URL enjoyed a fairly quiet start to the year with no major event announcements, but they are making up for it in a big way with the news of their latest developments, including the return of Loaded Lux.
Over the weekend, the self-proclaimed “world’s most respected” battle rap platform told fans to tune into their app on Monday (March 4) “to be a part of history” for their debut live stream.
The broadcast, hosted by acclaimed battle rap media personality Jay Blac, marked the first time viewers could watch live content on the app.
However, that was just the start of the advancements. Blac soon announced URL will stream the......
by BERNADETTE GIACOMAZZO
50 Cent has backed up the comments made by The Notorious B.I.G.‘s mother, Voletta Wallace, about her son’s ex-boss Diddy.
The G-Unit boss took to X, formerly Twitter, on Friday (May 31) to take aim at his longtime rival, remarking that he’d do the same thing if he were in Ms. Wallace’s shoes.
“LOL I WANT TO SLAP THE SHIT OUT OF HIM TOO,” he said in a post that was subsequently deleted, per Complex.
The Notorious B.I.G. and Diddy (real name Sean Combs) took Hip Hop to unprecedented heights in the 90s, but even their rich history together isn’t enough......
by KARAN SINGH
Snoop Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound have called back to the glory days of Death Row by teaming up with The Lady Of Rage and RBX on a posse cut produced by DJ Premier.
On Friday (May 31), the West Coast duo released their long awaited ninth studio album, W.A.W.G. (We All We Got). Among several other commendable songs is “Who Da Hardest?,” which features the aforementioned veterans on a bar heavy joint.
“Kurupt, Daz [Dillinger], Snoop, RBX marks the target/ I’m a DPG demi-goddess, I’m the hardest,” Rage spits on the track with her longtime collaborators, with whom she......
by JOE WALKER
TDE rapper Ray Vaughn has called out Mal from the New Rory & Mal podcast for “hating” on Kendrick Lamar.
The Long Beach native, who signed to Top Dawg Entertainment in 2021, took to X on Monday (May 27) to blast the podcast over his comments about K. Dot.
“That ‘MAL’ dude is obsessed with hating on a DOT & it’s weird asf,” he wrote. “only time I see him go viral is hatin.”
Mal quickly came across the post and simply responded with laughing emojis.
Ray Vaughn’s comments appear to be in response to Mal contesting good kid, m.A.A.d......
by KARAN SINGH
Cam’ron and Ma$e have revealed that they were offered to walk Mike Tyson to the ring for his upcoming boxing match against Jake Paul but turned it down.
On an episode of It Is What It Is that aired on Tuesday (May 28), Killa explained why he and his co-host passed on the opportunity even before Tyson’s recent mid-flight health scare.
“They offered us the walkout with Mike Tyson,” the Dipset MC said. “This was before this incident and I’m like, ‘I’m not sure if I want to do that.’ Now, I’m probably not going to do......
by BERNADETTE GIACOMAZZO
Dame Dash has once again found himself on the wrong end of a lawsuit, as Dear Frank director Josh Webber has slapped him with a new defamation of character lawsuit for $4 million.
According to court documents obtained by HipHopDX, Webber — through his attorney, Christopher Brown of Brown & Rosen — initially filed the lawsuit in the Superior Court of California on April 25, but Dash wasn’t served until Tuesday (May 28).
Webber’s new lawsuit stems from Dash’s statements on the Earn Your Leisure podcast back in March. According to Webber, Dash lied when he claimed......
by KARAN SINGH
Russell Simmons, who is currently negotiating a number of sexual assault cases, claims that he has chosen to live in Bali of his own accord, and not because he’s avoiding legal repercussions in the United States.
In an interview with Chuck Creekmur of AllHipHop published on Friday (May 24), the Def Jam Recordings co-founder explained his decision to move overseas in recent years.
“People saying that I somehow can’t come home when I’m there all the time wears on you,” the 66-year-old said. “It wears on me after a while to keep hearing the same narrative, which is false. I’m always......
by MARISA MENDEZ
Kelly Rowland is speaking out about the now-viral clip of her getting into it with a security guard on a red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival.
On Tuesday (May 21), footage emerged of the Destiny’s Child singer getting into a heated exchange with a member of the event staff. Talking to the Associated Press about the incident at another Cannes event the following day, Kelly explained her boundaries were crossed and she simply wouldn’t stand for it.
“The woman knows what happened. I know what happened,” she said. “I have a boundary and I stand by those boundaries and that is it. And there......
by BERNADETTE GIACOMAZZO
B.G.‘s lawyers have fought back against a court order demanding that the rapper’s lyrics be pre-approved by a probation officer, claiming that the order is a violation of the First Amendment.
The Guardian obtained a legal filing made on Wednesday (May 22), in which the rapper’s attorneys made clear that submitting his lyrics prior to making them go live on wax violates his rights.
“As to the Government’s request for Mr. Dorsey [referring to the rapper’s real name, Christopher Dorsey] to provide U.S. Probation (and the government) with lyrics ‘for any song that he may write, in whole......
by BERNADETTE GIACOMAZZO
Sean Kingston‘s mother has been arrested and charged with fraud following a raid on the singer’s Dania Beach, FL home.
NBC Miami was on the scene on Thursday (May 23), when 61-year-old Janice Turner was arrested by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office and the Davie Police SWAT.
Turner, who has a history of convictions for filing false loan applications and bank fraud, was charged with numerous fraud and theft charges.
Video of the arrest can be seen below.
JUST IN: Sean Kingston's mother was arrested during a raid of a Florida mansion rented by the singer, NBC 6 South Florida reports.
Kingston’s mother......
