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Music DJ Akademiks Passionately Argues That Drake Needs Hits On "ICEMAN" Recently, folks in Drake's circle have encouraged him to ditch the hits for more bar-heavy tracks, but DJ Akademiks completely disagrees. By Zachary Horvath April 03, 2026
Music Pooh Shiesty Fans React To His Arrest And Alleged Kidnapping Of Gucci Mane Pooh Shiesty's arrest has captured the attention of folks online and it's safe to say that most are shocked and a little disappointed. By Zachary Horvath April 02, 2026
Music DOJ Alleges Gucci Mane Was Kidnapped And Robbed By Pooh Shiesty And Big30 Pooh Shiesty was arrested on Wednesday in Dallas by the FBI with the reasoning being unknown. Now, we have a surplus of information as to why. By Zachary Horvath April 02, 2026
Music Patrick Beverley Allegedly Choked And Punched His Sister Before Arrest Police originally arrested Patrick Beverley on felony family assault charges, last Friday, after a dispute in Texas. By Cole Blake November 18, 2025
Music Kodak Black Labels Mellow Rackz & NBA YoungBoy His "Clones" Kodak Black previously took issue with NBA YoungBoy collaborating with Mellow Rackz on his album, "Make America Slime Again." By Cole Blake November 18, 2025
Music Celeste Rivas Case Still "Not Close" To An Arrest Celeste Rivas' body was discovered in the trunk of a Tesla registered to the singer, D4vd, back in September. By Cole Blake November 18, 2025
Music Max B Performs For Packed Crowd At Welcome Home Show Max B made his long-awaited return on November 9 and has not wasted anytime getting back into the groove music wise. By Zachary Horvath November 17, 2025
Music LiAngelo Ball's "Tweaker" Nabs RIAA Platinum Certification LiAngelo Ball, aka GELO, burst onto the music scene at the top of 2025 with "Tweaker," a track that would change his career trajectory. By Zachary Horvath November 17, 2025
Music Drake & UMG Have Scheduled Mediation Coming Up For Defamation Appeal Drake had his defamation lawsuit against his parent label, UMG, dismissed in early October. The Toronto rapper filed an appeal weeks later. By Zachary Horvath November 17, 2025
Music Prosecutors Urge The Court To Put Tekashi 6ix9ine Behind Bars Tekashi 6ix9ine will be returning to the courtroom for a sentencing hearing on Thursday after violating the terms of his supervised release. By Cole Blake November 17, 2025
Politics Nicki Minaj To Address Alleged Christian Persecution In Nigeria At The United Nations Nicki Minaj previously praised Donald Trump for speaking out about the topic in a post on social media, earlier this month. By Cole Blake November 17, 2025
Music Tekashi 6ix9ine's Mother Held At Gunpoint During Frightening Home Invasion Tekashi 6ix9ine was not home at the time of the break-in and was instead livestreaming with Jack Doherty. By Cole Blake November 17, 2025