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Music Maino Surprised By Shannon Sharpe Lawsuit After He Thought Podcaster Was Gay Maino found success in rap after prison with "Hi Hater." He is also known for his previous relationship with Lil Kim. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 03, 2025
Music Drake & Kendrick Lamar Fans Clash Over Who Claimed Victory During The Battle's Unforgettable Peak It's been one year since we got back-to-back-to-back diss tracks from Drake and Kendrick Lamar in just a several hour-long span. By Zachary Horvath 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 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 Diddy Reportedly Confirms He Rejected A Plea Deal From The Feds Diddy has tried to make some last-minute changes to his federal criminal trial before it begins next week, such as a gag order request. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Advises Drake To Push "Iceman" Back Amid Industry Struggles With the developments revolving around botting and YouTube/Billboard's disagreement, DJ Akademiks doesn't think Drake should drop yet. By Zachary Horvath December 18, 2025
Music Tory Lanez's Lawyer Appeals Sanctions For Deposition In Megan Thee Stallion's Defamation Case Megan Thee Stallion sued Milagro Gramz back in 2024 for allegedly spreading numerous falsehoods about her and Tory Lanez's shooting. By Cole Blake December 16, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Doubles Down On Beefing With Mona From "The Joe Budden Podcast" DJ Akademiks has been beefing with Mona Love ever since she criticized him on "The Joe Budden Podcast," earlier this month. By Cole Blake December 15, 2025
Music The Game Claims He Hung Up On Michael Jackson Over 50 Cent Beef Believe it or not, this is not the only time The Game has told this story. He last did so in 2019 with "HipHopDX." By Zachary Horvath December 11, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Exposes Maino's Worst Outfits As Beef Intensifies Maino was upset with DJ Akademiks for joking about Fabolous' fashion choices during a recent livestream. By Cole Blake December 08, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Shares Surprising Weight Loss Plans For Three-Month Prison Sentence Tekashi 6ix9ine reacted to his three-month prison sentence for probation violations after pleading with the judge about his stressful life. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 06, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Confused And Heated After Atlanta Hawks Skip “Swag Surf” Tradition Boosie Badazz is wondering if he did something wrong. By Tallie Spencer December 04, 2025