Young Thug’s father, Jeffery Williams Sr., had a bone to pick with rappers who all of a sudden want to hangout or record with his son. The way he sees it, a lot of Atlanta-based artists refused to support Thug when he was in jail for more than 900 days during his RICO trial. But […]
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Lil Reese was arrested earlier this month for roughing his ex-girlfriend outside of a Houston strip club. It was his third legal issue involving violence against women in the last couple of years. For this one, he’s facing 5 to 10 for aggravated assault. We’re unsure when he’ll go to trial, but he remains locked […]
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As part of his plea deal, Young Thug faces all sorts of restrictions on where he can go and who he can hang out with for the next decade. But he’s allowed to work. Thugger posted up in the studio with three of his famous friends, Future, Lil Baby and Travis Scott. Breaking: Future, Lil […]
At the top of this year, GloRilla went on a 90-day celibacy cleanse, and she’s still not jumping into bed with anybody. She hopped on Twitter yesterday and said she’s waiting to tie the knot before having sex again. Single & celibate until God send me my husband 🤗🫶🏼 — GloRilla 🦍 (@GloTheofficial) November 10, 2024 […]
In November of 2022, Chicago rapper Lil Zay Osama was arrested in New York City after leaving his retro-fitted machine gun in his Uber after a trip from Manhattan to Queens. Earlier this year, he pleaded guilty to possession of a machine gun. The charge has a ten-year maximum, with federal guidelines dictating 21 to […]
Earlier this month, Puff Daddy’s three sons Christian, Quincy, and Justin, tried to jump Ray J outside a Los Angeles. Their attempt was thwarted by Chris Brown, who played peacemaker. 50 Cent believes Ray asked for it. Fif posted a video of Ray J mocking The Diddler on TV and then added a caption. 50 […]
Celina Powell has a long and lascivious history with rappers, including lies about getting knocked up by them. Looks like she finally succeeded in getting a rapper baby in her belly. And YBN Nahmir is the hucklebury. Powell posted photos of Nahmir embracing her and her pregnant belly. YBN Nahmir & Celina Powell seemingly announce […]
Ever since he got out of prison, Bobby Shmurda has been promoting a persona that’s quite a bit more spicy than it was before he went away. The zest usually manifests when Bobby dances. And Bobby is a dancing fool. But it isn’t the way he sways to music that has Bobby going viral today. […]
They have been conflicting signals on how Young Thug feels about Gunna. On the one hand, he included a clause in his RICO plea bargain to allow him to continue working with Gunna. On the other hand, there are emerging reports that Thug has told other rappers that Wunna is a snitch. This afternoon, Thug […]
When Young Thug included a provision in his plea bargain that would allow him to continue to work with Gunna. That seemed like the final word on whether or not Gunna got his own RICO plea bargain by snitching on the YSLs. Not so fast. Young Thug’s first move upon getting out was teasing a […]
Rapper Buckshot Shorty of Black Moon was severely beaten in his hometown of Brooklyn this week. The 49-year-old assailants were squatters in a property he owned. They recorded the beating and uploaded it to social media. Trio of thugs jumped New York rapper Buckshot. The rapper was seriously hurt and hospitalized after the Beatdown. pic.twitter.com/7Nj83hwBOK […]
Logic’s last project, the concept album Ultra 85, didn’t make much of a mark on the charts. But he had fun doing it. However, those days are over, and Logic tells TMZ he’ll be going back to his old style because there are bills to pay. Logic says he’s dropping Playboi Carti inspired music next […]
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According to DJ Akademiks, Drake gave Young Thug a huge gift right after he came home from his RICO trial. Drake allegedly flew out to see Young Thug TWO HOURS after his release from jail, so he could give him $1 MILLION 🤯 (per Akademiks) pic.twitter.com/UR64D4Ived — Kurrco (@Kurrco) November 9, 2024 “When Thug got […]
The chances are the feds have a lot of evidence against Lil Durk, who they have charged with multiple felonies, including murder-for-hire in the death of Quando Rondo’s cousin Lul Pab. The feds don’t move unless the do. The bars from Smurk’s track with BabyFace Ray, “Wonderful Wayne & Jackie Boy,” will be among the […]
Wack 100 thinks Puff Daddy’s hubris will get him more years in prison. Diddy is facing sex trafficking and other charges. According to Wack, he won’t take a plea deal from the feds because he doesn’t think he did anything wrong. “15 to 25 years,” Wack said of Puff’s expected sentence. “And Diddy ain’t […]
Yesterday, November 7, marked one week since Young Thug was released from jail. He pleaded guilty to a bunch of charges in his RICO case and will be on probation for the next 15 years. It’s safe to say that Thugger’s fans expected him to return to the limelight quickly by dropping new songs. But […]
When Drake dissed DeMar DeRozan earlier this month by saying he’d pull down the banner if the Toronto Raptors ever retired his number, the NBA star responded in a press conference. He said Drake would have a long way to climb and told him good luck. The OVO boss has since gotten another response, this […]
Lamar Odom dated Khloe Kardashian between 2009 and 2016. He isn’t necessarily ready to date her again. But he would like to have sex with her. So he commissioned a RealDoll to make him a sex doll based on her looks and specs. That would usually run between 8k and 20k, but the RealDoll is […]
Young Thug has pleaded out, but the YSL trial continues. During the proceeding this week, prosecutors played a video of YSL Settrip stabbing YFN Lucci in prison in 2022, shortly before the YSLs were arrested on RICO charges. Footage has surfaced of YFN Lucci being attacked in jail by YSL Settrip 😳 pic.twitter.com/FoMsbstCEp — Traps […]
Diddy’s son Christian Combs has remained super active on Instagram ever since his father was arrested for sex trafficking in September. For example, he posted a joint message with his siblings about how hard their father’s arrest has been on them and showed himself partying with his girlfriend. Christian will now be posting Diddy content […]
Lil Tjay has a big issue with Adin Ross and Kai Cenat. His beef with Cenat concerns himhaving Kodak Black on his Mafiathon 2 streaming event this week. Yak was seen taking a Percocet pill during his visit and acted incredibly strangely. Tjay’s problem with Adin has to do with Adin accusing him of taking Percs. “I fake hate […]
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The break up of Halle Bailey and DDG after two years of dating was said to be amicable. But it has taken an unfortunate turn. The pair have a child together, the infant Halo. Halle was not happy to see him on one of DDG’s recent streams. “hi everyone. just so you know i am out […]
Meek Mill flirted with MAGA earlier in this election cycle. It was quite a departure for Meek, who had previously slammed Trump as a racist. In the end, he came back home and endorsed Kamala Harris. Then she lost bigly. Meek thinks he knows why. I’m glad the election over the brainwash was turned up […]
It’s official. Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States, beating Vice President Kamala Harris in yesterday’s election. Much of Hip Hop was split over the election, and some rappers attended rallies for their candidate. So far people like 50 Cent and Cardi B have reacted to the results. “I don’t care […]
Kodak Black was seen acting erratically during Kai Cenat’s Mafiathon 2 streaming event, and fans expressed concern. The rapper was extremely fidgety during his visit. He also delivered an incoherent freestyle and ingested a pill, which many said was Percocet. On Tuesday, Yak admitted to taking a Percocet pill when he jumped on Live and […]
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