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Music DJ Akademiks Goes Ballistic On Loren Lorosa For Over An Hour During Fiery Rant Loren LoRosa previously claimed that DJ Akademiks lied about Kendrick Lamar, SZA, and Mustard's "Grand National" tour. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 12, 2025
Music Sexyy Red Gave PlaqueBoyMax Fivio Foreign Flashbacks After Being Asked Not To Smoke Sexyy Red was on a stream with PlaqueBoyMax over the weekend and it wasn't the best mixture of personalities in the end. By Alexander Cole March 25, 2025
Music Biggie Smalls Estate Officially Finalizes Catalog Sale With His Mom Voletta Wallace's Blessing Before she passed, Voletta Wallace approved of the Biggie Smalls estate selling various rights to the late rapper's catalog to Primary Wave. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2025
Music 50 Cent Jokes That He Can’t Compete With Kanye West After He Goes After Jay-Z & Beyonce Even 50 Cent says he's blown away by Kanye West's latest antics on social media, which have included feuding with a number of celebrities. By Cole Blake March 20, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Works On “GNX” In Never-Before-Seen Footage Shared By Sounwave Recently, Kendrick Lamar's main producer Sounwave decided to hop online to give fans a look behind the scenes. By Caroline Fisher January 01, 2026
Music Blueface's Lawsuit Debt To Mother Of Soulja Boy's Child Keeps Growing Jackilyn Martinez won a defamation lawsuit against Blueface while he was in prison, stemming from his viral beef with Soulja Boy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 27, 2025
Music 21 Savage Reveals Release Date For "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS?" 21 Savage has laid lower than usual this year, but to close out 2025, he's feeding hungry fans with a new album. By Zachary Horvath December 08, 2025
Music Tyler, The Creator Snaps At Fans Sharing Security Footage Of Him Online Tyler, The Creator values his privacy a lot, and this is one of various instances of him trying to set boundaries for the public. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2026
Music Kanye West Postpones Concert In Marseille And Offers Yet Another Apology For His Past Kanye West is looking to go on a world tour, but with numerous countries refusing to grant him entry, the artist is speaking out. By Alexander Cole April 15, 2026
Music J. Cole's Manager Ibrahim "Ib" Hamad Tells Hip-Hop Fans To Stop Being Critics There's a lot of conversation around J. Cole's new album and comparisons to other new LPs, which Ibrahim "Ib" Hamad wants to question. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 21, 2026
Music Police Share More Details On Lil Poppa's Death Since Lil Poppa's passing on Wednesday, we have learned a lot more about what caused the 25-year-old's death. By Zachary Horvath February 20, 2026
Music 50 Cent Congratulates Kendrick Lamar After Awkward Trevor Noah Joke During the ceremony, Trevor Noah joked about Kendrick Lamar's viral feud with Drake, and it didn't seem to go over so well. By Cole Blake February 02, 2026