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It’s Looking Like Hip-Hop Might Really Lose TikTok
To the TikTok, it might stop.
10 of the Most Diabolical Moments in Rap Beef History
Sometimes things go too far.
Drake’s Mansion Is Way Nicer Than Rick Ross’, Here’s Why
One point for Drizzy.
Rapper Claims He Made A.I. Kendrick Lamar Diss Track But Not Everyone Believes Him
Is it creative or cap?
G. Dep Says Diddy Never Visited Him in Prison But Still Wants to Work With the Embattled Mogul
G. Dep still wants to hit the studio with Puff.
The Break Presents – Maiya The Don
Maiya's pen game is a hot commodity.
Drake Relentlessly Trolls Metro Boomin With Drumline Outside Magic City
The old drumline at Magic City trick.
Rick Ross Alleges Someone Else Wrote Drake’s Verse on Travis Scott’s ‘Sicko Mode’
Rozay is going sicko mode on Drizzy's pen game.
Young Thug Vibes to Music During Court But Who’s He Listening To?
What was Thugger vibin' to?
Cardi B Learns How to Drive in Her Rolls-Royce Truck
Bardi is bad and boujee in these streets.
Cardi B Promises New Album Will Be Different, Missy Elliott Approves
New Cardi, who dis?
Doechii Claps Back at Azealia Banks for Saying Doechii Should Name Her Fan Base the Wannabees
Doechii with the clapback.
Drake and Kendrick Lamar Allegedly Both Have Disses in the Works and They Are Going to Be Huge
Both ready to drop bombs.
Joe Budden Finds J. Cole’s Kendrick Lamar Apology Unacceptable, Puts Pressure on Drake
Budden is back on Cole's back.
Megan Thee Stallion and NBA Player D’Angelo Russell Suffer Courtside Collision
D-Lo knew what he was doing.
Suge Knight Declares Kendrick Lamar the Winner, Goes In on J. Cole
Suge says it's a W for Kendrick.
J. Cole Isn’t the First Rapper to Apologize for a Diss Song
A rapper's remorse.
TDE Members Respond to J. Cole’s New Kendrick Lamar Diss
TDE reacts to Cole.
50 Cent Continues to Clown Stevie J After the Producer Challenges Fif to a Fight
Stevie wants to fight; 50 wants to troll.
Yung Miami Insists No Man Ever Paid Her $250,000
She says it's all cap.
The Break Presents – BossMan Dlow
You wanna boss up your life? Get in with Dlow.
Is Diddy Going to Be Arrested?
Diddy do it?
Here Are 10 Rappers That Prove There’s New Heat Coming From Texas
Slabs, swangas and supreme skills.
Anonymous Buyer Scoops Up All of Diddy’s Shares of Revolt TV – Report
Who scooped the shares?
Diddy Didn’t Know His Homes Were Going to Be Raided – Report
Puff is caught by surprise.
Diddy’s Electronic Devices Seized by Homeland Security During Raids – Report
Feds snatched the hardware.