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Music Maino Goes Off On DJ Akademiks For Fabolous Comments While Likening Him To "A Jar Of Relish" Maino is passionately defending Fabolous after DJ Akademiks made fun of how the rapper dresses compared to his age. By Zachary Horvath December 04, 2025
Relationships Marc Lamont Hill Snaps On Joe Budden Over Megan Thee Stallion & Klay Thompson Megan Thee Stallion accused Klay Thompson of cheating on her in a breakup post on Instagram, last weekend. By Cole Blake April 29, 2026
Pop Culture Travis Scott's Ex-Manager Accuses Rapper Of Leaving Him For Dead Shane Morris says he has shared this story multiple times before. He also alleged that he helped "artificially" inflate Scott's Soundcloud numbers. By Erika Marie November 08, 2021
Music Offset Brushes Off Disappointing “Haunted By Fame” Debut Offset's new project "Haunted By Fame" didn't chart on this week's Billboard Hot 100, and sold less than 8K units. By Caroline Fisher November 12, 2025
Music Joe Budden Gets Hilarious Response After Asking If Drake Will Diss Him On "ICEMAN" Drake's "ICEMAN" drops on Friday, and with the album closer than ever, Joe Budden wants to know if he's catching strays. By Alexander Cole May 11, 2026
Music LL Cool J Questions Rap Legacies In Upcoming Documentary "Hip Hop Was Born Here" LL Cool J is one of hip hop's first superstars. He was selling out arenas by the time he was in High School. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 29, 2025
Music Hitmaka Talks "Privileged" Upbringing & Not Wanting To Be A Rapper Again He also joked about his Verzuz moment that was encouraged by Ray J and a little bit of Casamigos. By Erika Marie September 12, 2022
Music Cardi B Reportedly Sues Tasha K's Husband For Allegedly Hiding Her Assets This is part of Cardi B's ongoing pursuit of a million-dollar defamation judgement in her favor against Tasha K. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 23, 2026
Music d4vd Cooperating With Police After Decomposing Corpse Was Found In His Tesla The LAPD responded to a call on Monday about a foul odor coming from the front trunk of a Tesla that was found under d4vd's name. By Zachary Horvath September 09, 2025
Music Cardi B Delays "Pretty & Petty" Video Because She Doesn't Want To "Bully" BIA On Her Release Day Cardi B reignited her issues with BIA on "AM I THE DRAMA?" with the brutal diss track "Pretty & Petty." But she's laying off, for now. By Zachary Horvath October 10, 2025
Music Benzino Accuses Fat Joe Of Helping Tank The Ratings Of BET Hip-Hop Awards Benzino took to Instagram Live to throw some shade at Fat Joe for his perceived role in helping tank the ratings of the BET Hip-Hop Awards. By Devin Morton August 10, 2025
Music Chris Brown Excitedly Teases Brand New Banger With Sexyy Red Chris Brown presumably previewed this new Sexyy Red collab after one of his "Breezy Bowl XX" world tour concerts. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 29, 2025