Tory Lanez just did his first of many Thanksgivings behind bars. Suge Knight is already an old hand at feasting on Thursday without freedom. They both got the same Thanksgiving meal even though they are at different California prisons. The two rap figures chowed on roast turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, cornbread dressing, diced carrots, dinner […]
Iggy Azalea hasn’t been hot on the charts in years. Cardi B still hasn’t followed up her 2018 debut album. But it doesn’t matter for their bottom lines. Iggy made $48 million on OnlyFans over the past year, making her the top celebrity earner. Cardi B came in second with $45 million. Amber Rose netted […]
While you were stuffing your face this Thanksgiving, Ice Spice ate like she was in prison. The 23-year old, recently nominated for a Best New Artist Grammy, posted her Thanksgiving plate, which was underwhelming. “Happy Thanksgiving,” she captioned a photo of either a piece of bread or a very thin sandwich with one bite missing. […]
Lil Baby claims he gets between 250 and 350K for a feature. The 28-year-old recently tried to get 200K for a fit check. But it wasn’t always that way. Baby stunted his show prices from 2017, right before his debut albumĀ Harder Than Ever dropped. They ranged between $2500 and $5500. Lil Baby shares his show […]
Megan Thee Stallion’s brand has been closely tied to her sexuality, but she’s changing things around. Pretty much, because she’s tired of being criticized for the people she’s slept with. Megan Thee Stallion says sheās turning over a new leaf and going to be āstingy with the cootie catā pic.twitter.com/uUuIuO6gjL ā Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) November […]
Diddy is facing his third lawsuit under the New York Adult Survivors Act, which expired on Thanksgiving ā a law that gives sexual abuse victims the right to file a suit before the statue of limitations expire. In this latest suit, a woman listed as Jane Doe said she met Diddy and Guy singer Aaron […]
50 Cent just did a complete 180 on Diddy’s sexual assault lawsuits after clowning him nonstop. Fif began teasing the Bad Boy mogul after Cassie sued him for rape, abuse, and human trafficking, which he settled. Yesterday a second accuser, named Joi Dickerson-Neal, sued Diddy and accused him of drugging, then raping her, and showing […]
Bad news for Tekashi 6ix9ine. A judge has ordered the troll rapper to pay stripper Alexis Salaberrios $9,825,000 in damages for hitting her in the head with a bottle. Salaberrios, a dancer at the Gold Rush Cabaret in Miami, sued 6ix9ine in February of 2021. Ā According to the suit, 6ix9ine threw the bottle at a […]
Wale has denied that Diddy held him over a balcony. Now Vanilla Ice is denying Suge Knight did the same to him. Ice isn’t denying he signed his publishing over to the Death Row mogul. Nor is he denying he did so on a balcony. But, according to Ice, the conversation was cordial. [embedded content] […]
Gucci Mane’s wife Keyshia Ka’oir’s trip to Miami went left. She took to Instagram today to announce her pink Lamborghini had been stolen in South Florida. “MY PINK LAMBO WAS STOLEN IN MIAMI! IF U SEE HER DM ME! I GOT SOME $$$$$,” Ka’oir typed on IG. Gucci has not commented on the grand theft […]
Cardi B is one of those artists who will quickly respond to a troll, something she recently did after someone mentioned the plastic surgery she’s received. Cardi B finally found the exercise pants she was looking for šŖš¼ pic.twitter.com/WyUamJQULu ā 212 (@212mediaTV) November 21, 2023 Ā “I hate influencers who do this get all the […]
Last year Massachusetts rapper Millyz called Machine Gun Kelly “garbage” after being asked to name his favorite white MCs. “He canāt rap, but he got a good rockstar image, but like Iām a real rapper,” said Millyz back then. “I really break down bars, syllables and words, so I look past image and flow. A […]
When Benny The Butcher came on the scene, he found success using a no-frills, meat-and-potatoes rap approach, spitting over boom-bap beats with soul samples. But he’s switched things up since then and began rapping over more commercial sounding beats, a move that one of his day-one fans don’t like. Iām on a 7 year run. […]
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The Two Chainz featuring Lil Wayne album Welcome 2 Collegrove is set to do 32K in its first week, according to HitsDailyDouble. That’s a drop from the 53K their joint album CollegroveĀ did first week in 2016. The sequel should open at about 18 on the Billboard album chart. The other big rap release of the […]
Fetty Wap was as hot as anyone in the game around in 2014. However, by the end of 2016, it was all dipping. Ā By 2018, he was more or less done. But Fetty had a lifestyle to maintain, and that’s when he turned to selling drugs. “Like, aight, the music wasnāt really doinā that good. […]
Meek Mill has an undisclosed personal issue with Trippie Redd, which involved Trippie saying his name. So his fingersĀ took to social media to air him out. “This guy no good!!! I ain’t even know you said my name … If you f*ck with me f*ck this guy right here … I wanna stand on n*ggas […]
Lil Baby is all about that business. When a fan approached the Atlanta rapper for one of those fit checks the TikTok kids so enjoy these days, Baby hit him with a big bill. “You got to give me 200 thou,” Baby told the fan. “I got you bro, pay pal,” the fan said. But […]
A lot of people like to go on and on about first-week album sales like it’s 1999 and don’t take into account that people just aren’t buying music anymore. That’s the crux of Joey Bada$$’s point on the matter. On Monday, November 20, he took to Twitter and told everyone to calm down when focusing […]
Meek Mill has responded to his album with Rick Ross, Too Good to Be True, selling 31,000 units in its first week and opening at number 23 on the Billboard 200 charts. In short, the Philly rhymer said that chart placements don’t matter, because he’s still making tons of money. “Iām getting a million a […]
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A$AP Rocky will have to go to trial for shooting A$AP Relli in 2021. Today, Rocky’s attorney tried to get the case dismissed but couldn’t convince the judge. According to AP News, A Los Angeles judge found Monday that there is enough evidence for A$AP Rocky to stand trial for allegations that he fired a […]
In Cassie’s already-settled lawsuit against Diddy, she allegedly Puff and his goons once dangled a rapper over a balcony for flirting with her. While she didn’t name the rapper, Ant Glizzy did: “I swear for God, [there’s] a balcony in the studio,” Ant said. Ā “They got Wale over top his face, hanging out the balcony. […]
Last week, Snoop Dogg shocked the world with this message. Iām giving up smoke. pic.twitter.com/DDVl9Syixw ā Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) November 16, 2023 “AFTER MUCH CONSIDERATION & CONVERSATION WITH MY FAMILY, I’VE DECIDED TO GIVE UP SMOKE. Ā PLEASE RESPECT MY PRIVACY AT THIS TIME,” Snoop typed. We weren’t alone in thinking that Snoop wasn’t being entirely […]
50 Cent took some time off from clowing Diddy over Cassie’s bombshell lawsuit to make fun of Rick Ross and Meek Mill’s low sales for their album Too Good To Be True.Ā The LP only did about 31,000 units in its opening week. Oh No 31,009 ššš you might want to spend some quiet time […]
Drake has more than just a somewhat new album this week. He also debuted a new facial tattoo. The ink reads “miskeen”, which is an Arabic word meaning “poor” or “hopeless.” It’s also a slang term used in Toronto and, from what we can gather, Jamaica. So it’s very Drake. Some folks on Twitter weren’t […]
Boosie Badazz is sick of other rappers sampling or copying his work without paying or attributing him. Now he’s getting his lawyers involved. Boosie explained that he and his attorneys are going after about five other artists for theft. Ā He named Rod Wave as one of them. “Rod Wave did it best, no cap. Ā Rod […]
Blueface’s mom went viral earlier this year after she said she turned down sex with Shaq, Usher, and 50 Cent. With Shaq, it’s a little more complicated than that. During a chat with Jason Lee, Karlissa Safford said she was good to go, but a little Blueface cock blocked. Blueface mom says she was supposed […]
Megan Thee Stallion’s ex, Pardison Fontaine, is settling scores. In the track “Megan Thee Person,” Pardison suggests Megan has sex with everyone, including her producers, implies she was lying about being shot by Tory Lanez, and says she is disgusting on the inside. Had me beefin’ with n*ggas you know you was f*ckin’Beautiful girl, but […]