick Lamar after not getting a feature. By Devin Morton September 02, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Gets Overwhelmed By Fans After Jamaica Club Night NBA YoungBoy will meet many more crazed fans during his upcoming tour, and everyone wants to celebrate his prison release. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 08, 2025
Music UK Rapper Ratlin Calls Top5 A "Police Bwoy" After Top's Stabbing Top5 was in London for his friend Drake's Wireless Festival takeover, and he narrowly escaped an attempt on his life. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 14, 2025
Music Drake And PARTYNEXTDOOR's "$OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U" Receives Official First Week Sales Figures It's a glass half full/half empty situation. By Elias Andrews February 21, 2025
Music Kanye West Wears Black KKK Outfit During Wild DJ Akademiks Interview During his interview with DJ Akademiks, Kanye West discussed Diddy, Kendrick Lamar and Drake's feud, Playboi Carti, and more. By Caroline Fisher March 30, 2025
Music Kanye West Takes A Shot At Drake In Bizarre New “Heil Hitler” Snippet Kanye West recently teamed up with Digital Nas on Twitch to work on his new album that was supposed to drop last week, "WW3." By Caroline Fisher April 06, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Puts His Pride For The USA On Full Display For Official Cover Of "Make America Slime Again" NBA YoungBoy is the latest rapper to put their own spin on the American flag album cover art and it's got fans hype. By Zachary Horvath July 02, 2025
Music Drake Seemingly Confirms The Second "Iceman" Single Is Dropping Tonight Drake's "What Did I Miss?" might get a follow-up single or "ICEMAN" as a whole, although this info comes with a grain of salt. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 24, 2025
Music Jay-Z Capitalizes On “Imaginary Players” Success With Music Video Re-Release On YouTube Jay-Z’s “Imaginary Players” was a diss track about Ma$e. It sampled the 1981 track “Imaginary Playmates” by Rene & Angela. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 30, 2025
Music Kanye West Is Supposedly Dropping A New "WW3" Album Today Kanye West shared a tracklist full of characteristically absurd song titles on social media on Thursday morning. By Cole Blake April 03, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy's Neighbor Says She's Baking Him Cookies To Celebrate His Return To Utah NBA YoungBoy had been serving time in prison after pleading guilty to a federal gun charge, last December. By Cole Blake April 10, 2025