News

Nick Cannon says he went after Eminem because “he disrespected my woman,” recalling a feud sparked in 2009. Speaking on the “On Par With Maury Povich” podcast, Cannon said he was young and heated — but still respects Eminem as an artist.

Kodak Black has confirmed he appears in Grand Theft Auto VI, in a video posted with his attorney Bradford Cohen. Rockstar has not officially named him, though, and no details about his character have been confirmed.

Lil Baby’s Fresh is tracking toward a first week of more than 60,000 units, according to early forecasts. The album, released November 6, could still give him a fifth No. 1 on the Billboard 200 — and this story will be updated when Billboard publishes the final numbers.

Freddie Gibbs says the grief over losing his father, Warren Tipton of Gary, Indiana, is shaping his next album — a painful, sacred process he cannot rush. In a clip shared November 7, Gibbs speaks candidly about a loss from May, and about the Gary legacy that connects his family to Michael Jackson.

Official figures confirm Ye’s November 7 show at AT&T Stadium in Arlington drew 83,132 fans — the biggest hip-hop concert crowd in U.S. history — and grossed more than $18 million in one night, the fifth-highest-grossing concert ever in the country. It is the third time this year Ye has broken his own attendance record.

The trial in the killing of Takeoff, which had been scheduled to begin today, has been postponed to April 2027, as the wait for justice in the Migos star’s death continues.

Lil Yachty told viewers on a Kick stream that he is seven months sober from lean, a disclosure XXL and RapTV amplified this morning — and one that could carry weight far beyond his own story.

MC Lyte brings a sold-out show to City Winery Atlanta tonight at 8 p.m., days before her Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction as an Early Influence on Saturday, November 14.

Matt Proxy has won PlaqueBoyMax’s Rising Star, taking the $25,000 Red Bull Studio prize at Sunday night’s finale at The Belasco in Los Angeles. Max made Proxy his deciding five-star pick even though Tana led 13-12 on the scoreboard, praising a full-energy performance from an artist the crowd was still meeting for the first time.

A freestyle — not a single — just cracked the Billboard Hot 100. Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Thin Ice’ debuted at No. 68, the highest-charting new song of the week in any genre, and it’s only her Tina Tuesday series doing it.