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Viral DJ Akademiks Calls Out Google For Listing His Net Worth At A Shocking One Billion Dollars DJ Akademiks joked that Google's wildly exaggerated assessment of his net worth is why people have sued him over the years. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 22, 2025
Music Jeremy Hecht Claims DJ Akademiks Is Being Paid By Trump-Owned Truth Social DJ Akademiks clowned Jeremy Hecht for saying Drake should denounce the White House using "ICEMAN" as political propaganda. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 21, 2026
Music Bad Bunny Earns His First Solo No. 1 Hit On The Hot 100 After Super Bowl Halftime Show Bad Bunny has a total of four songs in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart following his Super Bowl performance. By Cole Blake February 17, 2026
Music Gio Reveals Why She Chose Not To Expose Playboi Carti Playboi Carti's alleged girlfriend, Gio Ramos, was going off on him earlier this week, but ultimately decided to pull back. By Zachary Horvath April 16, 2026
Music Kanye West Takes A Shot At Drake In Bizarre New “Heil Hitler” Snippet Kanye West recently teamed up with Digital Nas on Twitch to work on his new album that was supposed to drop last week, "WW3." By Caroline Fisher April 06, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Hints That A "Don't Be Dumb" Deluxe Is Coming Despite a lot of fans being happy with "Don't Be Dumb" it seems like A$AP Rocky isn't done feeding them just yet. By Zachary Horvath January 17, 2026
Music D4vd Makes Special Request Ahead Of Preliminary Hearing D4vd will be in court today for his preliminary hearing in the death of Celeste Rivas, and he has one request for the court. By Alexander Cole July 21, 2026
Songs New Edition's Most Successful Songs What is your favorite New Edition song? By Gale Love March 14, 2023
Music Lil Durk Fans Allegedly Threaten A Judge & Prosecutor As Murder-For-Hire Trial Looms Authorities charged Lil Durk in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme involving an attempted shooting of Quando Rondo. By Cole Blake October 08, 2025
Music Chris Brown Fires Security Guard Over Alleged Shooting Outside Of Home: Report According to reports, the security guard is no longer working for Chris Brown. By Aron A. May 05, 2026
Music Which Drake Song Is Challenging Ella Langley For Number One On The Billboard Hot 100? Drake is looking to get yet another number one hit under his belt, although Ella Langley is going to be right there with him. By Alexander Cole May 26, 2026
Music YNW Melly Refuses To Attend His Latest Status Hearing Following another delay, YNW Melly's double-murder retrial is currently scheduled to commence in January of 2027. By Cole Blake April 01, 2026