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Music A$AP Rocky Unveils Stacked Feature List For "Don't Be Dumb" A$AP Rocky is one of the top-tier curators in modern hip-hop, so it's no surprise that the features are intriguing and loaded. By Zachary Horvath January 15, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Appears To Diss Drake On Three Separate Tracks Off "Don't Be Dumb" A$AP Rocky just dropped "Don't Be Dumb," and as expected, there are some big-time Drake disses all over this project. By Alexander Cole January 16, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky "Don't Be Dumb" Credits: Every Producer And Feature A$AP Rocky's album drought is over, and the producers and guest vocalists on "Don't Be Dumb" had a lot to do with the rewarding payoff. By Zachary Horvath January 16, 2026
Music French Montana Presses Fat Joe Over Money Owed For "All The Way Up" The matter was a joking, but serious, exchange. By Tallie Spencer January 15, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Speaks On Deterioration Of His Relationship With Drake Fans will get to decide who the "diss track" is really aimed at. By Tallie Spencer January 15, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Obliterates J. Cole's New Song "Disc 2 Track 2" And His Artistry DJ Akademiks doesn't seem excited for J. Cole's upcoming album "The Fall-Off" based on his harsh reaction to its new single "Disc 2 Track 2." By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 16, 2026
Music Chief Keef's Manager Responds To Dubious Report Claiming The Rapper Was Shot Six Times In The Face Recently, a tweet falsely claiming that Chief Keef was on life support following a Chicago shooting went viral, sparking panic among fans. By Caroline Fisher January 15, 2026
Music Doechii's Appearance On A$AP Rocky's "Robbery" Is Facing Harsh Backlash Doechii's popularity and success has been controversial, to put it simply, and it's muddying the responses to her guest spot on "Robbery." By Zachary Horvath January 16, 2026
Music Drake Allegedly Spoke To XXXTentacion's Mom After His Passing Drake and XXXTentacion's history has been speculated about even years after the latter's passing. It also wasn't the best. By Zachary Horvath January 15, 2026
Music Lil Durk Freed From Solitary Confinement After Five-Month Stint Roughly five months ago, Lil Durk was placed in solitary confinement for allegedly having an Apple Watch in prison. By Caroline Fisher January 15, 2026
Music Charlamagne Tha God Calls Out A$AP Rocky For Dissing Drake On "Don't Be Dumb" Charlamagne Tha God is by no means a big Drake fan, but even he has gotten a little bored of A$AP Rocky's supposed shots at him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 16, 2026
Music Mother Of NLE Choppa's Child Said Kid Thinks Another Rapper Is His Father Marissa went as far as to say that her son calls EKT40 "daddy." By Tallie Spencer January 15, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Draws Good, Bad & Ugly Reactions To New Album "Don't Be Dumb" For an album as long-awaited as "Don't Be Dumb" and an artist as beef-riddled as A$AP Rocky these days, this divisive reaction was expected. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 16, 2026
Music Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" Was Originally Going To Be A Dem Franchize Boyz Song Dem Franchize Boyz have lots of hits in their catalog, but they missed out on what's become one of the most recognizable rap songs ever. By Zachary Horvath January 16, 2026
Music NBA YoungBoy Launches New Production Company With Upcoming Documentary NBA YoungBoy is ready to share more of his life. By Tallie Spencer January 15, 2026
Music R. Kelly Under Fire As Prison Music Begins To Get Industry Push R Kelly has faced a lot of backlash from the public but some are hoping for a musical return and that has many folks angry. By Zachary Horvath January 12, 2026
Music North West Shares New Song Snippet Produced By Kanye West Amid North West's various new songs and snippets, plus her dad Kanye West's upcoming album "BULLY," the West family's very artistically busy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 16, 2026
Music Jay-Z Awarded $120K In Case Involving Godmother Of Man Alleging He’s His Son Jay-Z has come out on top following a long legal battle against Rymir Satterthwaite and his godmother, Lillie Coley. By Caroline Fisher January 15, 2026

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