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Music DJ Akademiks Warns Maino That He's Dealing With The "Drake & Jay-Z" Of The Talking Realm Maino responded to DJ Akademiks' comments about his podcast co-host Fabolous and now it seems we are in for a back-and-forth roast session. By Zachary Horvath December 05, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Named Apple Music’s Most-Streamed Rap Song Of 2025 Kendrick Lamar's hit Drake diss track, "Not Like Us," has earned him yet another impressive streaming title. By Caroline Fisher December 02, 2025
Music Benny The Butcher Returns Fire At Freddie Gibbs By Mocking Robbery Freddie Gibbs and Benny The Butcher allegedly had a chance to talk things out at an airport recently, but their beef remains maniacally petty. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 02, 2025
Music B.G. Reveals Why Lil Wayne Wasn't At Cash Money & No Limit "Verzuz" Considering the drama between Turk, Birdman, and Cash Money right now, B.G. cleared the air around Lil Wayne's recent "Verzuz" absence. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 31, 2025
Music Diddy Desperately Trying To Speed Up His Appeal As Prison Sentence Looms Diddy's legal team revealed they were going to appeal the prison sentence ruling a day after he learned his fate. By Zachary Horvath October 30, 2025
Sneakers Yeat’s Nike Air Max Goadome Brings Luxury Vibes To Rugged Silhouette Yeat x Nike Air Max Goadome transforms Nike’s classic boot into a luxury-grade statement piece, dropping exclusively at ComplexCon. By Ben Atkinson October 23, 2025
Music Gucci Mane Was "Embarrassed" By Rant Calling Out Drake, Nicki Minaj, And Rick Ross Gucci Mane went a on a furious X (then Twitter) rant in 2013 where he called out Drake, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross and plenty others. By Zachary Horvath October 20, 2025
Music Benzino Compares Eminem To Adin Ross While Trashing Ross' Doechii Jabs Benzino clearly still wants all the smoke with Eminem, even if he has nothing to do with Adin Ross' controversial criticisms of Doechii. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music Bad Bunny Hit With $16 Million Lawsuit Over Allegedly Stolen Vocal Sample Bad Bunny received a similar lawsuit in 2023 from his ex girlfriend, alleging that he and his team used her vocals without permission. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music NBA YoungBoy Demanded $2 Million From 6ix9ine For A Feature During a recent livestream, DJ Akademiks recalled 6ix9ine's attempt to collaborate with NBA YoungBoy, revealing it didn't go as planned. By Caroline Fisher January 07, 2026
Music YNW Melly's Lawyers Seek To Hide Murder Charges From Witness Tampering Case YNW Melly will soon face trial on charges of allegedly pressuring a witness to drop their testimony in his 2023 double murder mistrial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 04, 2026
Music Drake Proclaims It's "ICEMAN Season" Ahead Of Highly Anticipated 2026 Album Although many Drake fans hoped his new album "ICEMAN" would drop in 2025, they're also confident that more time in the oven will be worth it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 01, 2026