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Belleville, New Jersey emcee/producer Action Figure 973 celebrating his born day with his 14th expedited play. For a while at this point, his first couple mixtapes followed by his last 13 EPs & the full-length debut DOOM Was Right over a year ago giving flowers to one of my all-time personal favorite albums Madvillainy have each established himself as a promisingly skilled luchador who so happens to rap. The Most Interesting Man in the World got with Machacha for his sophomore effort last October, coming off What Would Harley Race Do? as well as 24 Hours in Switzerland & the baseball-themed Polo Grounds produced by DiMaggio to announce Souled Out hours prior to it’s release. “8 Hour Paris…
The Tupac Shakur murder trial opens with multiple interviews of suspect Duane “Keffe D” Davis admitting involvement, but the defense claims their client is a liar.Opening statements officially started in what is hip-hop’s biggest unsolved murder case on Monday (Aug. 17). During opening statements, prosecutor Binu Palal told the jury that they would learn about Keffe D’s guilt from evidence and his own admission. Palal played multiple interviews that Keffe D conducted with investigators and media outlets where he admits to being present and passing the gun to the person who shot and killed Tupac during a drive-by near the…
NBA Ben10 has no ill will toward Allstar JR for firing the shots that left him paralyzed, as Ben feels JR didn’t actually do anything wrong. Speaking out in an undated video that went viral last Saturday (Aug. 15), Ben acknowledged that the situation didn’t go well but that JR himself was just doing what he had to do.”The whole thing went wrong but […] he ain’t do sh*t wrong but take care of business,” he says in the clip. The Never Broke Again affiliate was shot at a restaurant in Houston on April 8, following an attempted robbery on…
Drake shows off a one-of-one Iceman-inspired Rolex Daytona.On Aug. 14, Drizzy shared a post on Instagram, giving fans a first look at his new one-of-a-kind timepiece, which features all blue diamonds.”Today I received the most important thing I have ever had the pleasure of owning,” Drake captioned the short clip. “This is the One of One Piece Unique Ice Gradient Daytona by @rolex. Crafted to celebrate the record breaking milestones of 2026. Please do not get your local jeweler to recreate. This is a stand alone and a part of history. Thank you to the wonderful team at Rolex for…
YoungBoy Never Broke Again appears to hint at a possible breakup with his wife.On Monday (Aug. 17), YB shared a post on his Instagram Story where he seemed to comment about a possible split with Jazlyn Mychelle.”Honestly I feel like I lost the only thing complete my family but it’s cool, 5 I love you you need To come home cause that ain’t it,” he typed. “I’ll mind my business though like a gangster suppose too.”In a follow-up post, he added a family photo with Jazlyn and two of their kids before adding, “I forgot I was famous.””You’ll never have…
Ice-T is a 68 year old MC, actor, songwriter, producer & author from Los Angeles, California by way of Newark, New Jersey known for pioneering gangsta rap with his 1987 debut Rhyme Pays under Warner Records. Power as well as The Iceberg: Freedom of Speech…Just Watch What You Say! & O.G. (Original Gangster) were all equally praised, dropping the underrated Home Invasion through Priority Records. Ice-T VI: Return of the Real & 7th Deadly Sin both came out independently to lukewarm reception, returning 2 decades after the poorly received Gangsta Rap for the Body Count frontman’s 9th studio LP. After the intro, “It’s What You Say” produced by Charlemagne begins with a piano-driven boom bap opener talking about…
Blueface is questioning whether his friendship with DDG is real or just for clicks after the YouTube star failed to show up to his baby shower with Nevaeh and has been spotty with communication. While streaming from his shower alongside his manager Wack100 Sunday (Aug. 16), Blue called DDG out and urged him to get in touch before there’s a problem. “DDG came out first and said he wanna tour with us. So we set everything up to tour and brother’s giving us some pushback, some inconsistent communication,” Blue said. “DDG, wassup brother? We touring or what? This the last…
Ye is standing ten toes down on the fashion empire he built, noting that no other company can bring out as many people as Yeezy can to a show. On Monday (Aug. 17), Ye hit X to tout the reach of his brand, claiming that no matter how big another company may be, “there’s no brand other than Yeezy that can bring out 120,000 people a night.”The statement is the latest in a series of big declarations from Ye about Yeezy’s place in the fashion world. Just days earlier, he compared the brand to Apple, writing that “Yeezy is Apple…
One of the men convicted in Pop Smoke’s murder has been sentenced to four years in prison for smuggling fentanyl into a Los Angeles County juvenile detention facility.On Thursday (Aug. 13), 21-year-old Deijae Jester was sentenced after he pleaded no contest to possessing 25 fentanyl-laced pills that his mother allegedly smuggled into Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles during a December 2025 visit, according to the Los Angeles Times.Jester was 15 when he and three others broke into the Hollywood Hills home Pop Smoke was renting in February 2020. It was Jester himself who ultimately shot the Brooklyn…
Six men and 10 women have been selected to serve on the jury for the Tupac Shakur murder trial.According to a Fox13 News report, published on Friday (Aug. 14), a jury of six men and 10 women have been picked for the trial in Las Vegas that involves Duane “Keefe D” Davis, an ex-gang leader accused of orchestrating Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing. Details about their ethnicity or age have not been disclosed to the public. During the selection process, prospective jurors were questioned regarding their familiarity with 2Pac’s music, their views on gang activity, and their preferred books and films.…