After eight rounds of voting, including thousands of ballots cast, YoungBoy Never Broke Again has come out victorious in XXL‘s 2025 Most Valuable Rapper bracket, powered by VAZA. For nearly two months, fans have voted in XXL‘s MVP bracket to decide which rapper had the biggest impact on the year. The 16-person lot included some […]
A couple weeks ago, Cardi B shared that’s she’s been on the treadmill preparing for her upcoming tour, which launches in February 2026. Now she has revealed just what her workload will look like in the coming weeks. In a video shared today (December 29), Cardi starts with a message for some of her more […]
Blueface appears to be unfazed by reports that his music royalties are being garnished in order to pay off a $131,000 lawsuit judgment owed to Soulja Boy’s child’s mother. Over the weekend, reports surfaced that the $123,000 Blueface owes SB’s child’s mother, Jackilyn Martinez, for a defamation lawsuit has increased to $131,655 due to […]
It has been a long, long, long road to ASAP Rocky’s upcoming album Don’t Be Dumb. In 2022, he said the project was finished. In July 2023, he indicated it’d be out soon. It was later given a summer 2024 release date before getting pushed back to the fall. Towards the end of 2024, it […]
Kay Flock has been sentenced to 25 years in prison today after being found guilty in his gang RICO case earlier this year. On Tuesday (Dec. 16), the Bronx rapper was given 300 months in prison or 25 years by U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman, according to Inner City Press Senior Reporter Matthew Russell Lee. The guideline for sentencing was […]
The end of the year means a chance to look back and then plot a course into the future — which is what we did as a part of our year-end YouTube audience report. This series is spread across four articles examining the top performing Warner Music artists (a roster that UPROXX Studios represents exclusively) […]
Nicki Minaj lauded President Trump at a surprise appearance at a Turning Point USA event hosted by Charlie Kirk’s widow over the weekend. On Sunday (Dec. 21), the Queens, N.Y. rapper was a guest at Turning Point’s annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix, Ariz. Nicki has previously opined positively about the POTUS on social media. She […]
Sabrina Carpenter superfans are already aware of “Such A Funny Way.” This summer, she released the song as a vinyl-only bonus track on Man’s Best Friend. In September, she briefly made the track available for digital download, writing at the time, “‘Such a Funny Way’ is a song i am so proud of. the sentiment […]
The Let’s Rap About It Podcast—Maino, Jim Jones, Fabolous and Dave East—are taking aim at 50 Cent on a new freestyle released on Christmas Day. On Thursday (Dec. 25), the quartet put out a new track called “Squatter’s Rights Freestyle.” On the track, the rappers-turned-podcasters each spit over a 50 Cent track. Maino goes first […]
If this year taught us anything, it’s that fans have the final say on which artists, albums, and genres owned the culture in 2025. The conversations they were having on social media and in group chats mattered just as much as any critic-approved list. As you can see from the chart below, artists under the […]