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Two adorable meerkats named after rap stars Cardi B and Biggie just welcome their fifth litter at a Scotland safari park.Last month, Scotland’s Blair Drummond Safari and Adventure Park announced their meerkat couple, affectionately named Cardi B and Biggie, delivered a new litter of pups in their habitat. Born on May 5, the proud parents welcomed five new pups. The new arrivals mark the pair’s fifth litter since joining the zoo in 2022.According to officials, the newborns spend their first weeks hidden underground because initially the pups are born blind, deaf and almost hairless. Because meerkats thrive within close-knit groups…

Future is returning to the rap game with his 10th solo album called The Real Me.On Monday (June 15), Hendrix and Spotify joined forces to announce the upcoming release of the Atlanta rapper’s new project, The Real Me. In the promo ad, which can be viewed below, the words “Future The Real Me” is featured in blotted black ink behind a fiery red background. The Spotify logo is also featured, which suggests the album is an exclusive drop on the streaming platform. No release date has been announced. The promo comes after Pluto has been hinting he’s been working on…

DaBaby crashed a news broadcast over the weekend and somehow turned it into elite festival promo.Ahead of his Be More Grateful Festival in his hometown of Charlotte, N.C., local news station WBTV pulled up to the event on Friday (June 12) to report on a story about the show, and was met by a surprise guest in the “Rockstar” rapper himself.”I was just doing a U-turn at the light and I said, ‘Oh man! WBTV? I gotta stop by and say hi!” he told the newscaster.DaBaby was clearly prepared for the moment, and went on to deliver what ended up…

Ye has announced two Chicago hometown shows slated for September.On Monday (June 15), Yeezy released a handful of new performance dates on his website, the final of which consists of two back-to-back shows at Chicago’s 63,500-capacity stadium, Soldier Field, on Sept. 3 and Sept. 4.Ye last performed in his city for his Donda listening party in 2021, making for nearly a five-year gap.In addition to the Chicago shows, a date for San Antonio was also added. In the coming months, Ye will perform in the previously-announced locations of Tampa, Spain, Portugal and Albania as well. The latter will take place…

PlaqueBoyMax debuted a new look with long, flowing hair during a performance over the weekend and social media has some thoughts.On Sunday (June 14), Max hit the stage at Summer Smash Festival in Chicago rocking a curly wig, which he removed halfway through the performance, drawing quite the reaction from fans.Outside of the visual gag, the popular streamer and artist packed the set with guest appearances, including Slayr for a performance of “Sloppy Joe,” and 2Slimey for his track, “Times Changin.” He also welcomed Tezzus to the stage, with the appearance expanding into a larger moment when additional guests joined…

French Montana wants to help a cab driver whose car was seemingly destroyed by fans celebrating the Knicks’ NBA championship.Fans flooded the streets of New York City after the Knicks won their first NBA Finals in 53 years on Saturday night (June 13),  leading to some wild moments. One video that is going viral from the celebration shows fans standing on and running through a cab that has been blocked by the mob. The driver looks helplessly as a half dozen overzealous Knicks fans stand on top of his cab.After catching wind of the video, French Montana reposted the clip…

Pooh Shiesty, his father, Big30 and six more men are set to stand trial for the alleged robbery and kidnapping of Gucci Mane and others at a Dallas recording studio on Jan. 10. Here are the latest updates in the case.Charges: Pooh Shiesty and Big30 are facing charges of kidnapping, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, extortion and aiding and abetting.  Pooh’s dad and Kedarius Waters are facing charges of kidnapping, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, extortion and aiding and abetting.  The remaining defendants—Terrance Rodgers, Damarian Gipson, Demarcus Glover, Kordae Johnson and Darrion McDaniel—have been charged with kidnapping conspiracy charges, as well as transporting stolen goods…

Hip-hop reacts to the New York Knicks winning their first NBA championship in 53 years.On Saturday (June 13), the Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 to secure their first NBA Finals win since 1973. Needless to say, Knicks fans were turnt all the way up, including several rappers who are N.Y.C. natives. 50 Cent and A$AP Rocky watched the game together and celebrated by popping bottles of of Fif’s Le Chemin du Roi Champagne.”New York vibes everybody out side!” 50 captioned a photo of Knicks guard Jalen Brunson puffing on a victory cigar that has the Spurs’…

This is the 2nd extended play from Detroit, Michigan emcee ZelooperZ. A member of the Bruiser Brigade collective & 1/2 of ZGTO, he has spent the last 15 years building up a solo catalog comprised of a dozen LPs along with another EP & a couple mixtapes. My personal favorites of which being the Black Noi$e-produced Dyn-o-mite & more recently, ZelooperZ’ most recent full-length Dalí Ain’t Dead, digging up all 11 of Pin Breakers’ tracks 9 months later & putting it up exclusively on his Bandcamp. “Listen” starts us off with a 90 second intro talking about never dropping the ball similarly to Blake Griffin over some sampling in the…

Here is the 6th studio LP from New York City emcee, songwriter & producer Wiki. Formerly a member of the Ratking trio, he would go on to drop his solo debut No Mountains in Manhattan in 2017 under XL Recordings not too long after their disbandment followed by the sophomore effort OOFIE that next fall & Telephonebooth through his own label Wikset Enterprises. Coming off the Navy Blue-produced Half God & the Tony Seltzer-produced 14K Figaro however, he’s looking to dig up some Ancient History. “G.T.F.O.H. (Get The Fuck Outta Here)” begins with this drumlessly soulful intro admitting that he feels like he isn’t missing out in 2026 whereas “Right Away” gets a little more optimistic over sample-based…