Chris Brown is a menace. The day after roughing up Usher at the birthday party Usher was throwing for him Breezy has gotten into another altercation. This one went down last night backstage during Missy Elliot’s set at the Lovers & Friends festival in Las Vegas. No word on who Brown was beefing with or […]
Hit-Boy is a superstar producer, but a lot of people don’t know his dad is also involved with music. Chauncey Hollis Sr. a.k.a. Big Hit is the father of Hit-Boy, and has been a rapper for a long time, but also has a very long rap sheet. In 2014, he was arrested in Illinois during […]
Desiigner isn’t quite a hit wonder. In addition to “Panda”, his track “Timmy Turner” made a splash back in 2016. He’s now updated his follow-up hit with Tiimmy Turner 2, in which he appears to address his recent behavior, including masturbating on an international flight with a big jar of Vaseline. [embedded content] âTiimmy fightinâ […]
Boosie Badazz is in trouble again. Last night Torence Hatch was arrested yesterday in San Diego for Felon Possession of a Firearm and other related charges. Boosie has quite the criminal history and was once facing the death penalty in Louisiana on a murder charge.  He was able to beat that charge but was still sentenced […]
Freddie Gibbs began dating adult industry figure Fit Miami in 2020. Things were going well until, according to Fit, she got pregnant. Â He told her to get an abortion and then cut her off. Â She claims that in response she stopped paying his phone bill. This all happened last year. Â But it’s all coming to […]
Machine Gun Kelly more or less quit the rap game after he tried beefing with Eminem. Now he’s back in to beef with Jack Harlow, who recently declared he’s the best white rapper since Shady. MGK disputed that in a freestyle over JAY-Z’s famous “Renegade” beat. [embedded content] “Make sure there’s no confusion / I’m […]
Lil Tjay has a reason to carry a gun. He was shot seven times outside of an Edgewater, New Jersey Chipolte last June. However, Lil Tjay doesn’t seem to be legally able to carry a gun. For the second time this year, he has been arrested for possession of a firearm. This time, it’s in […]
Jack Harlow’s Jackman album had been projected for a 45-50K first week. That’s not terrible, in these merch bundle-restricted times, especially since Jackman dropped with very little promo. But it was a big downgrade from the 113K his 2022 album Come Home the Kids Miss You did in its first week. HitsDailyDouble just got the final numbers […]
Finesse2Tymes has taken a page out of Akon’s book. He was supposed to perform a show in Huntsville Alabama, but instead sent a masked man — possibly his brother — to do the set in his stead. He didn’t really fool anyone. “That’s not him,” the crowd yelled at the lipsynching imposter. Finesse addressed the […]
Earlier this year, Doja Cat fixed her breasts and vagina. Now she’s done some work on her back. The 27-year-old flexed her intricate new bat tattoo, which is a skeleton of a bat. Lest people accuse her of doing the devil’s work with her ink, Doja also posted a passage in which bats are described […]
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Cassidy is another person who seems to believe Drake is a biter, which he spoke to VladTV about. “Well, Drake, he got a lot of styles,” said the Philly rapper. “I donât know where he be getting all these different styles from, or who be responsible for the styles, or who be coming up with […]
Earlier this week, Lil Durk liked a Twitter post in which DJ Akademiks claimed that Smurk and NBA YoungBoy squashed their beef. In contrast, YB called Ak a “bitch” for claiming the beef was squashed. Now Durk has clarified his Twitter like in a typically cryptic IG Story. “I ain’t friend with no n*gga stop […]
Young Thug’s brother Unfoonk was among the YSLs to take a plea deal in Fulton County’s sprawling RICO case against the label/gang. He was able to walk out of jail with time served and ten years of probation. One of the conditions of his probation is he couldn’t talk to his brother. That’s not the condition […]
The Notorious B.I.G. has been dead for 26 years. But A.I. Biggie Smalls is just getting started. Â Earlier this week, Timbaland used A.I. to put Big on a new track. Now we have a cruel prankster using artificial intelligence to have Big rap the words of 2Pac’s notorious Biggie diss “Hit Em Up.” [embedded […]
Last month, Webbie posted a photo of himself that looked like he was offering himself up at a street corner. Â Webbie was trying to pay tribute to Pimp C with the photo. But, as you can see, it went awry with a poor choice to reveal his stomach in the shot. Boosie defended his […]
DJ Akademiks dropped this bit of information about the notorious beef between Lil Durk & NBA YoungBoy on a recent livestream. DJ Akademiks said NBA YoungBoy and Lil Durk has Officially Squashed their Beef ?âŒïžpic.twitter.com/u3DM4SW0uX â Youngboy Updates âïž (@YbUpdate) May 4, 2023 “The beef is squashed.  You ain’t hear?” Ak said.  “I’m serious.  I […]
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AI in music is a hot topic right now, with numerous artists and producers weighing in on the technology. Super-producer Timbaland is one of the creators weighing in, and he is finding unique ways to use AI to his advantage. While he never had the chance to work with the late great Biggie Smalls, he […]
Last year, Drake sold his LA area homes in Hidden Hills to Rams QB Mathew Stafford. He had just bought Robbie Williams’s old Beverly Crest, California place for about $75 million so he didn’t need them anymore. Now he’s signaling a move out of LA entirely by listing the Beverly Crest mansion for $88 million. […]
Jamie Foxx has been hospitalized in Atlanta since April 12 after suffering a stroke while shooting the movie Back In Action. He had to be revived and if there hadn’t been medical personnel on set he would have likely died. Last week, the 55-year old was described as “awake and alert” as his doctors perform […]
Missy Elliott has made history by becoming the first female rapper to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The announcement came on Wednesday, May 3, and others inducted include Rage Against the Machine, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Kate Bush, and The Spinners. DJ Kool Herc will be honored as well and […]
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LL Cool J has never been invited to the Roc Nation brunch, despite being an extremely famous rapper and entertainer who comes from JAY-Z’s city. LL thinks he knows why. During a chat with Big Boy, LL Cool J addressed the rumor that he laughed at Hov’s freestyle when the two were in high school. […]
Celina Powell is at it again. Days after Lil Meech and Summer Walker went public, the notorious rap groupie posted a video in which she gives head to Lil Meech in a public bathroom. Crying at Lil Meech getting head from Celina Powell in a public disabled bathroom with his cheeks out. I know Big […]
James Harden turned back the clock to drop 45 — including a dagger three in the closing second — to lead the Sixers to a game-one Eastern Conference Semifinals victory over the heavily favored Celtics. While there was widespread praise of The Beard’s game on Twitter, the folks on Musk’s app (and Charles Barkley) weren’t […]
Lil Nas X followed the theme of this year’s Met Gala, which was âKarl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,” by dressing as Lagerfeld’s cat. The theme was named after the late German designer, who passed away in 2019. But some didn’t care for X’s outfit, which he responded to. For those who haven’t seen his […]
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