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Music Lil Durk's Mom Offers Heartbreaking Admission About Durk And D-Thang Lil Durk's mom, LaShawnda Woodard, recently spoke with Amber Grimes about her life, and parenting her children. By Alexander Cole September 14, 2026
Music Trap Lore Ross Checked By Akademiks After Calling 21 Savage A Snake Trap Lore Ross and DJ Akademiks sat down for a conversation about the Lil Durk trial, where Ross had some comments about 21 Savage. By Alexander Cole September 09, 2026
TV JAŸ-Z & Rick Rubin’s HBO Max Docuseries Lands A Release Date A new trailer for HBO Max’s “JAŸ-Z in 8” has arrived. By Aron A. August 26, 2026
TV Blueface Cops $2.2 Million Home Amid Streaming Boom Blueface is currently experiencing a resurgence in popularity thanks to the streaming game, and now, he is celebrating that success. By Alexander Cole September 03, 2026
Music Drake Takes Some Pointed Shots At His Rivals During "FOMO" Livestream Drake made sure to take some shots at his rivals on Tuesday night, as his "FOMO" stream was finally premiered. By Alexander Cole September 16, 2026
Music Kanye West Brings Big Sean, 2 Chainz, Twista & Future Out In Chicago Kanye West brought out Big Sean, Big Sean, 2 Chainz, Twista and Future during his Chicago concert. By Aron A. September 04, 2026
Music Lil Durk Will Remain In Custody After Not Guilty Murder-For-Hire Verdict Lil Durk still faces another trial for racketeering-related charges that were previously severed from his murder-for-hire case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 12, 2026
Music Tay Keith Reportedly Died From An Overdose Tay Keith's cause of death has officially been revealed by an autopsy conducted by the Nashville Medical Examiner's Office. By Alexander Cole September 17, 2026
Music Jury In Lil Durk Trial Shown "Slide For King Von" Messages On Social Media Other updates on the Lil Durk trial include Brian Steel's cross-examination of OTF Jam, whose testimony held a lot of importance this week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 29, 2026
Music Boosie Badazz Slams OTF Jam's Testimony In Lil Durk's Trial While Boosie Badazz is very critical of the Lil Durk trial's witness, others like Charleston White have a bit more grace for OTF Jam. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 30, 2026
Music 6ix9ine Reacts To Lil Durk Verdict After Trolling Him Mercilessly During Trial 6ix9ine and Lil Durk have had beef for years and years now, which came to a head during Durk's murder-for-hire trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 12, 2026
Music Young Thug Clarifies Role In Securing Brian Steel For Lil Durk's Trial Young Thug is speaking out after a report suggested that he was not financially contributing to Lil Durk's legal defense. By Alexander Cole September 02, 2026