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Music DJ Akademiks Wishes Death On Lil Baby’s Family, Claims Next Album Will Be “Garbage” Lil Baby has yet to respond to DJ Akademiks, who has been trashing him all over social media since Sunday night. By Cole Blake January 26, 2026
Music J. Cole Trademarked “The Fall-Off” Months Before Album Announcement J. Cole's long-awaited seventh studio album, "The Fall-Off," is slated for release on February 6 of this year. By Caroline Fisher January 20, 2026
Music Ty Dolla $ign Settles "Vultures" Sample Lawsuit As Case Continues Against Kanye West Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign teamed up for two "Vultures" albums in 2024, although the status of the their third project remains unclear. By Cole Blake July 30, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Announces He's Dropping An Album On July 4th NBA YoungBoy has been in high demand ever since getting out and being pardoned by Donald Trump in late May and now, he's fully delivering. By Zachary Horvath June 16, 2025
Music 50 Cent's Oldest Son Marquise Jackson Trolls Him On Father's Day While some fans found this funny, others lamented the strained relationship between 50 Cent and his first son Marquise Jackson. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 15, 2025
Music Tony Buzbee Rips Jay-Z's Legal Strategy Apart After Hov's Motion To Dismiss Sexual Assault Suit These two continue to battle over what grounds their legal dispute will stand on. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 02, 2025
Music Kodak Black Claims He’ll Never Sign Another Artist During Heated Rant Recently, Kodak Black hopped online to vent about some of the issues he's run into since launching his Sniper Gang label. By Caroline Fisher July 23, 2025
Original Content Tyler, The Creator Sees What The Algorithm Did To Joy In Hip Hop Tyler, The Creator wants us to think about what we’ve traded away now that being watched comes before feeling free in the places where we go to move. By Erika Marie July 24, 2025
Music Fakemink Addresses Rumor He Got “Freaky” With Frank Ocean Frank Ocean and Fakemink recently go together for lunch in London, leading to all kinds of theories from social media users. By Caroline Fisher September 09, 2025
Music GloRilla Seemingly Responds After Young Thug’s Disrespectful Jail Call Leaks Online Young Thug's alleged leaked GloRilla shade follows other alleged call leaks trash-talking the Migos, Gucci Mane, Kendrick Lamar, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 04, 2025
Music Lil Uzi Vert Leaves Fans Intrigued After Posting And Deleting Two Off-The-Wall Freestyles These out-of-the-blue freestyles are remixes to 2024 songs from underground rappers Babyxsosa and SlimeGetEem. By Zachary Horvath March 03, 2025
Music Unforgettable Rappers Signed To Death Row Records It's one of the most infamous labels in Hip Hop, and we're taking a look at Death Row's most iconic stars. By Michael Lusigi March 27, 2023