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Music Dave Free Allegedly Complained To DJ Akademiks About Drake Spreading Paternity Rumors DJ Akademiks went off on TDE on X (formerly Twitter), sharing insight into several behind the scenes conversations. By Cole Blake July 17, 2025
Music "Nipsey Hussle Square" Unveiled In His Honor At Los Angeles Intersection Nipsey Hussle's brother and wife, Blacc Sam and Lauren London, spoke at the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Slauson Avenue. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 01, 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
Music Juelz Santana Claims Kids Don’t Need To Learn To Read During a recent podcast appearance, Juelz Santana shared his controversial take on education, raising eyebrows in the process. By Caroline Fisher November 26, 2025
Music Kodak Black Shouts Out Drake On New Album After Recent Song Leak Kodak Black's reflection on his friendship with Drake on the track "All Love" joins other recent hints at a collaboration cooking up. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 01, 2025
Viral DDG's Friendly Interaction With A Woman On Stream Leads To Racial Slur Controversy It seems like DDG and the woman are fine, so this was something going out of proportion. Still, it was a risky and worrisome insinuation. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2025
Music Kanye West Calls Playboi Carti "A Dumber Version Of Virgil" As His Relentless Verbal Assault Continues Playboi Carti finally stepping up to Kanye West got him hit with more disrespectful tweets as the latter continues to spiral. By Zachary Horvath March 19, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Enters Rare Taylor Swift Territory With "MUSIC" Streaming Debut Playboi Carti was always going to perform well with fans, but his latest album has broken through in a way few predicted. By Elias Andrews March 18, 2025
Music Kanye West Claims He Hates Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" In Vicious Rant Kanye West did not want the attention to stray from him for too long, and decided to target both Playboi Carti and K. Dot's biggest single. By Elias Andrews March 18, 2025
Music Tekashi 6ix9ine Rocks Arena Concert On House Arrest: "I'm Impossible To Stop" 6ix9ine makes a surprise appearance while on house arrest. The fans go crazy. By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 16, 2025
Music Top5 Praises Drake After Getting Released From Jail Top5 was arrested in connection to a firearm investigation last month. By Caroline Fisher February 15, 2025
Music 2 Chainz Weighs In On Kendrick Lamar Using His Name To Diss Drake On “Not Like Us” 2 Chainz shared his take on Kendrick Lamar's hit diss track on "The Breakfast Club." By Caroline Fisher February 12, 2025