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Latto's "Hostage" lyrics have cracked open a hilarious crab leg trend on social media.On Tuesday (June 9), Latto hopped on Instagram and joined the viral crab leg trend with an AI-generated photo of herself looking glamorous and showing off her crab legs, which are superimposed to her body. In another pic, the Atlanta rapper is bagged up in a seafood boil.Latto's photos are in response to a viral trend from […]

Baby Keem insists he's better than rap's current big three of Kendrick Lamar, Drake and J. Cole.On Wednesday (June 10), Keem sat down for an interview with Elsie Not Elise, where he talked about his latest album, Ca$ino, creativity, confidence and more. During the chat, the Las Vegas rapper was asked if he had aspirations to be a figurehead in hip-hop on the level of the big three."No. I think […]

A woman suing Ye for allegedly assaulting her during a 2010 music video shoot cries in a tell-all interview as she describes the rapper sticking his fingers in her mouth and allegedly choking her.On Wednesday (June 10), the BBC's Fame Under Fire podcast premiered an interview with former America's Next Top Model contestant Jennifer An, who sued Yeezy in 2024 for gender motivated violence. An broke down while describing the […]

Fenix Flexin's viral new song "Rubberz" has people convinced it's AI, but he says it's the real deal.The Shoreline Mafia member released the Purps on the Beat-produced single on June 5, which finds his rhyming in a folk-music tone over a beat that sounds like it was pulled straight out of Miami Vice. People are positive that Fenix used AI and not his real voice on the song."Nah, I need […]

In a recent interview, Dame Dash finally agrees with Jay-Z and thinks dissing Ye in his Roots Picnic freestyle was appropriate after the Chicago rapper-producer disrespected his children in a social media rant last year.On Monday (June 8), Art of Dialogue posted a video segment on their YouTube page featuring Dame Dash addressing a few topics, including Jaÿ-Z's viral Roots Picnic freestyle. In the clip, Dame agreed with Hov dissing […]

Jaÿ-Z and Eminem will reunite on the new Rakim, Kurupt and Masta Killa collab album.On Sunday (June 7), the project's A&R and executive producer, M80, shared the tracklist for the upcoming project. Track No. 6 is listed as an interlude featuring Hov and Shady."AOTY 2026 - PUT SOME COT DAMN RESPEK ON MY NAME," M80 captioned the post.It is unclear if they will rap on the guest appearance. If so, […]

Polo G achieves a major milestone in his life. The Chicago rapper is celebrating one year of sobriety.On Monday (June 8), Polo G shared on his Instagram page a carousel of photos featuring himself in a tranquil environment with flowers and greenery all around. In a couple of photos, Polo is sitting in a chair at peace while he is getting his hair braided.In the caption, the 27-year-old rhymer wrote, […]

Drake's "Shabang" has sparked a new internet challenge.The single off Drizzy's Iceman album is currently the No. 4 song on the Billboard Hot 100. Fans are now using the popular song as the internet's latest video challenge. In the clips, fans use video editing to make drinks and other itmes appear out of nowhere while Drake raps, "Maneesh on the beat, shabang/All of my opps, they dead/Why do they gas […]

Bobby Shmurda calls out Jaÿ-Z in his social media posts, claiming that Hov's attorney put him in prison.On Tuesday (June 2), the Brooklyn rapper crashed out in a series of posts on his Instagram page blaming Jaÿ-Z's Roc Nation attorney Alex Spiro for his incarceration. In a lengthy missive, which can be viewed below, Bobby claimed he was coerced into accepting a plea deal in 2016 related to his 2014 […]