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Music DJ Akademiks Vows To Stop Engaging With Ebro & Mero DJ Akademiks is currently at odds with both Ebro and The Kid Mero, but according to him, the feud is only boosting their numbers. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2026
Music Lil Woody Shares Nuanced Thoughts On Pooh Shiesty's Arrest Pooh Shiesty is right back in custody after returning from a 63-month sentence last October over a gun charge. By Zachary Horvath April 02, 2026
Music Hernandez Govan Claims Pooh Shiesty Has Been In Jail For Several Days Pooh Shiesty and his crew are accused of kidnapping and robbing Gucci Mane and several other people at gunpoint. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2026
Music Charlamagne Tha God Doubles Down After Criticizing Meek Mill’s Career During a recent episode of his podcast, Charlamagne Tha God claimed that Meek Mill never fully recovered from his feud with Drake. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2026
Music DOJ Alleges Gucci Mane Was Kidnapped And Robbed By Pooh Shiesty And Big30 Pooh Shiesty was arrested on Wednesday in Dallas by the FBI with the reasoning being unknown. Now, we have a surplus of information as to why. By Zachary Horvath April 02, 2026
Music 50 Cent Reacts To Pooh Shiesty & His Father’s Arrest After FBI Raid Earlier this week, Pooh Shiesty and his father were both arrested following a raid of the rapper's Tennessee home. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2026
Music Pooh Shiesty & His Father Arrested After Tennessee Home Raid Pooh Shiesty's family home was raided by the FBI earlier this week, and now, both he and his father are facing charges. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2026
Music The Game Claims He Was Targeted In A Shooting The Game shared this news to his Instagram Story just moments ago and we are hoping that the rapper is okay. By Zachary Horvath April 02, 2026
Music Kanye West Halts SoFi Show Multiple Times Over Lighting Issues Kanye West's first show at SoFi Stadium experienced some hiccups last night that will probably not happen tomorrow night. By Zachary Horvath April 02, 2026
Music Cam’ron Admits He Never Planned To Follow Through On J. Cole Lawsuit During a recent episode of his podcast, Cam'ron confirmed that his lawsuit against J. Cole has officially been dropped. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2026
Music BenDaDonnn Claims Drake Scrapped Club Records From "ICEMAN" Given where Drake is thanks largely to the Kendrick Lamar battle, fans want him to prove that he can still bar up with the best of them. By Zachary Horvath April 02, 2026
Music Meek Mill Issues Fiery Response To Charlamagne Tha God’s Career Criticism During a recent episode of his podcast, Charlamagne Tha God claimed that Meek Mill never fully recovered from his feud with Drake. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2026
Music Kanye West Delivers Epic Setlist During Night One Of His SoFi Stadium Series Kanye West performed in front of a packed house at SoFi Stadium on Wednesday, and fans were treated to an all-time great setlist. By Alexander Cole April 02, 2026
Music Cops Swarm Nicki Minaj's L.A. Home To Arrest Trespasser Nicki Minaj joins Rihanna as both ladies have dealt with scary trespassing incidents. Thankfully, though, Nicki wasn't home for hers. By Zachary Horvath April 02, 2026
Music Cam’ron Claims Jay-Z Dissed Him On “Otis” Over Kanye West Shade According to Cam'ron, he said some "slick sh*t" about Kanye West in the past, and Jay-Z didn't let it slide. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2026
Music Chris Blake Claims Drake Is Refusing To Drop "ICEMAN" Drake remains one of the biggest artists in the world, and with "ICEMAN" on the way, there has been speculation about his next move. By Alexander Cole April 02, 2026
Reviews Kanye West "Bully" Album Review "Bully" doesn’t feel like a comeback. It feels like Kanye West is reminding the world he still knows the tricks while avoiding the vulnerability and ambition that once made his music impossible to ignore. By Aron A. April 01, 2026
Relationships Lizzo Admits She Remained A Virgin Until Winning A Grammy Lizzo also revealed that tons of hip-hop artists popped up in her DMs after she won a Grammy Award in 2020. By Cole Blake April 01, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Explains Why He's Worried About Young Thug The rant comes after Charleston White claimed that Young Thug and his crew allegedly attacked him over the weekend. By Cole Blake April 01, 2026

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