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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 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
Music J. Cole Reveals The Release Date For "The Fall Off" With Gorgeous Teaser Trailer J. Cole has been teasing "The Fall Off" for years, and today, the artist came through with the album's official release date. By Alexander Cole January 14, 2026
Music The Game Calls Current Hip-Hop "Trash" And Claims He's One Of The Best MCs The Game was supposed to drop his first ever "Gangsta Grillz" mixtape this week, but it seems like it's still in the oven. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 28, 2025
Music Drake Allegedly Turns Down Yearly Multi-Million Dollar Rolling Loud Offers Fans have been clamoring for Drake to hit the Rolling Loud stage at least once, but according to its co-founder, he just won't budge. By Zachary Horvath November 17, 2025
Music Mike Dean Seemingly Reacts To Kanye West & Travis Scott's Japan Reunion Rumors have flown around for months now that Mike Dean is beefing with both Travis Scott and Kanye West... Is there any merit to them? By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 08, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Commends Kanye West For Seeking Forgiveness From Jewish Community This week, Kanye West met with prominent rabbi, Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, to express how sorry he feels for his past acts towards the Jews. By Zachary Horvath November 07, 2025
Music Rich Homie Quan Dead At 34 RIP Rich Homie Quan. By Alexander Cole September 05, 2024
Music Asian Doll Goes Off On Toosii After His Viral Rant About Rappers' Girlfriends Becoming Famous Asian Doll is not happy with Toosii. By Cole Blake October 06, 2024
Music Bobby Shmurda Claims To Know The Origin Of Meek Mill's Gay Rumors Bobby has sympathy for Meek. By Elias Andrews October 04, 2024
Music EMPIRE Is Releasing A New XXXTENTACION & Juice WRLD Remix For Fortnite XXXTENTACION & Juice WRLD's "Whoa" was originally released on X's posthumous album SKINS. It is also featured on NBA 2K20. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 24, 2025
Music Nancy Grace Savagely Reacts To Diddy Accuser Mocking His Penis Size Diddy is being sued by a woman accusing him of sexual assault, who alleges that his penis was "the length and girth of a large Tootsie Roll." By Caroline Fisher May 23, 2025