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Music F1lthy Wants To Box DJ Akademiks After Controversial Coverage Of Playboi Carti's New Album "MUSIC" DJ Akademiks admitted that he didn't know who F1lthy was while responding to his comments on Playboi Carti's new album "MUSIC." By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 15, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's "GNX" Reclaims Number One Spot By Narrowly Outselling Drake Kendrick Lamar backed up his claims of being the best of the "Big Three" on wax, and he did it again with album sales. By Elias Andrews March 10, 2025
Music Bhad Bhabie Kidnaps Alabama Barker Lookalike In Teaser For Latest Diss Bhad Bhabie doesn't play when it comes to her daughter, and she decided to turn up the heat against Alabama Barker. By Elias Andrews March 07, 2025
Music Drake Reveals The Original Tracklist For "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U" With PARTYNEXTDOOR Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR's "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U" remains a top five album on the Billboard 200 albums chart in its second week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 07, 2025
Music D’wayne Wiggins' Family Provides A Firm Update On His Health As Rumors Run Rampant D’wayne Wiggins was best-known for his work as a founding member of the group, Tony! Toni! Toné! By Cole Blake March 05, 2025
Music Busta Rhymes Settles Assault Lawsuit With Ex-Assistant Busta Rhymes was sued by his ex-assistant last August after the rapper turned himself in when the alleged incident occurred in January 2025. By Zachary Horvath April 30, 2026
TV DJ Akademiks Responds After Joe Budden Gets Accused Of Taking Money From Kendrick Lamar Following some allegations from Daylyt pointed at Joe Budden, there is now a debate about the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef. By Alexander Cole April 23, 2026
Music What Happened To FBG Casino? Everything You Need To Know About The Massive Fentanyl Bust FBG Casino is currently in federal custody after a massive drug bust in Georgia where authorities reportedly discovered 21 kilograms of fentanyl. By Aron A. November 26, 2025
Music Kanye West Reportedly Apologizing To Jewish Collaborators For Past Antisemitism Recently, Kanye West decided to turn over a new leaf, meeting with Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto and expressing remorse for his behavior. By Caroline Fisher November 13, 2025
Music Travis Scott Shockingly Brings Out Kanye West At Japan Show After Beef Kanye West previously blasted Travis Scott for allegedly taking him off of his "UTOPIA" album for no reason in 2023. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 08, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Exposes DMs With Lil Durk, Calls Him A "Fake Muslim," And Disses DThang 6ix9ine does not like Lil Durk, and while speaking with Trap Lore Ross, Tekashi decided to expose some old DMs. By Alexander Cole November 05, 2025
Music Turk Hit With $12 Million Lawsuit For Allegedly Sabotaging Cash Money Tour Turk previously accused the Cash Money 30th anniversary tour's agency and promoters of unrightfully booting him from the trek. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 31, 2025