Ben Shapiro has a long history of denigrating rap. Despite this, the genre continues to thrive. So he’s decided if he can’t beat them, join them. The right-wing personality is featured on “anit-woke” rapper Tom McDonald’s new track “Facts”, which is shooting to the top of the charts. [embedded content] In Ben’s bars, he shouts […]
NBA YoungBoy and his baby granddaddy, Floyd Mayweather, haven’t always been on the best of terms. But whatever was holding up their relationship has dissipated. Ā These days, Money is holding YB down as he deals with his extended house arrest. Floyd jumped on social this afternoon to stunt his extended wheelbase Rolls Royce and brag […]
In 2021, Meek Mill claimed that he’d never made any money of his music. āi havenāt get paid from music and i donāt know how much money labels make off me!!!!! i need lawyers asap!!!,ā Meek typed on Twitter. Less than three years later, he’s singing a completely different tune. I made over 100m in […]
Snoop Dogg and Michael Jackson were tight. Ā In fact, the late pop star believed he might have been related to Snoop. However, they weren’t on the same page when it came to cannabis. During a chat with Andy Cohen, Snoop spoke about the one time he pissed MJ off. Ā It was at a fashion show […]
Eminem hurled a bunch of disses at Benzino in a new song titled “Doomsday Pt. 2.” Their beef stems back to the early aughts when Zino was working with The Source magazine, which he co-founded. [embedded content] “Now I got a riddle, one condition, you mustnāt laugh / What is the opposite of Benzino? A […]
During an August show at the Crypto Arena in LA, 50 Cent tossed a mic into the crowd. He was mad because the mic wasn’t working It hit Power 106 host Bryhana Monegain in the head, causing a deep gash. 50 Cent is allegedly a suspect in a criminal battery case after he threw his […]
Kodak Black has been in federal prison for almost two months. His latest criminal ordeal started when the cops in Florida caught him with coke, oxycodone, and an expired license. That was a violation of his federal probation, and the feds came in and scooped him up. His been in jail without bail since. Yak […]
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Several years ago, 50 Cent posted a video ofĀ Love & Hip HopĀ figure Teairra Mari taking her ex-boyfriend Akbar Abdul-Ahad’s splooge in her face. Mari sued 50 CentĀ and Abdul-Ahad for engaging in a plan to sexually objectify, threaten, intimidate, humiliate, and degrade her. She lost that suit in 2018, and the judge ruled that she had […]
As we reported yesterday, YFN Lucci received a plea deal for the 2020 killing of a man named James Adams. Adams was shot to death in a car Lucci was driving and then dumped on the side of the road. Ā Police believe the shots came from another car. Ā Lucci had been in Georgia’s Fulton Country […]
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During a session Fivio Foreign did with streamer N3on, N3on used some terminology that Fivio had to correct. Fivio Foreign pressed N3on for calling him ābuzzinā instead of ācuzzinā š³š pic.twitter.com/zQieh1p0gb ā Hip Hop Ties (@HipHopTiesMedia) January 24, 2024 “I got you buzzin,” Ā N3on said. “You gotta call me cuzzin,” Fivio, who claims GS-9 Crip, […]
Lil Nas X did a lot of trolling on social media to promote his new “J Christ” single, and he was heavily criticized. But it turns out, all of his antics didn’t amount to a strong chart showing and some clowned him. Per Chart Data, the single opened up at number 69 on Billboard’s Hot […]
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The word on the street is Ice Spice is pregnant. Perhaps with her secret boyfriend. The 24-year-old is pushing back on the rumors. According to Ice, it’s not a baby it’s her body type. ānobody pregnant n*ggas, just phat,” she typed on Twitter. This leaves Sexyy Red as the most prominent pregnant rapper.
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Meek Mill explained himself after asking a ridiculous question about how people in two African countries stream his music. “Do a lot of people play my music in South Africa I remember having on big show their Ā few years back ā¦ how do yall listen to our music in South Africa???? On what platform or […]
In the end, all rappers fall off to a certain extent.Ā Some do it faster than others. A list of the top ten rappers who fell off is going viral. Shmurda and Desiigner are pretty obvious because they barely even try Others are a little more debatable because one could argue they haven’t fallen off […]
Last week, Soulja Boy suggested he would pay some of Blueface’s fellow inmates in county $2000 to rape Blue. “Iām finna send the booty bandits. Who needs some money on their books? You gonna get that bootyhole touched, boy,” SB said, and offered up two grand. But he’s backed off that disturbing threat. Instead of […]
Most people say they are going to lose weight or go to the gym in the New Year. But 50 Cent is already fairly fit. So far, so good. “Iām focused man, practicing abstinence is helping me train harder. I feel great I think more people should try it,” he typed.
Wiz Khalifa is the type of friend who gets you high as you sleep. To do that, he will put his lips close to yours and blow. Wiz Khalifa getting his friend high while he is sleeping pic.twitter.com/368Y5VFV7J ā Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) January 19, 2024 That give some folks “pause.” Wiz has heard the criticism […]
Lupe Fiasco and Kid Cudi have been beefing for so long you have to be fairly old to remember why they started in with each other. Today, Lupe reminded everyone it’s still F Cudi. Lupe was baffled by a recent interview Cudi did in which he admitted that before he was famous he hid from […]
Blueface is in jail until July for probation violations. He’d been beefing with Soulja Boy before he got locked up, and Soulja mocked him when they took him away. “Now n*gga sitting in jail broke as f*ck. N*gga want to talk baby mamas? Iām gonna give to your baby mama right here and put dick […]
Quando Rondo is having a tough time. In 2023, Rondo was arrested on Georgia state charges of drug dealing. Ā Later that year, the Feds jumped in and charged him with similar crimes. The 24-year-old is being accused of violating the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act for being a shot caller in the Rollin’ 60’s […]
Last month Kanye West apologized for making a slew of anti-Semitic remarks and bigging up Hitler. His apology, however, which was written in Hebrew, and possibly AI, pretty much fell on deaf ears. Some, like Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg, said it had to do with his Vultures album coming out. As it turns out, that […]
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Kanye West may have really changed up his tooth game. Or he may be messing with everyone. Ye showed off a new grill seemingly inspired by Jaws, a fictional villain in James Bond movies. While there are some reports they are titanium dentures, others believe Ye is just messing everyone by putting aluminum foil in […]
Fresh off responding to Yasiin Bey saying that he’s pop and not Hip Hop, Drake sent a message about the folks reporting the news. Ā “Journalistic world cashing out on negativity and discouraging the youth from finding their way now more than ever,” he wrote on Instagram. “The noise is all calculated keep pushing forward.” […]
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Jim Jones doesn’t think the other rappers from his era can keep up with him. And he’s not talking Verzuz. Capo issued a 100K challenge to any and all of his contemporaries to get in the studio. #JimJones has a message for artist with a $100K challenge to any rapper of his era to get […]