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Music DJ Akademiks Blasts Rap Media For “Protecting” Jay-Z After Epstein Files Drop During a recent livestream, DJ Akademiks raised some serious questions about Jay-Z's past and why it hasn't faced more scrutiny. By Caroline Fisher February 04, 2026
Music D4vd's Rental Home Reportedly Had A Large Freezer That Could Fit A Body Celeste Rivas' dismembered body was found in the trunk of a car belonging to D4vd back in September and police are still investigating. By Cole Blake November 24, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Weighs In On 21 Savage's "F*ck The Streets" Campaign 21 Savage originally said "f*ck the streets" while reaching out to Young Thug and Gunna on social media, last month. By Cole Blake January 20, 2026
Music Kyrie Irving Shows Love To LaRussell By Purchasing His Album For $11,000 LaRussell set a big goal for himself to sell 100,000 copies of his upcoming album independently, and multiple celebs have been chipping in. By Zachary Horvath January 09, 2026
Music Drake Suggests "Dog House" With Yeat & Julia Wolf Is Dropping Tonight This was one of a few tracks that Drake teased during his third "Iceman" livestream recently alongside two of his newest collaborators. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 08, 2025
Music Akon Shuts Down Reports That “Akon City” Plans Have Been Scrapped Recently, it was reported that the Senegalese government abandoned Akon's proposal for a futuristic, crypto-powered city. By Caroline Fisher July 16, 2025
Music Charlamagne Tha God Doubles Down After Criticizing Meek Mill’s Career During a recent episode of his podcast, Charlamagne Tha God claimed that Meek Mill never fully recovered from his feud with Drake. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2026
Music Nas Reveals Mobb Deep's Posthumous Album Is Dropping Soon Nas has been doing God's work this year, helping distribute some icons' albums as part of his "Legend Has It..." series. By Zachary Horvath September 09, 2025
Music 50 Cent Receives Frustrating Update In His G-Unit Books Lawsuit Against Ex 50 Cent is still battling his longtime, former partner Shaniqua Tompkins in court over life rights tied to a G-Unit Books agreement. By Zachary Horvath March 06, 2026
Music Adin Ross Claims Drake's Previewed "Iceman" Songs Aren't On Final Tracklist Drake has officially released two singles from "Iceman" so far and teased many more beats, verses, and full tracks via his livestreams. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 06, 2025
Music Tony Yayo Says He Would Go Crazy If He Had 50 Cent’s Work Ethic Tony Yayo and 50 Cent grew up together in Southside Jamaica Queens. They hustled together before forming G-Unit. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 14, 2025
Music Justin Bieber Parties With Gunna, Lil B, IShowSpeed & More At "SWAG" Listening Event Def Jam and Justin Bieber sent out emails last week that "SWAG" is the most listened to album in the world. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 27, 2025