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Music Hit-Boy Recalls Surprising Text From Kendrick Lamar The Day "Not Like Us" Dropped This text message from Kendrick Lamar is when Hit-Boy really knew that the Drake battle was "light work" for the Compton lyricist. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 19, 2025
Music Diddy Allegedly Asked Cassie To Celebrate Christmas With A "Freak-Off" Party The Diddy trial's jury saw alleged text message exchanges between him and Cassie, which allegedly date back to 2013. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 16, 2025
Music Rick Ross Offers To Buy 50 Cent's Son A Puppy As Feud Intensifies Rick Ross and 50 Cent have been trolling each other on social media more and more in recent months. By Cole Blake July 30, 2025
Music JT Drops A Second Single Seemingly Dissing Cardi B Again JT has officially taken her beef with Cardi B to the booth, dropping two new singles in "Keep Coming" and "No Hook." By Zachary Horvath October 04, 2025
Original Content Ice Cube’s Good, Bad & The Ugly: On “Man Up,” Kendrick Lamar & Why He’ll Never Have An A&R Ice Cube will stop to smell the roses—but only for a moment. The rap icon reflects on four decades of music, the mainstream’s grip on hip-hop, and the legacy of his catalog as he drops his latest album. By Aron A. September 19, 2025
Music J. Cole Addresses Rumor That ScHoolboy Q Intervened In Drake & Kendrick Lamar Battle In the past few years, speculation has repeatedly surfaced that ScHoolboy Q told J. Cole to exit the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 27, 2026
Music Kanye West Delays "BULLY" For A Fifth Time Kanye West has been pretty quiet about "BULLY" and its whereabouts so who knows when this album is actually dropping at this point. By Zachary Horvath November 03, 2025
Music Joe Budden Thinks Drake Sounds "Evolved" On New Album "ICEMAN" "The Joe Budden Podcast" spoke on Drake's triple album release and how "ICEMAN" connects to his earlier discography. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2026
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 Lil Baby Seemingly Disses Gunna On New Track "Otha Boy" Lil Baby previously told Charlamagne tha God on his "Out of Context" interview series that he and Gunna have "no relationship." By Cole Blake November 12, 2025
Music Young Thug Firing Members Of His Team For Axing Rod Wave's "UY SCUTI" Verse Rod Wave was apparently supposed to have a verse on "Blaming Jesus" off of the new Young Thug album "UY SCUTI." By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 26, 2025
Music Cassie Has Moved Out Of The U.S. After $20 Mil Diddy Settlement New court documents revealed that Cassie Ventura does not plan on returning to the United States anytime soon. By Erika Marie June 02, 2026