Hip Hop

Chicago drill artist Rell Vert, a member of the Bloodhound crew, was shot in the back in Rockford on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. The rapper, whose real name is Earl Wallace, quickly took to social media to reassure fans, posting a video from a medical facility showing him alert and in good spirits. In the widely circulated clip shared by accounts such as No Jumper...

Atlanta rapper Alley Boy, born Curt Freeman on March 3, 1981, in Atlanta's East Atlanta neighborhoods, has reportedly died at age 45 after complications from kidney failure. Reports of the passing began circulating on July 18, 2026, and quickly spread through social media and the Atlanta hip hop community where he was a respected underground figure. Freeman grew up in the Edgewood Courts area. He...