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Press Safety Questioned Outside Lil Durk’s Murder-for-Hire Trial

A journalist nearly got pushed out of covering one of rap's biggest federal trials this week, and it had nothing to do with what happened inside the courtroom. Trap Lore…

Mikey Dread on 60 Years of Notting Hill Carnival: ‘A Cross Between All Cultures’

Mikey of Channel One Soundsystem has been playing Notting Hill Carnival every single year since 1982, and the way he talks about it, you get the sense he'd struggle to…

Vanessa Bling to Perform at Sophisticated Summer End Beach Party in St Ann

Vanessa Bling is not just showing up to a beach party this weekend, she is bringing over 15 years of music that women across Jamaica have been singing through breakups,…

Gun Found in MO3’s Car Nearly Three Years After His Murder, and the Feds Had Already Searched It Three Times

The detail that keeps standing out here is not just that a gun was found in MO3's car, but that federal investigators had already searched that same vehicle at least…

Gramps Morgan Announces New Country Reggae Album Is in the Works

Gramps Morgan just casually dropped some big news between the lines of a gratitude post, and it almost slipped by unnoticed. Buried at the end of a caption about being…

Nas Receives Icon Award at the 2026 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards

Nas walked away with the BMI Icon Award on August 26 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, but the moment that had people talking was how he got…

OTF Jam Calls Lul Pab Murder ‘Sloppy’ During Lil Durk’s Trial

OTF Jam didn't go to the FBI because he was scared. He went, by his own account, because he thought the whole thing was handled badly and someone who had…

Keefe D Trial Nears End: Witness Claims 2009 Arrest for Tupac Murder Was Blocked

The most striking detail to come out of the Keefe D trial is not the charge itself, but what allegedly almost happened 15 years before the arrest. A retired Las…