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Dave Chappelle’s latest stand-up gig ended on a dramatic note.  During his Tuesday night performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, the 48-year-old comedian was attacked by an allegedly armed audience member. Footage of the incident shows Chappelle holding the mic as a man storms the stage and tackles the Half Baked star. Security immediately runs to […]

Hours after Dreamville dropped their new project D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape, Royce da 5’9” took to Twitter to give J. Cole his flowers, declaring that the North Carolina rapper has a leg up on the best rappers of his era. “Ready to talk about EarthGang now?” Royce wrote. “Matter of fact…The WHOLE Dreamville…They ready for the Zombie Apocalypse […]

50 Cent and The Game are going at it again. On Friday, Fif responded to a now-viral clip in which the Compton rapper was seemingly snubbed by Jimmy Iovine. The video, which was captured at a Los Angeles Lakers game, shows the Interscope co-founder walk past The Game without even acknowledging him. “LOL! The Man didn’t even look at […]

The ongoing feud between former Slaughterhouse members KXNG Crooked and Joe Budden continues as Crooked has now suggested that Budden was one of the reasons why the group was unable to release new music back in the day. While joining the Bootleg Kev podcast, Crooked discussed the group’s woes and why he believed Budden was at the center of them. First, Crooked explained why […]

Royce da 5’9” has offered up his thoughts after the Game proclaimed himself a better rapper than Eminem. During his recent appearance on Drink Champs, the Game said he used to think Eminem “was better” than him but now he thinks otherwise. “Is Eminem better than me? Nah, he not, bro,” he said just days later in […]

Slaughterhouse is in the news again. But unfortunately, it isn’t for a reunion album. KXNG Crooked joined a Twitter Spaces on Saturday to give his thoughts on the Instagram Live between former Slaughterhouse members Joell Ortiz, Royce da 5’9,” and Joe Budden. In the clip below, Crooked talked about how the group’s dynamics were going […]

Fresh off Joell Ortiz and KXNG Crooked announcing their new collaborative project, Slaughterhouse jumped on an Instagram Live this week. The friendly IG Live session quickly went south, as Joe Budden and Ortiz exchanged some harsh words. Things took a turn after Joell called out Budden and Royce Da 5’9 for spinning some “wild ass narrative” about his and […]

Royce Da 5’9” has some thoughts on the new Slaughterhouse project. On Friday night, the Grammy-nominated rapper issued a lengthy reaction to Rise & Fall Of Slaughterhouse—a collaborative album from his fellow SH co-founders Joell Ortiz and KXNG Crooked. Royce expressed his objections in an Instagram post that featured an illustration of burning pig, which is also displayed on the aforementioned album’s […]

Royce da 5’9” called out 50 Cent for choosing to publicly apologize for mocking Madonna, but failing to do the same for Lil Kim.  “My brother 50 Cent, who is one of our kings, if I’m a young person coming from another genre or come from another walk of life, and I’m following the way things are right now, […]

Following recent performances from Rico Nasty and Yebba, Royce da 5’9” is the latest artist to be featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert series. Backed by an ensemble selected by music director, producer and longtime friend Denaun Porter, the Detroit rapper coasts through four tracks spread across three of his albums: 2018’s Book of Ryan (“God […]