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Music DJ Akademiks Claims Drake Is Trolling Kendrick Lamar With "NOKIA" Video Fans are loving Drake's new video, but now the theories about subliminal disses are bubbling up online. By Elias Andrews March 31, 2025
Music 21 Savage Attends Memorial Service For His Fallen Friend Lotto Savage Lotto Savage, one of 21 Savage's longtime Slaughter Gang peers, was reportedly shot and killed in Decatur, Georgia. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 30, 2025
Music Tyler The Creator & Lil Yachty Take Break From Tour To Freestyle On The Street It looks like Tyler The Creator and Lil Yachty are having a blast as they make their way around the U.S. for "Chromakopia: The World Tour." By Caroline Fisher March 27, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Previews Podcast With Indie Hip-Hop Media "GOATS" DJ Vlad, Adam22 & More Many people might find this controversial due to criticisms of DJ Akademiks, Trap Lore Ross, and No Jumper's place in hip-hop media. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Questions "Odd" Decision To Exclude Bundles From "MUSIC" First Week Sales Playboi Carti made a gigantic splash with his new album, and he wants to know why physical copies were not counted. By Elias Andrews March 17, 2025
Music Cardo Claims Baby Keem Is Dropping His Next Album Soon On "Some Batman S**t" Baby Keem's last album was 2021's "The Melodic Blue," on which Cardo partially boasted the "family ties" and "gorgeous" beats. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 03, 2025
Music Dave Chappelle Chastises DJ Khaled For His Silence On Gaza War Dave Chappelle slammed DJ Khaled for his continued silence on what's happening in Gaza, despite being Palestinian. By Devin Morton July 02, 2025
Music OMB Peezy Nightclub Shooting Suspect Arrested This April, OMB Peezy's sprinter van was shot at roughly 20 times in the parking lot of StarBar in Raleigh, North Carolina. By Caroline Fisher June 25, 2025
Music Lil Baby Gets No Sympathy Online For Complaining About Leaks Lil Baby has another album to drop in 2025, so he obviously wants "Dominique" to stay as much in the vault as possible until release. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2025
Music Timbaland Issues Apology For Stealing Producer's Beat To Avoid Potential Lawsuit Timbaland's AI venture continues to ruffle feathers as he was forced to apologize for stealing a beat or face some legal consequences. By Zachary Horvath June 21, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Alleges Desiree Perez Was Behind Swatting Incidents During Scathing Rant It's been a busy week for Nicki Minaj, as the femcee has gone after Desiree Perez, Jay-Z, Megan Thee Stallion, and more. By Caroline Fisher July 11, 2025
Music Muni Long Reveals Kesha Situation On Pitbull's "Timber" Made Her Stop Writing For Atlantic Records' Non-Melanated Acts Muni Long tells stories about Atlantic Records played her. By Bryson "Boom" Paul January 01, 2025