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Sports Drake Loses $850K Bet Despite Logan Paul Win Drake picked the winner, just not the right method of victory. By Ben Mock October 15, 2023
Music DJ Akademiks Analyzes Young Thug’s Comment To Kid Cudi Testifying Against Diddy DJ Akademiks is known for his commentary on hip hop current events. He has been very vocal during the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 25, 2025
Music Tupac's Estate Drops "Me Against The World" 25th Anniversary Merch Tupac Shakur's estate has released an exclusive line of merchandise to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his album, "Me Against The World." By Lynn S. February 15, 2020
Music Meek Mill Offers To Donate 10% Of His Earnings To Combating Gun Violence In Philadelphia, DJ Akademiks Responds Meek Mill has a plan to help his hometown. By Cole Blake March 20, 2024
Music Cardi B Catches Warning From Judge Over Strip Club Assault Case From catching licks to catching breaks. By Mitch Findlay December 07, 2018
Music Drake Goes The Extra Thousand Miles To Bring Vanessa Carlton Out At Wireless Festival Other special guests at night two of Drake's Wireless Festival takeover included fakemink, 21 Savage, Latto, and Sexyy Red. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 13, 2025
Numbers "An Evening With Silk Sonic" Projected To Sell Over 100K Units In First Week Silk Sonic's debut project is doing numbers. By Taylor McCloud November 17, 2021
Relationships Toya Johnson Raises Eyebrows With Her Questionable Comments About Lil Wayne Marriage Toya Johnson has a lot of folks disappointed with her unfiltered thoughts, especially now that she's married to someone else. By Zachary Horvath March 22, 2025
Politics Cardi B Urges Followers Learn About Candidates Ahead Of 2020 Election The rapper wants her fans to become educated voters. By Erika Marie April 26, 2019
Music Tekashi 6ix9ine Show Petitioned & Protested By UCF Students In Florida University of Central Florida students are trying to prevent 6ix9ine from showing up on campus. By Devin Ch August 29, 2018
Music 6ix9ine Cancels Shows For "Personal" Reasons & "Court Matters" 6ix9ine postponed two of his upcoming concerts for "court matters" and "personal" reasons. By Alex Zidel July 20, 2021
Music Ski Mask The Slump God Shouts Out Cardi B's Single For Sounding Like His Work Both MCs sampled Missy Elliott and Timbaland's "She's A B***h," and Ski clarified that his tweet about the Cardi single wasn't a diss. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 01, 2024