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Music Charleston White Claims DJ Akademiks Is The Reason Lil Durk Was Acquitted Charleston White is furious over Lil Durk's acquittal in his murder-for-hire case, accusing DJ Akademiks of opening the door for the verdict. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 12, 2026
Music Drake Premieres New Snippet And Gets Fans Excited For "FOMO" Whatever Drake is really cooking up with the mysterious "FOMO" announcement, it's clear he has more vault material he might share. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Extends An Olive Branch To Pusha T After Drake Diss After Pusha T's album leaked, DJ Akademiks offered up a reaction, and spoke on the rapper going after Drake again. By Alexander Cole September 22, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks & Adam22 Think Kendrick Lamar Ruined AZ Chike's Album Rollout Adam22 and DJ Akademiks seemed to theorize that Kendrick Lamar pulled his feature from AZ Chike's "No Rest For The Wicked." By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 20, 2026
Music Drake Just Hit Another Platinum Milestone With "ICEMAN" Drake released "ICEMAN" four months ago, and the project is still proving to be the most enduring of the year so far. By Alexander Cole September 08, 2026
Music 50 Cent Is Full Of Glee After Rick Ross' Shows Get Canceled Rick Ross and 50 Cent have spent a lot of time downplaying each other's successes and celebrating each other's failures in music and beyond. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 29, 2026
Music Akademiks Claims Kendrick Lamar Is “Lazy”: “He Starved His Fans” Akademiks reacts to news that Kendrick Lamar might appear on AZ Chike's upcoming album. By Aron A. September 07, 2026
Music Footage Emerges Of Lil Durk In Courtroom Before Not Guilty Verdict Was Read Lil Durk reportedly hung his head and began to cry when the court announced a jury acquitted him on all counts in his murder-for-hire case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 12, 2026
Music Lil Durk Accused of Hiring Actors To March Outside Courthouse During Closing Arguments Closing arguments in the Lil Durk trial are set to take place today, and some are accusing the artist and his team of paying actors. By Alexander Cole September 08, 2026
Music Machine Gun Kelly Speaks Out After Attending Lil Durk Trial Machine Gun Kelly was present for Day 1 of Lil Durk's trial in Los Angeles, and with the media weighing in, MGK has a response. By Alexander Cole August 26, 2026
Music NBA YoungBoy Mentioned In Alleged Lil Durk Texts As OTF Vonni Takes The Stand OTF Vonni is back on the stand today amid Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial, and a text was read that mentioned NBA YoungBoy. By Alexander Cole September 01, 2026
Music Bradford Cohen Predicts If Lil Durk's Charges Will Stick Bradford Cohen, who has represented many rappers in high-profile cases, spoke to DJ Akademiks about Lil Durk's murder-for-hire case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2026