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Music Drake & Kendrick Lamar Fans Clash Over Who Claimed Victory During The Battle's Unforgettable Peak It's been one year since we got back-to-back-to-back diss tracks from Drake and Kendrick Lamar in just a several hour-long span. By Zachary Horvath May 03, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Believes This Kendrick Lamar Song Was The Worst In The Drake Battle "By A Mile" While DJ Akademiks and all Kendrick Lamar and Drake fans have their preferred disses, each record boasts big pros and cons as battle cuts. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2025
Music Diddy’s Team Could Benefit From Lack Of Celebrity Sex Tapes & Minors Involved In Trafficking Case Diddy's long-awaited sex trafficking trial is just around the corner, and if convicted, he could face a hefty sentence. By Caroline Fisher May 03, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Predicts If Kendrick Lamar Will Topple Drake's Highest-Grossing Rap Tour Record DJ Akademiks' Kendrick Lamar and SZA prediction concerns Drake's "It's All A Blur" tour with 21 Savage, which reportedly grossed $320 million. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2025
Music Soulja Boy Randomly Calls Out Drake Again And Fans Have No Idea Why Drake hasn't ever really responded to Soulja Boy's constant attacks, but for some reason, Soulja's still cranking out rants. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2025
Music Kanye West Tells Top5 He Can Open For Him In Korea Kanye West has been getting closer to Top5 recently, and even gifted him a swastika chain earlier this week. By Caroline Fisher May 02, 2025
Music Jim Jones Finally Responds To Kanye West And Claims Ye Backed Down From A Fight Just a few months ago, Kanye West and Jim Jones were working on The Game's "The Documentary 3," but 2025 had different plans for them. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2025
Music Kanye West Wants To Focus All His Energy On Supporting Drake's UMG Lawsuit During a recent rant on Sneako's livestream, Kanye West praised Drake's "red pill" move and used it as fuel for his legal pursuit of his kids. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2025
Music Lil Wayne Details His Own Hip-Hop Football Team With An Icon At Quarterback Lil Wayne claim to become the best rapper alive included battling Jay-Z, 50 Cent, and Eminem on the Billboard Charts. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 02, 2025
Music Sexyy Red's Dubai Adventures Leads To Upsetting A Lion Sexyy Red and friends visited Dubai last month. The vacation includes nights of hottest nightclubs and gorgeous views. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 01, 2025
Music Tiny Harris Recalls Biggie Smalls Apologizing For Xscape Diss Line In "Just Playin (Dreams)" Xscape were among a laundry list of R&B singers that The Notorious B.I.G. raps about messing with on Ready To Die. Another was Mariah Carey. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 01, 2025
Music Mase Wonders If He Should Go To Diddy’s Sex Trafficking Trial According to Mase, multiple people have reached out to him already about his possible appearance at Diddy's trial. By Caroline Fisher May 01, 2025