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Music Foolio's Convicted Killer Gets Five More Years In Prison For Punching C.O. Davion Murphy was already sentenced to life in prison alongside three codefendants for the murder of Foolio. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 17, 2026
TV YourRAGE Exposes Best Friend Of 25 Years On Camera For Allegedly Stealing Over $100K YourRAGE is going viral this morning after a video in which he exposed his former best friend of stealing money from him. By Alexander Cole June 30, 2026
Music Future Scores Heap Of New RIAA Certifications Amid "The Real Me's" Success We will soon learn Future's first week sales for "The Real Me," but new RIAA certifications provided a big commercial week regardless. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 18, 2026
Music Chance The Rapper Issues Open Letter To America On Its 250th Birthday Chance The Rapper released a letter to America this weekend ahead of July 4, titled "What To The 4th Of July Is Juneteenth?" By Alexander Cole July 06, 2026
Music Muni Long Details Double Lung Transplant & Lupus Battle The singer was diagnosed with lupus, an autoimmune disease, and she recently revealed a life-saving surgery that kept her out of hospice. By Erika Marie June 23, 2026
Music JAŸ-Z Brings Out Jaz-O For "Bring It On" Rendition At Yankee Stadium Jaz-O used to have beef with his mentee JAŸ-Z, but years after burying the hatchet, they brought it on again at Yankee Stadium. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 11, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Brings Out Tyler, The Creator & Danny Elfman At L.A. Concert Tyler, The Creator is one of A$AP Rocky's closest friends in the industry, so this "Don't Be Dumb" tour link-up in L.A. is no surprise. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 28, 2026
Sports Drake Bets $1.5 Million On Argentina To Win FIFA World Cup Some fans believe the "Drake curse" will strike again, whereas others are confident in Argentina's run to win another FIFA World Cup. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 18, 2026
Music Desiigner Arrested In South Carolina Over Alleged Domestic Violence Desiigner was previously arrested on a third-degree domestic violence charge in March of this year, a case whose status is unclear. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 17, 2026
Music Bow Wow's Tiny Desk Debut Will Kick Off The BET Awards NPR Music's Tiny Desk is heading to television for the first time with Bow Wow's performance ahead of the 2026 BET Awards this Sunday. By Erika Marie June 26, 2026
Music Willie Taylor Claims Day26 Would've "Smoked" B2K & Pretty Ricky In Verzuz Although Pretty Ricky came out on top against B2K in their Verzuz last night, Day26's Willie Taylor thinks they dodged the real bullet. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 26, 2026
Tech SZA Blasts AI Music Platform Suno & Allegedly Calls Out Diplo's Support Of It SZA has previously been very critical of AI technology, and has now allegedly set her sights on Diplo having equity in Suno. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 20, 2026