Nicki Minaj Criticized For Throwing Object Back Into Crowd After She’s Almost Hit
Video of the rap superstar, who’s currently on The Pink Friday 2 Tour, started making the rounds on Saturday (April 21).

Eminem Crosses New Sobriety Milestone Almost 17 Years After Near-Fatal Overdose
The rap juggernaut developed an addiction to pain killers while filming 2002’s “8 Mile” and nearly died in December 2007.

DJ Quik Surprises Crowd With Rodney O Performing Future & Metro Boomin’s “Like That” Inspiration
Future and Metro Boomin’ enlisted the 1988 Rodney O and Joe Cooley single “Everlasting Bass” for their No. 1 single, “Like That.”

Nas & DJ Premier Reuniting On New Music 30 Years After “Illmatic” Magic
“Define My Name” arrives at midnight on Friday (April 19).

CeeLo Green Buys Rico Wade’s Former “White House” To Turn Into Atlanta Museum
The Organized Noize legend died unexpectedly on Friday (April 12) at the age of 52, leaving the rest of the Dungeon Family collective in shambles.

Jaden Smith & Justin Bieber’s Coachella “Kiss” Goes Viral
The gesture raised a few eyebrows and people quickly ran to Twitter (X) to weigh in on the public display of affection.

Drake Denies Nose Job In Text To His Mother While Clowning “Nosey Goof” Rick Ross
After the OVO Sound boss fired back with “Drop and Give Me 50” on Saturday (April 13), Ross wasted no time and returned with his own Drake diss, “Champagne Moments.”

Organized Noize Issues Statement About Rico Wade’s Sudden Death
As the tragic news continued making the rounds online, Sleepy Brown and Ray Murray shared a photo of the trio alongside Goodie Mob, Outkast and other members of the Dungeon Family to their Instagram account.

Drake’s Alleged Kendrick Lamar Diss Begs The Question: Real Or AI-Generated?
It also included digs at The Weeknd, Rick Ross and Future, among others.
The Fascinating Connection Between Egyptian Lover, Prince, Ice-T & Dr. Dre
Speaking to AllHipHop, the pioneering DJ explained how The Purple One influenced the Egyptian Lover sound and, in turn, a whole era of West Coast rap.

Rico Wade—Organized Noize Co-Founder Who Produced Outkast, TLC & Goodie Mob—Has Died
AllHipHop confirmed the tragic news with his representative. He was 52 years old.

Mister Cee—Who Discovered Biggie & DJ’ed For Big Daddy Kane—Has Died
The Brooklyn native was the pioneering DJ behind Big Daddy Kane’s 1988 debut and associate executive producer for The Notorious B.I.G’s “Ready to Die.”

J. Cole Apologizes For Dissing Kendrick Lamar: “That Was The Lamest, Goofiest S###”
It all went down at the Dreamville Festival on Sunday night (April 7) in North Carolina, where the veteran rapper appeared to have a few regrets.

J. Cole’s “Might Delete Later” Poised For No. 1 Debut—Thanks In Part To Kendrick Lamar Diss
J. Cole dropped a surprise project on Thursday night (April 4) that quickly became the talk of social media thanks to a not-so-subtle diss aimed at Kendrick Lamar. But the buzz helped propel the album to the top. According to HITS Daily Double, the 12-track set is expected to debut at No. 1 on next […]

City Girls’ JT Slams “Ugly” GloRilla As Beef Explodes Online
The online spat started on Friday (April 5) after an old rumor suggesting the CMG artist slapped JT at the 2023 MTV VMAs was dredged up.

J. Cole Washes Kendrick Lamar On Surprise Project Following Future “Like That” Diss
The final single, “7 Minute Drill,” finds the Dreamville Records boss firing back at Kendrick Lamar, who dissed Cole and Drake on the recent Future and Metro Boomin’ track “Like That.”

Flavor Flav Slams “Flavor Of Love” Reboot Reports: “I Have No Interest”
The Public Enemy tour de force took to Instagram on Tuesday (April 2) to address a recent article published on Deadline.com.

NBA YoungBoy Dives Deep Into Religion With J.K. Mac On “Swear”
Released by Gala Music, the track—also known as also known as “Walahi” in Arabic— finds both artists reflecting on their spirituality.

Bun B Embroiled In Legal Battle With Former Trill Burgers Partners
Former managers/partners Benson and Patsy Vivares are being accused of misappropriating funds from the business.

50 Cent Introduces “Diddy Epstein” To Instagram: “Wait Til I Get The Tapes”
Although the “Get Rich or Die Tryin'” rapper has beef with Diddy stretching back years, it ramped up in November 2023, when the Bad Boy mogul’s ex Cassie Ventura dropped her bombshell lawsuit on him.