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Iggy Azalea Says Playboi Carti Speaks to Her So Badly That She’s Stopped All Direct Contact With Him
Iggy Azalea has had it with Playboi Carti.
Video Surfaces of Benzino’s 2020 Arrest for Denting a Man’s Truck During Fight Over a Woman – Watch
Footage surfaces of Benzino being arrested in 2020.
Nelly Charges Toward Fans in Club After Getting Hit With Object – Watch
Nelly wasn't playing.
Drill Rap Music Videos Lead to Arrests of 20 Alleged Members of Bronx Gang
The Bronx drill scene has led to a major indictment.
Ice Cube Catches Backlash for Show He Produced in 2006 Where People Swapped Races
Cube is facing backlash over his race-swapping reality TV show.
Film Academy Bans Will Smith From the Oscars for 10 Years After He Slapped Chris Rock – Report
Will screaming profanities at Rock apparently didn't help either.
NLE Choppa Says He Poops More Than Five Times a Day, Calls People ‘Brainwashed’ After Getting Clowned
NLE Choppa gets backlash after speaking on his constant bowel movements.
Gillie Da Kid Clowns Wiz Khalifa for His Gym Outfit, Wiz Says He’s Not Responsible for People’s Childhood Trauma
Gillie has jokes, but Wiz doesn't care.
YNW Melly Calls His Mom ‘Crazy as F!%k’ After His Manager Is Accused of Taking Money From Her and Melly’s Brother
YNW Melly speaks out against his mom.
Lil Uzi Vert Claims JT Broke Up With Him After Old Tweet Resurfaces
Is it really over between Uzi and JT?
Moneybagg Yo Gets His Own Dill Pickle Jalapeno Potato Chips
Bagg is part of the Rap Snaps gang.
Kid Trunks Admits He Lied About Getting Shot and Having Lung Cancer
Kid Trunks admits to clout-chasing.
Sports Analyst Stephen A. Smith Goes Off on Will Smith for Slapping Chris Rock, Calls It ‘Straight Bullsh!t’
Stephen A. Smith calls Will Smith slapping Chris Rock "shameful."
Lupe Fiasco Calls Out Kid Cudi, Says He’s ‘Been a Bitch’
Lupe stands on his dislike for Cudi.
Doja Cat Claims She’s Quitting Music After Paraguay Controversy
Doja Cat's fans in Paraguay express their disappoint via social media.
R. Kelly Appears to Be Singing to Woman on Prison Call on Video – Watch
R. Kelly serenades fan via jail call.
Travis Scott and Kylie Jenner Change Their Son’s Name From Wolf
Big name change.
Pusha T and Arby’s Drop McDonald’s Diss Track – Listen
King Push is laying it down against McDonald's.
Steve Harvey Warns Kanye West ‘Pull Up, It Ain’t What You Want’ After Ye Goes in on D.L. Hughley
Steve Harvey calls out Kanye.
Lil Bibby Allegedly Threatens to Cancel Juice Wrld’s New Album The Party Never Ends If Songs Keep Leaking
Bibby threatens to cancel Juice's posthumous release.
Kanye West Posts Pete Davidson’s Controversial Joke About Having Sex With a Baby
Ye is pulling out old receipts.
Will Smith Says There Has ‘Never Been Infidelity’ in His and Jada Pinkett’s Marriage
Will denies cheating rumors.
50 Cent Clowns Actor Jussie Smollett After Actor Receives Jail Sentence for Staging a Hate Crime
50 makes light of Jussie Smollett's sentencing.
Chris Brown Denies Rape Allegations as Text Messages From Alleged Accuser Surface
Breezy responds to rape allegations.
Wack 100 Says Tupac Shakur Died a Legend, But The Notorious B.I.G. and Nipsey Hussle Did Not
Wack 100 with the controversial stance on rap legends.