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Heartfelt message on Rob Base's Instagram account announces his death after cancer battle.
RAP ON

1980s Hip-Hop Legend Dead at 59

“It Takes Two” creator Rob Base had been living with cancer.

Mary Papenfuss

Lil Tjay poses on the red carpet at the iHeartRadio Music Awards, at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Californian, U.S., March 22, 2022.  REUTERS/Mike Blake
CASINO CHAOS

Rapper Arrested After Star Shot Outside Casino

His lawyer has hit back to deny suggestions that her client was involved in the shooting.

Harry Thompson

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 25: Soulja Boy attends the BET Awards 2023 at Microsoft Theater on June 25, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET)
UNDER ARREST

Popular Rapper Arrested After Police Spot Gun in His Car

Rapper Soulja Boy was reportedly riding around Los Angeles as a passenger when police spotted a gun in the car.

Emell Derra Adolphus

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 23: Donald Trump is endorced by rappers Sheff G and Sleepy Hallow Speaks at a campaign event at Crotona Park in the South Bronx on Thursday, May 23, 2024. in New York City. (Photo by Steven Ferdman/GC Images)
FACING THE RAP

Rapper Who Joined Trump Onstage Jailed for Attempted Murder

Sheff G pleaded guilty to attempted murder and using his music to promote gang violence in Brooklyn.

Tom Sanders

DJ Unk at the BET Awards 2023 held at Microsoft Theater on June 25, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images)
RIP

‘Walk It Out’ Rapper Dead at 43 After ‘Health Complications’

Atlanta rapper DJ Unk’s family and collaborators posted statements confirming his death.

Emell Derra Adolphus

Sean “Diddy” Combs and Meek Mill attend the Time Warner Cable Studios After Party
’F***ED UP’

‘Midgepack’ in Viral Diddy and Meek Mill Photo Speaks Out

Alex, also known as Midgepack, said he has received hundreds of notifications a day since the photo became a popular meme.

Emell Derra Adolphus

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Eminim and daughter Hailie
‘MAKE ME CRY’

Rapper Eminem Reveals He Is Set to Be a Grandad at 51

In the music video for his song “Temporary,” the rapper showed a family clip of his daughter gifting him a jersey with a new name.

Emell Derra Adolphus

Sean Combs and 50 Cent attend a party at The Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, NV on September 8, 2007.
BEEF

Longtime Diddy Nemesis 50 Cent Preps Netflix Doc on His Foe

“It’s grapes,” 50 Cent once said of Diddy’s erstwhile vodka brand, in a feud that dates back almost 20 years.

Sean Craig

Photo Illustration of Elisabeth Oversen and Sean Combs
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‘It Was So Weird’

I Was ‘Gifted’ to Diddy. What I Saw Still Haunts Me

Elisabeth Ovesen became part of the indicted rapper's world where “nearly anything goes” when he said “send her over to my house.”

Emell Derra Adolphus

Sean Diddy Combs in Beverly Hills, California
BAD BOY’S RECORD

Diddy Has Another New Name: Inmate 37452-054

The music mogul is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after his request to be released on bail was denied.

Emell Derra Adolphus

Rich Homie Quan
‘SPECIAL PRAYER’

34-Year-Old Fixture of Atlanta’s Rap Scene Dies Unexpectedly

The artist’s cause of death was not immediately confirmed, but a friend and colleague tweeted out that he’d heard he’d “JUST OD.”

AJ McDougall

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