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Jay-Z and Kanye West had a major falling out that shook the hip-hop community last year when West began blasting his one-time big brother during several stops on his Saint Pablo tour. This year, Jay finally responded on his critcally acclaimed 4:44 album, calling West “insane.” Now, in a new interview, Jay has opened up…

This past week, Tyga made headlines when he appeared on Power 105’s “The Breakfast Club” and claimed that Cash Money Records owed him millions of dollars from his years with the label. Since then, people have been talking about everything from Tyga’s finances to Cash Money’s notorious history of controversy over unpaid fees and royalties.…

It’s been years since August Alsina and Trey Songz first had beef with each other and in that time the two R&B stars seemed to have patched up their differences and focused on keeping the peace. But now it looks like these two singers are going to be beefing again now that Alsina has thrown…

It made headlines months ago when Frank Ocean revealed that he would not be submitting his critically acclaimed sophomore album, Blonde, to the Grammy committee for consideration for its annual awards ceremony. Now, with the Grammys just around the corner, producers from the show have recently opened up about why they think the superstar singer…

At one point in time both Usher and Bobby Brown have held the title of the King of R&B and throughout their time in the limelight, many have assumed that these two were good friends or at least cool with each other. However, a new report claims that these two R&B legends at one time…

It came as quite the shock last week when The Game started a beef with fellow rapper Meek Mill over a club incident involving singer Sean Kingston. Although The Game initially was only hurling threats and shade at Meek, he’s now taking shots at Kingston for trying to defend Meek. According to reports, the drama stems from an incident in June…

Ever since Prince’s untimely death in April, music fans across the globe have been posting memes about Prince meeting up with his supposed friend and fellow music icon, Michael Jackson, in heaven. However, fans of the two music superstars may be disappointed because new reports have revealed that MJ wasn’t always a fan of the Purple One. According to…

Kevin McCall has been making headlines for weeks now with his numerous beefs with his ex-girlfriend, Eva Marcille, as well as both her cousin, Terrell Mullins, and Eva’s new boyfriend, Michael T. Sterling. But now McCall has a new target for his shade, as he recently began beefing again with his former friend Chris Brown. As previously…

Azealia Banks has proved time and time again throughout her career that she has no qualms about barking on anyone in the industry whom she feels is disrespectful or corny. Even still, it came as a surprise to fans last year when Banks ended up beefing with legendary singer Erykah Badu or a silly Twitter…

When it comes to Black mainstream female singers, there’s no denying that fact that Rihanna and Beyoncé are holding court at the top of pack with their global popularity and charting-topping albums and hits. Unfortunately, like with most other industries, the idea of two Black women sharing the top spot seems somehow unreasonable and many…

Tank and Tyrese went from BFFs to bitter enemies over the past few months as a small disagreement between the two turned into a full-blown feud just a few weeks ago. But it seems like the high-profile feud couldn’t keep these freinds apart because they recently revealed that they’ve squashed their beef. As previously reported,…

Things between Tank and Tyrese haven’t been the same since their R&B super group, which also featured Ginuwine, broke up last year. But things really began to heat up earlier this week when Tank claimed that they broke up because Tyrese is money hungry. Now, what was once just a simple disagreement has turned into…

R&B super group TGT had a rough breakup last year amid a public scandal over beefs between Tank, Tyrese and Ginuwine. At the time, Tank and Tyrese seemed to hint that Ginuwine, who was rumored to be battling a drug addiction, was to blame for the breakup. However, it seems like Tank has had a change…

This week, fans were shocked to see that Lil Wayne and Birdman, who have been involved in a legal battle for over a year as Wayne tried to cut all business ties with his mentor, appeared together on stage as Birdman claimed they were father and son, once again. Although the old friends may be…

With Monica’s new album, Code Red, dropping this Friday, Dec. 18, the veteran singer has been all over the place doing promotions. Recently, she stopped by “The Breakfast Club” for another round of wild and crazy questions, and one of the things Monica discussed was the never-ending rumors about her friendship with fellow R&B vet…

These days, it’s just as normal to see beefs among R&B artists as it is to see rappers beefing. And this week two singers that were beefing were TGT groupmates Tyrese and Tank. The drama all started two days ago when Tyrese made a post on Instagram with a challenge to other R&B artists. “Here’s…

Iggy Azalea, once again, became the butt of everyone’s joke this week when Erykah Badu blasted the pop rapper while she hosted the ‘2015 Soul Train Awards.’ Now, Iggy has finally responded to Badu’s diss. As previously reported, the shade happened when Badu was on stage hosting and she pretended that she was getting a…

Erykah Badu was the host for last night’s Soul Train Awards and as expected the legendary soul singer didn’t slack on her hosting duties. But perhaps one of the greatest highlights of the night had little to do with soul music. Instead, it had to do with Badu shading fading pop rapper Iggy Azalea. During…

Azealia Banks and beefs have always gone hand in hand, which is why it’s rarely a shock when the Harlem rapper gets into major dustups with celebrities. But one beef of hers that had us gasping was her beef with Erykah Badu earlier this year. And now it appears like Banks is back it again because…

Earlier this week, Safaree Samuels stirred up trouble when he released a diss track aimed at Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill called “Lifeline” and claimed that he was Minaj’s ghostwriter. Of course, Samuels’ diss record got overshadowed by Meek’s beef with Drake. But now Samuels is taking shots again and this time he’s asserting again…