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Music Kodak Black Declines Photo With Rude Fan After They Say "F*ck You, Take A Picture With Me" At Kentucky Derby Kodak Black recently shared that he doesn't shower daily and still receives compliments from women about his smell. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 04, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Kendrick Lamar "Killed" Hip-Hop & Drake Beef Froze The Industry DJ Akademiks has shown unwavering support to Drake in the Kendrick Lamar beef. Big Ak claims "Family Matters" is the best diss song. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 03, 2025
Music Sexyy Red's Dubai Adventures Leads To Upsetting A Lion Sexyy Red and friends visited Dubai last month. The vacation includes nights of hottest nightclubs and gorgeous views. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 01, 2025
Music Suge Knight Agrees To $1.5 Million Settlement To Avoid Hit-&-Run Trial Suge Knight says that he doesn't want to put the Carter family "through more pain." but maintains he didn't do "anything wrong" By Cole Blake April 30, 2025
Music Kanye West Snaps On Pusha T In Fiery Livestream Rant Kanye West brought up Pusha T's infamous feud with Drake while criticizing his former collaborator. By Cole Blake April 29, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Warns West Coast Artists After Dody6 & Kendrick Lamar Debacle Dody6 called Kendrick Lamar out while revealing he became homeless after the success of "hey now," and then apologized for his remarks. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 28, 2025
Music Lil Durk Leaves DJ Akademiks Stunned With Unforeseen Phone Call From Behind Bars DJ Akademiks has previously interviewed Lil Durk and extensively covered the rapper's murder-for-hire allegations. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 28, 2025
Music Mariah The Scientist Confirms Young Thug's Release Date For New Album "UY SCUTI" Young Thug just dropped "Money On Money" with Future, his first single since his prison release. The new album "UY SCUTI" isn't far behind. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 27, 2025
Music Kanye West Admits He Wishes He Was Friends With 50 Cent While Listing His Favorite Artists Despite the new message, Kanye West recently trolled 50 Cent in a post about the release of his iconic album, "Graduation." By Cole Blake April 27, 2025
Music Kanye West Claims ASAP Rocky Is Free Thanks To Him Kanye West recently called out some of the celebrities who have failed to come to his defense amid his child custody issues. By Caroline Fisher April 25, 2025
Music Jeezy Will Celebrate 20 Years Of "Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101" With Grand Tour Jeezy's "TM:101 Live" tour will feature special guest DJ Drama and run from June to September of this year across the United States. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 24, 2025
Music Drake Fuels New Album Excitement With Cutdown Version Of “ICEMAN” Episode 3 Drake continues to tease his upcoming ninth studio album, "ICEMAN," which is rumored to be dropping before the end of the year. By Caroline Fisher November 18, 2025