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Music DJ Akademiks Exposes SZA For Blocking Him As Nicki Minaj Beef Rages On SZA and Nicki Minaj posted several fiery messages aimed at one another on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday. By Cole Blake July 16, 2025
Music Troy Ave Opens Fire On Robbery Suspect In Harrowing Security Footage In June, Troy Ave and celebrity chef Geoff Cole's evening took an unexpected turn when a man tried to rob them in San Diego. By Caroline Fisher July 16, 2025
Music SZA Promptly Claps Back At Nicki Minaj For Putting TDE Punch On Blast SZA and Nicki Minaj weren't known to have issues prior to this exchange, but the latter went too far in the TDE artist's eyes. By Zachary Horvath July 15, 2025
Music Travis Scott Blesses Fans With A New Music Video For "JackBoys 2" Track "Kick Out" Travis Scott dropped the second compilation album from his Cactus Jack Records label, "JackBoys 2," back on Sunday. By Cole Blake July 15, 2025
Music Keyshia Cole Flaunts New “Love” Tattoo After Covering Up Hunxho’s Name Keyshia Cole looks as happy as ever now that she's in the process of moving on from her ex-boyfriend, Hunxho. By Caroline Fisher July 15, 2025
Music Joyner Lucas Fires Back At Skepta With New Diss Track, "Nobody Cares" Joyner Lucas and Skepta have been hinting at dropping diss tracks aimed at one another for the last couple of weeks. By Cole Blake July 15, 2025
Music Diddy Enters Therapy & Drug Programs While Awaiting Sentencing Diddy is currently remaining behind bars in New York City while he awaits his sentencing date on October 3rd. By Cole Blake July 15, 2025
Music Trey Songz Slams The Media Over “Clickbait” After Allegedly Assaulting Photographer Photographer Isaa Mansoor allegedly had to be hospitalized following his run-in with Trey Songz earlier this week. By Caroline Fisher July 15, 2025
Music Clipse Add Several Overseas Tour Dates Amid "Let God Sort Em Out" Success Fans in the Netherlands, England, and France will now get a chance to see Pusha T and Malice on their upcoming tour. By Cole Blake July 14, 2025
Music Kanye West Slams Reports Of His Disastrous Shanghai Show Kanye West recently caused the cancelation of a Slovakian festival due to fans and artists speaking out against his inclusion. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 14, 2025
Music Clipse Is Sharing Revenue With Reactors & Content Creators Covering Their Album It's unclear whether or not this Clipse strategy is applying across the board to many creators or only to a select few. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 14, 2025
Music Pusha T Addresses Why Jay-Z Didn’t Feature On New Clipse Album "Let God Sort Em Out" Pusha T and Malice recently pulled up to "The Breakfast Club" to talk about the new Clipse album and the fruitless Jay-Z collab rumors. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 14, 2025