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Music A$AP Rocky Gives DJ Akademiks His Flowers Despite Drake Beef Given the difference in views that A$AP Rocky and DJ Akademiks have with Drake, seeing this collab is a bit eyebrow-raising. By Zachary Horvath January 19, 2026
Music Rihanna Celebrates A$AP Rocky's "Don't Be Dumb" Landing At No. 1 On Billboard A$AP Rocky went through some first week sales turbulence with his highly anticipated album "Don't Be Dumb," but Rihanna doesn't care. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 25, 2026
Music Mother & Son Inspiration For 2Pac's "Brenda’s Got A Baby" Reunite After 3 Decades Author Jeff Pearlman helped orchestrate the reunion for his new book, "Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur." By Cole Blake October 27, 2025
Music Earl Sweatshirt Reportedly Dropping New Album "Live Laugh Love" Very Soon Earl Sweatshirt's rumored new album will allegedly include contributions from Vince Staples, Donald Glover, Bktherula, and many more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 16, 2025
Music Complex Drops Hip-Hop Media Rankings With Kai Cenat, DJ Akademiks & Joe Budden At The Top Complex's list also includes Anthony Fantano, PlaqueBoyMax, Nadeska Alexis, Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 24, 2025
Music Gracie Bon Re-iterates That Drake Did Nothing Illegal But Is Worried About Her Story Going Viral Gracie Bon, a Panamanian model, has been the talk of the town to kick the week off for her alleged fling with Drake. By Zachary Horvath November 03, 2025
Politics Nicki Minaj Wonders If She's Really "Canceled" For Donald Trump Support Nicki Minaj may have gotten lots of backlash for endorsing Donald Trump, but she continues to succeed as one of hip-hop's biggest superstars. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 20, 2026
Music Nas Confirms Long-Awaited DJ Premier Album Is Finally Finished: “A Long Time Coming” Nas has confirmed that his long-awaited joint album with DJ Premier is finally complete. By Tallie Spencer October 09, 2025
Music Boldy James Explains Why Amanda Seales Thinks He Owes Her Money Amanda Seales had previously called Boldy James out during her interview with Shannon Sharpe from April of last year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 04, 2025
Music Blueface Admits Cardi B’s Dance Moves Nearly Made Him Forget His Own Song Blueface recently surprised Cardi B fans with an appearance at her Los Angeles "Little Miss Drama" tour stop. By Caroline Fisher February 17, 2026
Music Lil Baby Fashooo Admits To The Aftermath Of His $10 Million Miami Airbnb Rental From Influencer Gabriel Reck Lil Baby original WHAM Tour line-up included BigXThaPlug and NLE Choppa. BigX would exit the world tour following a leg injury. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 28, 2025
Music JID Announces "GDLU PRELUXE" Project And It's Release Date Is Sooner Than You May Think In addition to the mixtape announcement, JID also put out a new song and music video titled, "32 (Freestyle)." By Cole Blake July 01, 2025