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Rod Wave and Boosie BadAzz reignited their feud after the Florida rapper discussed their legal dispute during his appearance on Club Shay Shay on Wednesday. The conflict centers on Rod Wave's 2023 song "Long Journey" from his album Nostalgia, which interpolates material from Boosie BadAzz and Webbie's 2010 track of the same name. "THAT WAS YOUR 4r 5 TH TIME DOING WHAT YOU DID TO MY RECORDS," Boosie BadAzz wrote on X. "NOW U SAYING U WAS SHOWING LOVE N WHAT U LOOKED UP TO WASNT REAL .

The Game dropped the music video for "The Life," the first visual from his 11th solo album The Documentary III. Thursday, Aug. 27, brought the video's debut on Billboard. Directors Sela Vave and Rippy Austin filmed across Los Angeles streets. The Compton rapper appears before a red Maybach, talks with neighborhood residents, and observes a street dice game unfolding in Downtown LA. "'The Life' is me at my best," The Game told Billboard via email. "The everyday me.

HBO will premiere the first two episodes of Jay-Z in 8 on Sept. 18 at 8 p.m. ET, according to the series' official trailer. The show features the rapper talking with producer Rick Rubin about tracks from his 30-year catalog. Two new episodes will drop every Friday through Oct. 9, giving fans eight episodes total. Jay-Z and Rick Rubin examine songs from eight albums spanning the rapper's career. The list covers "Brooklyn's Finest" and "Can't Knock the Hustle" from Reasonable Doubt.

Gods of Chaos will return to Chicago Oct. 31. OsamaSon and Waka Flocka Flame will headline at Aragon Ballroom. The Halloween night show also stars Speed, 2Slimey, DJ Smokey, Buckshot, Big Ass Truck I.E., Warlord Colossus, Boltcutter, Chamber, and Private School. OsamaSon tops this year's billing, with platinum artist Waka Flocka Flame snagging second position. Acts span wildly different sounds, as this year's roster keeps pulling from every corner of heavy music and rap.

Devin Cyrus Carroll was arrested. He faces 16 counts of embezzlement after authorities accused him of taking $57,934.13 from Happy Home Baptist Church in Columbus County, NC. According to WECT, the 23-year-old from Conway, South Carolina, was taken into custody on Wednesday, Aug. 26, and booked into the Columbus County Detention Center. Arrest warrants say the alleged offenses happened in February 2024 during his time as a church employee.

Cardi B unveiled her "AH HA" music video on Aug. 28. The production cost roughly $1 million from start to finish. She teased its arrival on Aug. 27 on social media, posting a trailer packed with clips shot across Brooklyn. Filming happened in Sunset Park. She described it as a nightmare, citing permits, security needs, massive crowds, and the requirement for dozens of police officers on-site. One photographer was handcuffed during the shoot, and headlines followed.

Season 3 of The Hunting Wives won't shoot in North Carolina. Why? The General Assembly rewrote how the state distributes film incentives. Producer Joan Cunningham emailed production staff recently. The show relocates to Georgia, she explained. "The program plays a key role in how we budget for each season and without the funds, the show will not be able to continue shooting in North Carolina," Cunningham wrote, according to WSOC.

A teenager from central North Carolina is fighting for survival. The teen contracted Naegleria fowleri, a tiny organism that lives in warm freshwater and destroys brain tissue. On Thursday, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services made the announcement. State health officials kept details quiet. They didn't say where the teen encountered the organism. NCDHHS held back all identifying information to protect the family. The patient is getting medical care.

Three 19-year-olds from York County got arrested. They're charged with cutting down Flock cameras in Chester County on Aug. 15. James MacMillan Ryerson of Catawba, Samuel Jonathan Carlisle of McConnells, and Blaze Lawrence Fuller of Rock Hill now face conspiracy charges and malicious damage to property.

Highland School of Technology in Gastonia earned the top spot among Charlotte-area high schools in U.S. News and World Report's 2026 rankings. This is the second consecutive year that the magnet school has achieved this distinction. The institution earned a 98.08 overall score and ranked No. 9 in North Carolina and No. 344 across the nation. Ardrey Kell High School in Charlotte finished second. Its score: 97.35. Providence High School, also in Charlotte, landed third with a 97.07 score.