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Music DJ Akademiks Claims Kendrick Lamar "Killed" Hip-Hop & Drake Beef Froze The Industry DJ Akademiks has shown unwavering support to Drake in the Kendrick Lamar beef. Big Ak claims "Family Matters" is the best diss song. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 03, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Predicts If Kendrick Lamar Will Topple Drake's Highest-Grossing Rap Tour Record DJ Akademiks' Kendrick Lamar and SZA prediction concerns Drake's "It's All A Blur" tour with 21 Savage, which reportedly grossed $320 million. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2025
Music Kanye West Tells Top5 He Can Open For Him In Korea Kanye West has been getting closer to Top5 recently, and even gifted him a swastika chain earlier this week. By Caroline Fisher May 02, 2025
Music Lil Wayne Details His Own Hip-Hop Football Team With An Icon At Quarterback Lil Wayne claim to become the best rapper alive included battling Jay-Z, 50 Cent, and Eminem on the Billboard Charts. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 02, 2025
Music Sexyy Red's Dubai Adventures Leads To Upsetting A Lion Sexyy Red and friends visited Dubai last month. The vacation includes nights of hottest nightclubs and gorgeous views. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 01, 2025
Music Misa Hylton & Vado Hit Mary J Blige With Massive $5 Million Lawsuit Misa Hylton has accused Mary J Blige of keeping Vado in “economic servitude" by allegedly refusing to release his album. By Cole Blake April 29, 2025
Music Travis Scott Hints At "Jackboys 2" Release Date With Birthday Tribute For His Mom Travis Scott will be celebrating his 34th birthday on April 30th and may have new music in store for fans. By Cole Blake April 28, 2025
Music Lil Durk Leaves DJ Akademiks Stunned With Unforeseen Phone Call From Behind Bars DJ Akademiks has previously interviewed Lil Durk and extensively covered the rapper's murder-for-hire allegations. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 28, 2025
Music Mariah The Scientist Confirms Young Thug's Release Date For New Album "UY SCUTI" Young Thug just dropped "Money On Money" with Future, his first single since his prison release. The new album "UY SCUTI" isn't far behind. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 27, 2025
Music Kanye West Admits He Wishes He Was Friends With 50 Cent While Listing His Favorite Artists Despite the new message, Kanye West recently trolled 50 Cent in a post about the release of his iconic album, "Graduation." By Cole Blake April 27, 2025
Music Young Thug Sees Solid Streaming Debut For Future-Assisted "Money On Money" Seeing Young Thug back in musical action with his lead single for "UY Scuti" was a feel-good moment and it looks like fans are hyped too. By Zachary Horvath April 26, 2025
Music Kanye West Drops “Vulture 3” Update, It’s Not Coming Because Of Ty Dolla $ign Kanye West claims Ty Dolla $ign announced he didn’t condone any hate speech on social media while they were on the plane together. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 26, 2025