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Music Kanye West Brings Big Sean, 2 Chainz, Twista & Future Out In Chicago Kanye West brought out Big Sean, Big Sean, 2 Chainz, Twista and Future during his Chicago concert. By Aron A. September 04, 2026
Music Bobby Shmurda Pops Off On Jay-Z For Going Through An "Identity Crisis" At 56 Years Old Bobby Shmurda took to Instagram over the weekend to go after Jay-Z, who he believes is going through an "identity crisis." By Alexander Cole June 01, 2026
Music EBK Jaaybo Delivers Cold XXL Freshman Freestyle From Prison EBK Jaaybo was arrested in Arkansas on the way to the 2025 XXL Freshman Class shoot in Atlanta this past May. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 10, 2025
Music Meek Mill Reveals Astonishing Earnings Since Drake Beef Meek Mill continues to defend his career as ongoing rumors about the outcome of his feud with Drake swirl. By Caroline Fisher April 29, 2026
Music Jadakiss Says J. Cole Is Dropping A Separate Mixtape With Beats From The Lox J. Cole shared the lead single from his upcoming album, "The Fall-Off," last week and confirmed its release date. By Cole Blake January 20, 2026
Music Diddy's Prison Release Date Has Received Yet Another Update Diddy's prison release date has been changed numerous times, and on Tuesday, it got yet another eye-opening update. By Alexander Cole September 29, 2026
Music DJ Vlad Blasts "Punk" Peter Rosenberg After Cancelation Of "Ebro In The Morning" Peter Rosenberg fired back at DJ Vlad on X (formerly Twitter) for the remarks, but has since deleted the post. By Cole Blake December 15, 2025
Music Pusha T Delivers Cryptic Message About “Smear Campaigns” Against Clipse The first Clipse album in roughly 15 years, "Let God Sort Em Out," is expected to be released later this week. By Caroline Fisher July 09, 2025
Music UMG Could Subpoena Drake & Kendrick Lamar To Testify In "Not Like Us" Defamation Case UMG's potential witness list in Drake's lawsuit against them over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" looks very different to the OVO mogul's. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 18, 2025
Music Wack 100 Wants 50 Cent To Unite G-Unit Against Fabolous Fabolous teamed up with Jim Jones, Dave East, and Maino to drop a diss track aimed at 50 Cent, on Christmas day. By Cole Blake December 29, 2025
Music Mickey Factz Answers Mos Def’s Rap Challenge, Factz Enlists Lupe Fiasco & Daylyt To Battle Black Thought & King Los Mickey Factz went viral recently for his claim that Lupe Fiasco is a better "lyricist" than Kendrick Lamar. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 12, 2025
Music Diddy's Prison Release Date Delayed Following Numerous Fort Dix Violations Diddy is in a bit of trouble following a couple of serious violations inside of Fort Dix, and his sentence has been affected. By Alexander Cole November 13, 2025