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Music DJ Akademiks Appears To Respond To Megan Thee Stallion's Claim That He's A Paid Bot Megan Thee Stallion recently went on a rant about her haters being paid bots, and it seems like DJ Akademiks took exception. By Alexander Cole October 28, 2025
Pop Culture Nick Cannon Struggles To Remember All 12 Of His Kids' Names Nick Cannon has a total of 12 children that he's welcomed with several different women from over the years. By Cole Blake June 23, 2025
Music Carl Crawford Admits He Paid For Erica Banks’ First BBL In Resurfaced Interview According to 1501 Certified Entertainment CEO Carl Crawford, Erica Banks' first BBL gave her a huge confidence boost. By Caroline Fisher July 31, 2025
Music 50 Cent Clowns Kanye West Over “Cousins” Debate With Cam’ron According to Cam'ron, Kanye West had a fiery response to him admitting that he'll likely never interview him. By Caroline Fisher April 17, 2026
Music Finesse2Tymes Laughs Off Offset Wanting To Fight Him Finesse2Tymes has been trading shots on social media with Offset since the Migos rapper took issue with his comments on Cardi B. By Cole Blake January 26, 2026
Pop Culture Britney Spears Suffers Wardrobe Malfunction In Cabo Britney danced a little too hard while in Mexico. By Ben Mock September 07, 2023
Music A$AP Rocky's Signed "Don't Be Dumb" Vinyls Are Reselling For A Huge Markup Online A$AP Rocky announced the release of some special edition vinyl yesterday and not much time elapsed before they sold out. By Zachary Horvath December 23, 2025
Music Young Thug Attends Metro Boomin's Sexual Assault Trial To Support His "Longtime Friend" Vanessa LeMaistre brought the lawsuit against Metro Boomin, accusing him of taking advantage of her back in 2016. By Cole Blake September 24, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Issues Warning To Unnamed Rapper While Denouncing Beefs NBA YoungBoy is wrapped up in a lot of beefs, but it seems he wants to improve his life and remove all negativity. By Zachary Horvath February 13, 2026
Music Anthony Fantano Comes Clean About Drake “ICEMAN” Hoax Last week, Anthony Fantano took to TikTok to claim that Drake's long-awaited ninth studio album was imminent. By Caroline Fisher April 22, 2026
Music Drake Lands Nine Songs In The Top 10 And Smashes Morgan Wallen's Record Drake continues his chart dominance with the release of "ICEMAN," and he is breaking some impressive records in the process. By Alexander Cole May 26, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Believes NBA YoungBoy's Label Is Hindering Him DJ Akademiks' comments about NBA YoungBoy center around the commercial performance of his new album "MASA." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 08, 2025