42 Dugg responded to 50 Cent for sending him a shot over Big Meech. Yesterday, 50 clowned Dugg for giving money to the former drug lord. 50 has been going at Big Meech for a while now by calling him a rat. “@42_dugggg your daddy my 🥷🏾I love you and Cheese because of Q. […]
Joe Budden and 50 Cent are beefing at the moment. The feud started after Joe said that 50 needs therapy for making insensitive remarks about Irv Gotti’s death. 50 responded with several AI photos that showed Joe almost naked. Joe then said that he might sue 50 over the pics, and Fif said he wants […]
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Last May, three people were shot near a Lil Baby video shoot in Atlanta. While none of the injured died, police say the shootings kicked off an orgy of violence that ultimately resulted in the death of two 13-year-olds. Atlanta police call Lil Baby’s decision to shoot a music video in rival gang territory a […]
50 Cent won’t let up on Big Meech, who Fif contends — with some evidence — is a snitch. Now 42 Dugg has been sucked into Fif’s anti-Meech campaign. 50 Cent says 42 Dugg made the mistake of sending Big Meech $100k pic.twitter.com/6k8GP8rG2C — Akademiks TV (@AkademiksTV) February 26, 2025 “@42_dugggg your daddy my 🥷🏾I […]
J. Cole made plenty of waves after he dropped his new song “cLOUDs” a few days ago. A lot of people, like Kevin Durant, praised the cut and said Cole is in top form. But Freddie Gibbs doesn’t like that Cole talked tough on the song since he backed out of his battle with Kendrick […]
Cam’ron made it clear that he’s not a fan of Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson. He said so on his It Is What It Is podcast after Johnson told Stephen A. Smith that he got his penis enhanced. [embedded content] “Freaky ass n*ggas need to keep they ass inside, man,” said Cam, borrowing a line from Kendrick […]
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The Island Boy brothers used to be so close that they made out on camera and suggested they did more. But now their relationship is over. At least professionally. Brother Franky Venegas was arrested over the weekend in Naples, Florida, for drugs and guns. When TMZ asked brother Alex Venegas about it, he informed the […]
Ice Spice spent about a year melting away before our very eyes. Whether it was Ozempic, exercise, or some of both, the booty that made the 25-year-old famous kept looking more and more pedestrian. Perhaps in a bid to recapture her 2023 level fame, Ice has seemingly shifted some lbs back to her backside. 🫂 […]
50 Cent is keeping his foot on the gas in his beef with Big Meech. After calling him a rat for taking a photo with Rick Ross, Fif now says he has proof that the BMF co-founder snitched. He posted paperwork from 1090 Jake, who’s known for exposing snitches. 50 also said that he’d be […]
A$AP Rocky’s lawyer, Joe Tacopina, is currently doing interviews about getting the Harlem rapper acquitted in the A$AP Relli shooting case. Tacopina recently stopped by The Breakfast Club and revealed that he was asked to be Diddy’s lawyer. But he turned it down, because of his relationship with JAY-Z and Roc Nation. Not only that, […]
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Lil Wayne is in the middle of his three-date Lil Weezyana Fest tour with the Hot Boys and Birdman. Things got a little tense on stage between Wayne and Baby when the Cash Money started going on about all the time the Hot Boys did. Why Lil Wayne do Birdman like that? 🤷♂️😭 pic.twitter.com/CWiysEH71x — […]
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Tory Lanez badly wants to get out new music. The problem is he’s locked up. So he told his team he’ll be recording an album over the phone “F*ckin’ PARTYNEXTDOOR showed his best work of 2025, f*ckin’ Drake showed his best work in 2025, The Weeknd show his best work of 2025 and now, n […]
Big Meech, Lil Meech, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. might be trying to taunt 50 Cent. That’s based on a photo of the three men, which Lil Meech posted last night. 50 used to be cool with Big and Lil Meech, as well as Mayweather, but that was before he started beefing with them. The […]
50 Cent was super confident that A$AP Rocky would be acquitted of shooting A$AP Relli. He even bet $500k that the Harlem rapper would walk, and court reporter Meghann Cuniff took his bet. So, when Rocky was found not guilty, 50 said he wanted his money by Monday. He then sent a reminder to Cuniff […]
Drake’s collab project with PARTYNEXTDOOR Some Sexy Songs 4 U finished number one on the album charts. That gives Drake 14 number-one albums, tying him second all-time with Taylor Swift and JAY-Z. They all trail the Beatles, who have 19 number ones. Artists with the most #1 albums in Billboard 200 history: The Beatles 19JAY-Z […]
Drake has doled out a lot of stimulus packages during his storied career. He may be more stingy with the help going forward, given the industry turned on him in 2024. That may just mean more money of PARTYNEXTDOOR. PND is on Drake’s OVO label, and the two Canadians dropped a joint album last week. […]
Keefe D is being held in the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas while he awaits trial for one count of murder with the use of a deadly weapon, along with a gang enhancement, for his alleged role in the 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur. The 61-year-old recently got into a fight with […]
Before Drake dropped his collab album with PARTYNEXTDOOR, Joe Budden speculated it wouldn’t do much more than 100K first week. It ended up doing 249K. Budden acknowledged that was a good number for a collab album that wasn’t promoted by Drake’s label UMG, who Drizzy is currently suing for defamation. Joe Budden podcast look flabbergasted […]
Corey Walker was the only adult among the four people charged in the murder of Pop Smoke. Walker, who was 19 at the time, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and two counts of home-invasion robbery. This week, he was sentenced to 29 years. He had been facing murder charges before the plea Walker and his […]
Yesterday, Lil Meech posted up with Rick Ross at the club, putting the fourth season of BMF in jeopardy. However, so far, 50 Cent is taking the betrayal with good humor rather than anger. “He said yo tell ya pop’s , I’m a look out. what’s the address, I’m a send some wings over there. […]
The Notorious B.I.G.’s mom, Voletta Wallace, has passed away at age 72. She had been in hospice care in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and the death is said to be from natural causes. Voletta had guarded Big’s legacy and administered his estate since he died in 1997. Over that time, the estate ballooned from $10 million to […]
Diddy will be fighting for the rest of his life when his sex trafficking case goes to trial later this year. He’ll be doing so with one less lawyer. Anthony Ricco, who had been one of his attorneys, reportedly filed a motion today in the Southern District of New York federal court to recuse himself […]
Drake gave Joe Budden podcast co-host Melyssa Ford a shout-out on “Gimma A Hug.” “Melyssa Ford, you a legend from the 6, hate to see you wit a dick-sucker” Joe Budden being the dick sucker. Drizzy continued to drive that point home by sending Ford flowers during their last podcast. Joe Budden Pod members […]
Reason was one of the few rappers who sided with Drake when Kendrick Lamar and the rest came down on The Boy. What made that notable was Reason was on TDE, Kendrick’s old label. Reason is no longer on TDE. According to Reason, he used the Kendrick-Drake situation to get out of his TDE deal, […]
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T-Pain has struggled mightly with his money over the past decade, falling so low he couldn’t afford a hamburger. He just completed a deal that may alleviate some of the financial uncertainty. Teddy has sold his publishing catalog and select masters to HarbourView Equity Partners. “I’m excited for this next chapter and to partner with […]