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Music DJ Akademiks Takes Aim At Kendrick Lamar Amid Hip-Hop's Mainstream Decline DJ Akademiks doesn't appear to be a fan of Kendrick Lamar these days, especially with the lack of big-time hip-hop releases. By Alexander Cole April 09, 2026
Music Ice Spice's Friend Breaks Silence On Viral McDonald's Fight Ice Spice previously addressed the incident at McDonald's with a statement from her attorney, Bradford Cohen. By Cole Blake April 20, 2026
Music Lizzo Shuts The Haters Down With Shocking Before-And-After Weight Loss Photos Lizzo is living her best life right now, and fans just got a surprise mixtape to hold them over until her next studio album. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 04, 2025
Music J. Cole Takes His "Trunk Sale" Tour To Queens Deli And His Alma Mater J. Cole is selling his new album "The Fall-Off" directly to fans on his "Trunk Sale" tour, which has created a lot of wholesome moments. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 14, 2026
Music Conductor Williams Confirms He's Got More Drake Collabs To Drop As for when we will hear these Drake and Conductor Williams collaborations, the producer has a more complicated story. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 04, 2025
Music Diddy Sued For Allegedly Sodomizing Man Without His Consent At House Party This is Diddy's latest sexual assault lawsuit, which arrived as his trial's defense team is getting ready to give their closing arguments. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025
Music Styles P Calls Out Adam22 For Joking About Hocus 45th's "Drop My Flag" Challenge Hocus 45th recently launched the “Drop My Flag” challenge in an effort to combat gang violence by promoting peace. By Cole Blake September 10, 2025
Music CyHi Slammed As A Hypocrite After Criticizing The Decline Of Street Lyricism CiHi recently took to Twitter to weigh in on the new generation of rappers, sparking a heated debated in his replies. By Caroline Fisher February 12, 2026
Music Drake Demands Unredacted Version Of Kendrick Lamar’s UMG Contract In Latest Filing Drake’s legal team secured a copy of Kendrick Lamar’s UMG contract and are now demanding to have it un-redacted. By Devin Morton August 13, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Seemingly Teases Tracklist For New Album "BABY BOI" Playboi Carti took to Instagram to shout out the new NBA YoungBoy album "MASA," on which he makes an appearance. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 26, 2025
Music Hernandez Govan Breaks Silence After Being Found Not Guilty In Young Dolph Killing Young Dolph was shot and killed while visiting a bakery in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee back in 2021. By Cole Blake August 21, 2025
Music Alabama Barker Appears In Tory Lanez Music Video After Saying She Would Expose Him Looks like it was just promo all along. By Tallie Spencer April 09, 2026