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Music Cardi B Reacts To Viral Video Of Her Allegedly Getting Beat Up Cardi B is always clapping back at haters online, so her reaction to this alleged viral video should come as no surprise. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 02, 2026
Music Did JID Diss J. Cole? Dreamville Rapper Lashes Out At Label Boss & BET Awards In Deleted Tweets JID seemingly had some words for BET and J. Cole is a pair of since-deleted tweets. By Aron A. May 20, 2026
Music NBA YoungBoy's Chicago Show Canceled Amid Rampant Security Concerns NBA YoungBoy was slated to perform at the United Center in Chicago on Wednesday, September 24th, but that appears to be dead in the water. By Alexander Cole September 23, 2025
Music The Game Responds After Being Exposed For Using Same Pick-up Line On Multiple Women The Game is still trying to find love and making things worse is that his go-to pick-up line isn't working. By Zachary Horvath March 20, 2026
Music Lil Durk Verdict: DJ Akademiks Gives His Prediction As Jury Deliberates Lil Durk is currently on verdict watch for his murder-for-hire trial, and DJ Akademiks has offered a prediction of what will happen. By Alexander Cole September 09, 2026
Music JAŸ-Z Teams Up With Rick Rubin For Eight-Part Docuseries, "JAŸ-Z In 8" JAŸ-Z and Rick Rubin are sitting down for an eight-part series about the life of one of hip-hop's most important artists. By Alexander Cole June 25, 2026
Music Fetty Wap Looks Unbothered In New Prison Photo Fetty Wap was sentenced to a six-year prison sentence for drug trafficking in 2023, and is expected to be out in January of 2027. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 29, 2025
Music 50 Cent Reacts To Pooh Shiesty & His Father’s Arrest After FBI Raid Earlier this week, Pooh Shiesty and his father were both arrested following a raid of the rapper's Tennessee home. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2026
Music Elliott Wilson Reveals Old Kendrick Lamar Leak Was Supposed To Feature Drake Kendrick Lamar and Drake are now lifelong enemies, although once upon a time, they were making music together. By Alexander Cole August 27, 2026
Music Pooh Shiesty Responds To Drake's Claim That They Might Be Cousins Drake and BenDaDonnn were having an argument about Memphis during a recent livestream, and they wanted Pooh Shiesty to settle the score. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 25, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Believes Kendrick Lamar Is Suffering From "List Fatigue" DJ Akademiks reacted less than positively to Kendrick Lamar's slot on Consequence's top 20 vocalists list, arguing he's too lauded. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2026
Music What Time Is Drake Dropping "ICEMAN" Episode 4? Drake is looking to make a big splash on Thursday, and it appears as though he has set a time for "ICEMAN" Episode 4. By Alexander Cole May 14, 2026