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Music R Kelly Allegedly Overdoses In Prison, Attorney Claims Prison Staff Is To Blame R Kelly previously filed a motion stating that there was a plot to murder him, and that he wanted to be moved to home confinement. By Alexander Cole June 17, 2025
Music Drake Responds To T-Pain "Step Away" Comment, Revealing The Auto-Tune Singer Has Always Resented Him Lil Wayne has made heavy contribution in the music careers of Drake and T-Pain. Both were suppose to release joint album with Weezy F. Baby. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 26, 2025
Music 50 Cent Seems To Clap Back At Fabolous, Jim Jones, Maino & Dave East While 50 Cent maybe didn't intend to shade the "Let's Rap About It" podcast hosts with his new post, he certainly sought to scare his haters. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 28, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky's "Don't Be Dumb" Receives Healthy First-Week Sales Projections A$AP Rocky was reportedly already off to a great start sales wise for "Don't Be Dumb" and these early projections all but confirm that. By Zachary Horvath January 19, 2026
Music Spotify Glitch Sparks Confusion As Monthly Listeners Disappear From Artist Profiles Recently, some Spotify users began to notice that their favorite artists' number of monthly listeners was no longer listed on their profiles. By Caroline Fisher June 12, 2025
Uncategorized Lil Wayne Surprises Fans By Bringing "Da Drought" Series & "Dedication" To Streaming Services Lil Wayne fans can listen to all of his projects in his "Da Drought" series as well as "Dedication" on streaming sites. By Cole Blake August 06, 2025
Music Photos Of Diddy’s Guns & Baby Oil Released To The Public Amid Federal Trial Diddy's trial will continue today after experiencing delays this week, and his alleged former drug mule Brendan Paul will take the stand. By Caroline Fisher June 20, 2025
Music Cardi B Apologizes To Atlantic Records Amid Success Of New Song "Outside" According to Cardi B, she was being "very mean" ahead of the release of her new single because she didn't want to drop it. By Caroline Fisher June 22, 2025
Music Wack 100 Claims Drake Has A 28-Minute Jail Call Of Young Thug Trashing Drizzy Drake and Young Thug have been incredibly supportive of one another as of late, so this allegation from Wack 100 raised many eyebrows. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2025
Viral New Lil Nas X Footage Shows Him Completely Nude Prior To Hospitalization & Arrest Lil Nas X was hospitalized and then promptly arrested early Thursday morning (Aug. 21) after taking a nearly nude stroll through Los Angeles. By Zachary Horvath August 23, 2025
Music Chris Brown's First Week Sales Projections For "Brown" Stuns Fans Chris Brown's latest album has stirred a bit of controversy, and now the conversation has shifted to "Brown" & it's first-week sales. By Erika Marie May 12, 2026
Music Dipset Collaborator Jha Jha Reportedly Passes Away Jha Jha was lovingly referred to as "The First Lady of Dipset" by fans, and she also worked extensively with ByrdGang. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 29, 2026