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Music Drake Is Allegedly In Talks To Amend His UMG Lawsuit Over "Not Like Us," But There's A Catch Drake's lawyer Michael J. Gottlieb continues to double down on his accusations against UMG of payola practices and covert promo. By Gabriel Bras Nevares 57 mins ago 337 Views
Music Trouble's Killer Pleads Guilty To 2022 Shooting And Receives Prison Sentence Trouble was an Atlanta MC known for his independent mixtapes and big-name collaborations with the Migos, Drake, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares 1 hr ago 263 Views
Music Kay Flock Addresses His RICO Conviction & Murder Acquittal Kay Flock will receive his sentence for his RICO, firearm, and assault convictions on July 16, almost four years after he entered custody. By Gabriel Bras Nevares 4 hrs ago 1106 Views
Music Kanye West Declares He Will Never Apologize To Jay-Z & Beyonce Despite Alleged Legal Threats Kanye West is also going at the Kardashian family for alleged sex trafficking and for separating him from his children. By Gabriel Bras Nevares 5 hrs ago 1.6K Views
Music Big U Makes His First Federal Court Appearance After RICO Arrest Big U's RICO Case drew a lot of controversy for how it roped in hip-hop media such as Wack 100 and No Jumper. By Gabriel Bras Nevares 5 hrs ago 723 Views
Music Drake's Lawyer Claims UMG Secretly Paid A "Popular Podcast" To Promote Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" While Drake continues to fight UMG in court over "Not Like Us," Kanye West is trying to provoke him and a whole lot of other artists. By Gabriel Bras Nevares 6 hrs ago 1.7K Views
Music 21 Savage Mourns The Loss Of His Longtime Affiliate Lotto Savage After Georgia Shooting 21 Savage and Lotto Savage were some of the original members of the Slaughter Gang collective back in the mid-2010s. By Gabriel Bras Nevares 6 hrs ago 1.9K Views
Music Kay Flock Found Guilty In RICO Case And Subjected To Possible Life Sentence Kay Flock has been in custody since December of 2021, when he turned himself in for the murder of Hwascar Hernandez. By Gabriel Bras Nevares 6 hrs ago 3.2K Views
Music Fivio Foreign's Lawyer Reveals Rapper Has Been Locked Up Since January Fivio Foreign is in a much trickier situation than any of us knew, but his lawyer is confident he'll beat his charges. By Elias Andrews March 21, 2025 3.3K Views
Music Yella Beezy Charged With Capital Murder In Death Of Rapper Mo3 Yella Beezy and Mo3 feuded during the latter's lifetime, but now Beezy is facing serious criminal charges for Mo3's death. By Elias Andrews March 20, 2025 3.0K Views
Music BG Explains How He "Toned Down" His New Album, "Freedom Of Speech," To Avoid Legal Trouble BG released his first studio album since getting out of prison in 2023, "Freedom of Speech," last Friday. By Cole Blake March 20, 2025 36 Views
Pop Culture Marcus Jordan Reportedly Admits To Substance Abuse Struggles Amid DUI Case Marcus Jordan reportedly still hasn't publicly responded to his DUI arrest or commented on his alleged substance use. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 20, 2025 784 Views
Relationships Teyana Taylor Reportedly Wants Iman Shumpert In Jail For Allegedly Leaking Divorce Documents Iman Shumpert denied these allegations from Teyana Taylor a few days after they reportedly agreed to their divorce settlement. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 20, 2025 1299 Views
Music 2 Chainz Calls Out Employee Who Allegedly Stole Everything From One Of His Businesses 2 Chainz may have recently released the "Life Is Beautiful" album, but life is also pretty hard sometimes. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 20, 2025 1336 Views
Music Wack 100 Eviscerates Big U For Claiming Wack Is Responsible For His RICO Arrest Big U turned himself in after Bricc Baby, Luce Cannon, and various other individuals were arrested on RICO charges in Los Angeles. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 20, 2025 2.4K Views
Pop Culture Adam22 Breaks Silence On No Jumper Involvement In Big U RICO Case No Jumper was mentioned several times in the new RICO charges against Big U, but host Adam22 set the record straight. By Elias Andrews March 20, 2025 6.6K Views
Music Big U Refutes RICO Charges On Instagram Before Turning Himself In Big U has been arrested and accused of "mafia-like" crimes, and he shared some crucial insights before giving himself up. By Elias Andrews March 19, 2025 1426 Views
Music Bricc Baby & Others Reportedly Arrested In Gang Takedown As Authorities Search For Big U According to U.S. Attorney Joseph T. McNally, Bricc Baby and others were arrested in an attempt “to make our communities safer." By Caroline Fisher March 19, 2025 16.5K Views
Music Diddy Praises Kanye West For Defending Him In Intense Phone Call Kanye West has been in Diddy's corner for weeks, and Diddy in turn revealed how integral the artist has been to his family. By Elias Andrews March 17, 2025 2.1K Views
Music Lil Durk Unveils Release Date For "Deep Thoughts" Amidst Legal Drama Lil Durk has been dealing with a lot off wax, but he claims to have new music ready sooner than you'd expect. By Elias Andrews March 17, 2025 1.9K Views
Music Rick Ross Brings Up Lil Durk's Legal Struggles While Encouraging Youth To Avoid Crime While Rick Ross and Lil Durk don't stray from tough topics of street life in their music, they have both tried to make up for their past. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025 2.0K Views
Politics YG Advocates Against Police Brutality In Lengthy Skit During Rolling Loud Los Angeles Performance YG didn't stop the theatrics there, as his Rolling Loud Los Angeles performance also included a Donald Trump impersonator. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025 872 Views
Music UMG Reportedly Files Motion To Dismiss Drake Defamation Lawsuit Over "Not Like Us" Drake isn't letting his legal battle slow his other efforts down, as he recently seemed to tease a new music video for "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U." By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025 2.4K Views

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