Cardi B went off on her former husband and baby daddy, Offset, earlier this week. “Bro I wish the worst on this man…I never hated somebody soooo much and these bitches be so thirty to have him please take this man off my hands this garbage bag is to heavy,” she typed. Now, she’s been […]
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Halle Bailey recently split from her long-time boyfriend and baby daddy, DDG. We still don’t know why the pair split, but DDDG fans have suggested that Halle cheated. Whatever happened, Bailey wants everyone to know that her bottom is OK. HALLE BAILEY… WOW.pic.twitter.com/uKBEGbtiow — ً (@addictionbaddie) October 23, 2024 Is that something you are interested […]
Meek Mill has been romantically linked to Puff Daddy since Lil Rod’s lawsuit against The Diddler revealed Meek as one of Diddy’s sex partners. 50 Cent believes Meek made all the rumors worse by pushing back on them. “When you say something that isn’t true, and the person wants to defend themselves, they encourage — […]
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Liangelo Ball is the Ball brother who didn’t make the NBA. Cam’ron is a successful rapper turned podcaster. For whatever reason, Liangelo decided to pick a fight with Cam. Cam’ron responded to Liangelo Ball “A championship for musicians is going platinum. As a producer, ghostwriter, executive producer and artist I have 12 million records on […]
BMF boss Big Meech got out of prison last week after serving almost 20 for running a large-scale drug operation. His son, Lil Meech, was four when he went away. He kept his dad’s legacy in the spotlight by playing his pops in 50 Cent’s BMF series. Not that Big Meech is free, he can […]
There are now nearly 200 lawsuits accusing Diddy of sexual assault. His alleged victims include men, women, and children (So far, no pets.) The latest eye-catching case involves an unnamed professional athlete. In a suit filed over the weekend, a man accused Puff of telling him to meet him in a private office during a […]
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Kodak Black wasn’t one of the rappers to turn on Drake this summer. But Yak has had issues with the Canadian. Kodak and Drake used to be tight, with Drake co-signing him when he first came out. But Yak didn’t like that Drake did a collab album with 21 Savage before doing one with him, […]
Earlier this month, 50 Cent sued jeweler Maksud Trax Agadjani, aka TraxNYC, for $5 million for knocking off and selling his cross chain. Trax tried to contact Fif and work things out. When that didn’t work, he decided to troll the troll master by going to 50 Cent’s old Queens neighborhood and handing out pieces […]
Still, he’s now a full-time flute player and released an all-flute album called New Blue Sun last year. André was heavily criticized for quitting rap and his group OutKast, which he said caught him off guard. “It’s kind of funny,” he told the Chicago Tribune. “The backlash is actually not from the rap community, or […]
Young Thug and Jaden Smith both embrace their feminine side when it comes to their fashion. However, when the pair went on tour together in 2018, Thug became concerned that the son of Will wasn’t getting the kind of girl action a young celebrity of his stature should be getting “He’s the coolest person ever,” […]
Lil Durk turned 32 this weekend. To celebrate, he played the United Center in his hometown of Chicago. While Smurk says he’s done with the streets, he remembered some of his colleagues who the streets took during the concert. Lil Durk pays homage to fallen members and opps at his birthday bash concert in Chicago. […]
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Over the summer, Drake dropped a bunch of loosies and other content on his 100gigs page. DJ Akademiks, who has long had ties to the Drake camp, believes it was part of a negotiating strategy. Akademiks speculates the reason Drake released 100gigs was to show his labels he could still chart while independent (uploaded to […]
Kendrick Lamar opened up during his chat with SZA for Harper’s Bazaar. He told his former labelmate that his ability to embrace his feminine side is his “superpower.” “At first, all I knew was masculinity, and I always kept that wall up because of my pops. But the more I delve deeper into my music […]
When Big Meech got out of prison earlier this week, Rick Ross declared that the streets are back. “The streets are back. N*gga, Meech home. Meech welcome back. Salute my n*gga … you better get ready for this ride because the streets are back. Let us know what type of hustler are you. What type […]
The big three are Drake, Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole. Kendrick Lamar pushed back on that, claiming it was just “big me.” There may be a different big three and it doesn’t include K. Dot. The three most streamed rappers last month were Drake, Travis Scott, and Future. Drake, Future and Travis Scott were the […]
A makeup artist GloRilla worked with a couple of years ago posted a photo of the rapper with her makeup half down and not looking too hot. GloRilla wasn’t too happy about this, and she fired back on both the trolls who mocked her look and the artist for posting the photo. “Acting like yall […]
Yeat’s new album Lyfestyle is set to debut in the 90K to 100K range, according to Hitsdailydouble. It’s unclear if it will be the number album of the week. Lyfestyle is Yeat’s second album of 2024. 2093 did 70K in its first week in February. It’s the 24-year-old fifth album overall. 100K is a very big debut […]
Rap is a big slump. Sales are down. For the first time in forever, there was a week when no rap songs were in the top 10. Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre offered two suggestions on what can happen to allow rap to reclaim its throne as top genre during a chat with Stephen A. […]
Dave Chappell made asking Ja Rule’s opinion on things into a punchline. While it’s true asking Ja what he thinks about politics or world affairs is silly, the man does know a little something about rap beef, having been engaged in one of the more famous ones for years. Ja had some things to say […]
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Young Thug is trying to play peacemaker from jail. He posted this on Twitter today: . @Drake @1future @MetroBoomin we all bruddas. Music aint the same without us collabin — Young Thug ひ (@youngthug) October 18, 2024 “@Drake @1future @MetroBoomin we all bruddas. Music aint the same without us collabin,” he typed. Young Metro and […]
Gucci Man just fired most of the rappers on his label, citing industry uncertainty and financial losses: Gucci Mane went on Instagram and said he lost a lot of money on the 1017 roster and releasing all his artist from their contracts except for Pooh Shiesty and Foogiano pic.twitter.com/HOs6D706GY — Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) […]
Tyrese is known for his emotional response to many situations. But the singer and actor kept it together when they caught him in traffic eating chicken. Someone caught Tyrese in traffic talking to fans while eating chicken 😭 pic.twitter.com/1U75qe8qYh — FearBuck (@FearedBuck) October 18, 2024 “I’m talking about eating that motherf*cking Popeye right there, boy,” […]
Drake is known to be generous to the woman of the pole. He was in Houston recently and made sure he hit the local titty bars. One of the ladies showed off all the money she got when Drizzy rolled into town. Woman shows how much she makes when Drake is in town 👀 pic.twitter.com/4DlL3OBnBs […]
Diddy’s legal team recently filed a third appeal to get the Bad Boy founder released on bond. But he faces an uphill battle, as the feds are trying to use the 2016 beating of Cassie to keep him locked up. Not only did prosecutors describe everything Diddy did to his ex back then, but they […]
Tyler The Creator’s Chromakopia album will drop on October 28. A Monday. The nontraditional release date will hurt Tyler on the charts, but he doesn’t care. He thinks he gives the listener a better experience by dropping it at the beginning of the week instead of late Thursday night. Tyler, The Creator’s ‘CHROMAKOPIA’ is dropping […]