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Fat Joe says Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars has serious consequences for all POCs when it comes to demanding respect especially because it was Will who got violent in public. Joe says Will being the culprit makes it much worse for the culture than, for instance, Fat Joe and 50 Cent beefing. Watch the clip, he really did take…

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Summer Smash Festival, founded by two Chicago-based music powerhouses concert promoter SPKRBX and next-gen media business Lyrical Lemonade – has evolved into one of the country’s largest independent music events, with 90,000 attendance last summer. Summer Smash will shortly return to its regular dates in mid-June, bringing the festival’s most stacked lineup…

Latto’s “Big Energy” continues to climb up the Billboard charts as the track now sits at No.3 on the Billboards. This is Latto’s first Hot 100 top 10, as “Big Energy” climbed eight spots from 11-3. She took it to Twitter to express enormous gratitude for the success of her record. “Big Energy” dropped in 2021 and debuted at No.15 on the Billboards, but on…

South Florida rapper YNW Melly’s murder trial has began this week, with Melly receiving an overwhelming amount of support from the Hip Hop community despite the fact that he could be facing the death penalty if convicted. After voicing his opinion from behind bars about the support he’s received from his loved ones, Melly’s mom responded on social media…

Kanye West is already a very wealthy man, but his bailing on Coachella left an enormous amount of money on the table millions and millions of dollars. Ye's deal was $8 million for his 2-weekend-long Sunday headlining gig. We're told in addition to that, Coachella was dishing out $500,000 in production costs. Kanye and his team only alerted Coachella festival…

The Kidd Creole a rap pioneer from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five has been convicted in the stabbing death of a homeless man. Manhattan D.A. Alvin L. Bragg Jr. announced Wednesday a New York supreme court jury found the rap legend guilty of first-degree manslaughter. The Kidd Creole was arrested and charged back in…

Floyd Mayweather is returning to the ring in May for an exhibition boxing match on a literal helicopter landing pad in Dubai, The 45-year-old undefeated fighter will take on "Dangerous" Don Moore 18-0-1, 12 KOs in an 8 round exhibition fight on May 14. The event is being called "The Global Titans Fight Series" and FM's holding down the…

Drakeo the Ruler was overlooked in the Grammys' In Memoriam segment and his brother is fuming with some choice words for the Academy. Ralfy the Plug Drakeo's sibling says "On behalf of Drakeo The Ruler, Ketchy The Great and The Stinc Team, it comes off as a spit in the face disregarding the facts that we’ve created an entire…

21 Savage's immigration attorney Charles Kuck says the pending criminal charges basically paused the rapper's now 3-year-long immigration case and nothing will happen on that front until the criminal case in DeKalb County wraps up. 21 was detained by ICE officials way back in 2019 agents say he had been illegally living in the U.S. for years…

Kim Kardashian opened up about co-parenting with Kanye on ABC saying, "When it comes to family, Kanye and I will always be family." Kim added, "At the end of the day, I just want my kids to be happy and healthy and think the world of their dad, and they do. Kim and Kanye have 4 kids Kim says, she's really open and honest with her kids adding the oldest two…

Warren explained how things got heated when Suge found out that Warren warned the label’s premier artist Snoop Dogg not to sign the Death Row contract without getting it reviewed by an attorney. He said, “I told Snoop, ‘No, don’t sign that. You don’t know what you’re signing. You gotta get a lawyer to look at that stuff.’ And I was a young buck saying…

Tory Lanez was handcuffed in court and had his bail increased after a judge ruled he violated the protective order in his case with Meg Thee Stallion for talking about her on social media. The Canadian rapper had a hearing Tuesday in L.A. where he was remanded into custody of the Sheriff's Department, and the judge set his bail at $350K. Prosecutors had…

YK Osiris is in talks with the family of the 14-year-old who fell to his death from an amusement park ride, saying he wants to do his part by covering funeral expenses. he's already talking through the process with Tyre Sampson's family. The rapper says he'd also like to be in attendance for the funeral, if they'll have him.…

Rapper Goonew's family thinks those criticizing the memorial service for the artist, where his dead body was propped up on stage at a D.C. nightclub, is nobody else's business because the service went down exactly as he would've wanted it. The artist's mother and sister, Patrice and Ariana Morrow say when…

The honchos at Coachella have found their replacement act to fill Kanye's slot as headliner for the biggest night of the festival The Weekend will join Swedish House Mafia. Sources with direct knowledge say Abel has agreed to the gig, and Swedish House Mafia -- who was supposed to headline Friday night will now go Sunday. The pairing makes a…

L.L. Cool J’s Rock the Bells is set to make a live event return. The Hip-Hop brand will take over Queens, New York, this summer. The festival will be headlined by L.L., Ice Cube, and Rick Ross. Roxanne Shante will host the Rock the Bells Festival at the Forest Hills Stadium in Queens. Additional artists named for the festival include Fat Joe and Remy Ma,…

Last month The Game stated he was a better rapper than Eminem. Today, his manager Wack 100 states the Compton rapper has a diss toward Slim Shady tucked away. Hopping on Clubhouse, Wack says fans will hear the shots toward Eminem in The Game’s next single. “We startin’ a fire, the Black Slim Shady is coming,” Wack said. “That nigga better be ready, because…

Rowdy Rebel was loud and clear to DJ Akademiks about his friend Tekashi 6ix9ine. Appearing on the Off The Record podcast, Rebel blasted the rainbow-haired rapper, claiming he knew that he would rat on his GS9 gang members and associates. The conversation started after Ak would point out how the NYC rap fan was stalled for a while. Rebel flipped it…

SZA confirmed to her fans and followers on Monday that her ankle was officially broken sharing a video of a physician wrapping her leg before we presumed it would be cast on her Instagram Stories. She captioned the video “Lmao it’s confirmed broken… I thought it was just sprained (including the crying emoji) I was not missing the carpet. The 31-year-old…