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Music DJ Akademiks Claims Lil Wayne & NBA YoungBoy Nearly Performed At The Cash Money "Verzuz" Cash Money and No Limit faced off during the first "Verzuz" battle in years at ComplexCon over the weekend. By Cole Blake October 29, 2025
Music Drake, Adin Ross, & Stake Face Major Lawsuit Over Controversial Gambling Promotion Drake has been partnered with Stake for a number of years, often sharing his sports betting slips on social media. By Cole Blake October 28, 2025
Music Finesse2tymes Arrested In Dallas For Alleged Drug Possession Finesse2tymes has been charged with possession of controlled substances, tampering with evidence, and more. By Caroline Fisher October 21, 2025
Music Jill Scott, DJ Premier, The Alchemist, & More Pay Tribute To D'Angelo Today, R&B icon D'Angelo passed away at the age of 51 years old following a private battle with pancreatic cancer. By Caroline Fisher October 14, 2025
Music Fan Who Brazenly Twerked On Chris Brown In Viral Video Speaks Out Chris Brown has been performing across Europe and North America for his "Breezy Bowl XX" tour. By Cole Blake October 14, 2025
Music Malice Explains Why He Reverted His Stage Name Change For Clipse Reunion Malice changed his name to No Malice in 2012 on a spiritual journey, but his Clipse reunion with his brother Pusha T needed more fire. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 13, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Seemingly Justifies Paying For Nicki Minaj Collab To Go Number One 6ix9ine didn't explicitly confirm this claim about the 2020 Nicki Minaj collab "Trollz," but he didn't explicitly deny it either. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 11, 2025
Music Kanye West Sent Candace Owens Secret Information To Be Released In Case He's Killed Candace Owens has been a staunch Kanye West defender/protector for the last few years, and it seems Ye has a lot of trust in her. By Zachary Horvath October 10, 2025
Music YSL Woody Says He's Not Doing Okay Amid Young Thug's Fallout With YSL YSL Woody has expressed a lot of conflicted feelings about Young Thug and how he's gone about everything since the YSL RICO trial. By Zachary Horvath September 08, 2025
Music Trippie Redd Seemingly Responds To Young Thug's Disrespect In Leaked Clip Trippie Redd isn't interested in beef with Young Thug or anyone else in what he calls a fake and individualistic industry. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2025
Music QC P Trolls Young Thug With Diabolical Instagram Profile Picture QC P has been going after Young Thug ever since the latter allegedly warned Lil Baby that his label boss was a rat. By Zachary Horvath September 02, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Mocks Top5’s Stabbing In Heated Instagram Live Argument Top5 got on Instagram Live with 6ix9ine and Akademiks to discuss Young Thug and Ralo. Unsurprisingly, things did not go that smoothly. By Devin Morton August 31, 2025