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Music DJ Akademiks Has A Conspiracy Theory About The Hate Quavo Is Receiving Quavo and his new album have been receiving a ton of hate recently, and DJ Akademiks believes there is something behind it. By Alexander Cole October 13, 2026
Music Gucci Mane Announces New Album 'Against All Odds' The latest Gucci Mane project arrives Friday, with "Against All Odds" continuing his habit of keeping October busy. By Erika Marie October 12, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Goes Off On Meek Mill For Saying "People Are Losing Themselves Mentally" With Meek Mill questioning the mental health of people these days, DJ Akademiks had to weigh in with his own thoughts. By Alexander Cole October 10, 2026
Music French Montana Faces Heat For Refusing To Pay At ComplexCon The internet had questions after French Montana told a ComplexCon vendor, “We not paying,” and put a $250,000 value on his co-sign. By Erika Marie October 09, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Calls Kendrick Lamar A "Mood Killer" Due To Drake & Playboi Carti Collab DJ Akademiks claims Kendrick Lamar's influence on Playboi Carti's "MUSIC" led to a Carti and Drake collab getting scrapped from the tracklist. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 09, 2026
Music Lil Wayne Reveals His First Choice To Sing At His Wedding Wedding plans are taking shape, and Wayne already knows which R&B legend he would love to have onstage for the big day. By Erika Marie October 08, 2026
Music Dame Dash Claims JAŸ-Z Cut Him Off To Build His Image As A Mogul Dame Dash discusses one of the final conversations he had with JAŸ-Z. By Aron A. October 08, 2026
Music Hit-Boy Recalls Surprising Text From Kendrick Lamar The Day "Not Like Us" Dropped This text message from Kendrick Lamar is when Hit-Boy really knew that the Drake battle was "light work" for the Compton lyricist. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 19, 2025
Pop Culture Drake To Link Up With IShowSpeed For Highly Requested Toronto Stream Drake and IShowSpeed's past interactions have been nothing short of ridiculous and hilarious, so fans can't wait for their upcoming collab. By Caroline Fisher September 19, 2025
Music DaBaby Ripped Apart Online After Recreating Iryna Zarutska's Death In New Music Video DaBaby ended the music video by sharing a GoFundMe for the family of the victim, Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska. By Cole Blake September 17, 2025
Music Max B Confirms His Prison Release Is Imminent In 2016, Max B took a 20-year plea bargain for aggravated manslaughter after previously being sentenced to 75 years. By Caroline Fisher September 16, 2025
Music Dame Dash Claims He's Revolt's Chairman Despite Loren LoRosa Confirming Otherwise Dame Dash went off on Charlamagne Tha God and "The Breakfast Club" earlier today during a heated interview. By Zachary Horvath September 16, 2025