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Music DJ Akademiks Reacts To TDE's Punch Breaking Down The Kendrick Lamar & Drake Battle DJ Akademiks gave Punch some props and critiques, but most importantly defended his influence on the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 19, 2025
Music Joe Budden & Elliott Wilson Confront Each Other About The Dissolution Of "Rap Radar" Brian "B.Dot" Miller said Joe Budden influenced Elliott Wilson's turn to more antagonistic perspectives, and assessed their relationship. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Music Will Smith's New Album Struggles To Land On Any Billboard Charts Amid Dismal Sales Will Smith's new album, "Based On A True Story," will be his first project to fail to chart on the Billboard 200. By Cole Blake April 16, 2025
Music Sean Kingston Lands In Jail After Failing To Produce $100k For Bond Sean Kingston and his mother were found guilty on multiple counts of wire fraud in the highly publicized trial. By Cole Blake April 15, 2025
Music Five Things We Want From Drake's Next Solo Album Everyone knows Drake's next solo album will be a massive event. The question is this: will it coast off legacy or change his career's course? By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 15, 2025
Pop Culture Coi Leray Excitedly Reveals The Gender Of Her & Trippie Redd's Child Coi Leray has had to deal with a lot of noise thanks to Trippie Redd's alleged infidelity, but she's not letting that ruin her motherhood. By Zachary Horvath April 14, 2025
Music Diddy’s Proposed Questionnaire Indicates Jury Could Be Shown Alleged “Freak Off” Tapes Diddy is currently behind bars at the MDC in Brooklyn awaiting his trial, which is scheduled to begin next month. By Caroline Fisher April 13, 2025
Music Soulja Boy Compares Himself To Diddy & Jay-Z After Sexual Battery Accuser Is Awarded $4 Million Soulja Boy was recently found liable for assault, sexual battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. By Caroline Fisher April 12, 2025
Streetwear Snoop Dogg Reacts To 21 Savage's New Hairstyle Emulating The West Coast Legend While Snoop Dogg and 21 Savage have never battled in the booth, they did get sweaty with the sticks in a Mortal Kombat tourney way back. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 10, 2025
Music Kanye West Doubles Down On Swastika Shirt Amidst Twitter Return The rapper isn't slowing down. By Elias Andrews February 17, 2025
Music HoneyKomb Brazy Receives Sentence Over Firearm Possession Case The Cash Money Records signee has learned his fate. By Zachary Horvath February 17, 2025
Music T-Pain Back-Handedly Praises Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR's New Album Is T-Pain being condescending or is this no shade at all? By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 17, 2025