Power and its extended universe has been a big hit for 50 Cent and Starz. 50 Cent hasn’t always been paid like it was a big hit. During a chat with Steve Stoute at UnitedMasters’ SelectConNYC, Fif revealed his paltry salary during the series’ early days. “In the Power series, I was receiving $17,000 to […]
On his new track “Thought I Was Dead,” Tyler, The Creator had a message for a certain white boy. “White boys mocking this sh*t and y’all mad at me. Y’all can suck my dick,” he rapped “Pull up old tweets, pull up old t-shirts, all that, I’ll moonwalk over that bitch” The certain white boy […]
The big rap story for now and the immediate future is the future of Lil Durk, who was arrested earlier this week on federal murder-for-hire charges in the death of Quando Rondo’s cousin Lul Pab. DJ Vlad is blown away by how dumb Smurk was: In multiple interviews, I’ve said that nobody would get on […]
Lil Durk is in a massive amount of trouble, and some folks think his clone, Perkio, is the solution. Earlier this week, Smurk was arrested on charges of murder for hire while trying to flee the country. There is also talk that the Feds have him on a wiretap discussing the murder of witnesses. Those […]
According to Wack 100, the feds have Lil Durk on tape conspiring to kill those who knew he paid five men to murder Quando Rondo. [embedded content] “They have wiretaps, allegedly, of Durk trying to clean up the people he think might tell … they got wiretaps with Durk saying, ‘get these people out the […]
Lil Durk is in big trouble. Yesterday, he was arrested by the Feds for murder for hire in the death of his opp Quando Rondo’s cousin, Lul Pab. US Marshall took him in on his way to a private jet headed to Italy. Earlier in the day, five men were arrested for shooting and killing […]
Bobby Shmurda and Rowdy Rebel will be forever linked. The GS9 rappers went to prison together, with Bobby taking an extra two years so prosecutors would reduce Rowdy’s sentence. But they haven’t seemed close since they got out. They are rarely seen together, and there were rumors of beef a couple of years ago. Rowdy was asked about […]
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The Game is out 100K in jewelry and designer bags after his car was robbed in Los Angeles San Fernando Valley earlier this week. Game returned to his parked car Wednesday to find it broken into and the bling and bags gone. He called the cops and had his security deal with the aftermath. So […]
Lil Durk tried to flee the country before being arrested for murder for hire in the death of Quando Rondo’s cousin, Lul Pab. US Marshalls picked Smurk up yesterday evening on the way to the Miami airport, where he had booked a private jet to Italy at 9 p.m. He had previously booked flights to […]
King Von is dead. Lil Reese gets arrested every other week for women beating. Lil Durk is facing the federal death penalty for murder for hire. Chief Keef … Well, Sosa is just doing his thing out of the West Coast. In the wake of Smurk’s shocking arrest, the internet streets are hailing Keef as […]
Rihanna is a good person to ask about Kendrick Lamar playing Super Bowl LIX’s halftime show. She played it in 2023 and collaborated with K Dot on his song “Loyalty.” Entertainment Tonight asked Rihanna about Dot being tapped for the halftime show, and she had nothing but good things to say about it. “Kendrick […]
Yesterday, Judge Paige Reese Whitaker signaled that the Young Thug RICO trial may be headed to a mistrial. At issue is a prosecution blunder, in which the state revealed that one of Young Thug’s co-defendants is currently locked up on other charges. This is a big no-no “Now the jury has repeatedly heard about Mr. Nichols being […]
The Feds have indicted five Chicago men with connections to Lil Durk for the 2022 murder of Lul Pab. The government alleges that the real target of the shooting was Quando Rondo, who was with Pab in Los Angeles when the men opened fire. Quando Rondo’s shooter, Lul Tim, notoriously shot and killed Durk’s friend, […]
In May of 2023, Hit-Boy revealed that his father Big Hit was released from prison after nine years. He also said Big Hit came straight to the studio, and they began working on music. Yesterday, however, Hit-Boy said that his father is back behind bars, and he shared a FaceTime call with him. The Cali […]
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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