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Music Lil Nas X’s Father Breaks Silence On Son's Arrest And Hospitalization Lil Nas X's father Robert Stafford recently asked fans to keep him in their prayers following his arrest and hospitalization. By Caroline Fisher August 25, 2025
Music Ice-T Reflects On The Deaths Of Coolio And Michael K. Williams In New Documentary Special Coolio and Michael K. Williams both died after suffering accidental overdoses involving fentanyl in recent years. By Cole Blake August 25, 2025
Music Drake & Bobbi Althoff Shockingly Announce Reunion Podcast Drake and Bobbi Althoff's viral conversation came under more critical context when they seemed to fall out online. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 22, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Gets Candid About Accepting Plea Deal In Federal Gun Case According to Boosie Badazz, he has faith that everything will work out for him despite his current legal woes. By Caroline Fisher August 18, 2025
Music Steve Lacy Takes A Turn On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update Steve Lacy introduced us to his next era on "R&B Season," whereas Coco Jones updated her previous one with a new deluxe. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 17, 2025
Music Chance The Rapper Is Finally Back On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update In addition to Chance The Rapper's comeback LP, "Fire Emoji" boasts new tracks from A$AP Rocky and Cardi B. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 16, 2025
Music Police Reveal T-Hood’s Fatal Shooting Could Have Been Self-Defense T-Hood passed away earlier this month at the age of 33 following a deadly shooting in Snellville, Georgia. By Caroline Fisher August 13, 2025
Music Diddy Seeks $100M In Broadened Defamation Lawsuit Over Sexual Assault Allegations In an amended lawsuit, Diddy alleges that Courtney Burgess and NewsNation caused him “severe reputational harm." By Caroline Fisher August 12, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist Secure Solid First Week Sales For New Album "Alfredo 2" This is the biggest debut sales week for both Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist, which is a great achievement to see. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 07, 2025
Sports Yung Miami Fires Back At Fans Claiming She's Preying On Shedeur Sanders Shedeur Sanders finally found himself a home in the NFL during the fifth round of the draft, over the weekend. By Cole Blake April 28, 2025
Beef Hitta J3 & Dody6 Escalate The Beef Over Kendrick Lamar's GNX Contributions Issues Hitta J3 and Dody6 are among other upcoming L.A. rappers featured on Kendrick Lamar's latest album, GNX. Other features include Peysoh By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 27, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Officially Puts "MUSIC" Back At Number One On The Billboard 200 Chart This is the fourth tracking week for Playboi Carti's new album "MUSIC" on the Billboard 200, and its third as a chart-topper. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 13, 2025