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Music DJ Akademiks Reveals Drake's Mindset During The Kendrick Lamar Beef DJ Akademiks was in the know during the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, which has given him some unique perspective. By Alexander Cole June 11, 2026
Music Soulja Boy Celebrates Release From Jail After Prosecutors Reject Gun Charge Earlier this week, Soulja Boy was booked on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm after a traffic stop in Los Angeles. By Caroline Fisher August 06, 2025
Music Dame Dash Claims That Cam'ron & Ma$e's Relationship Is Transactional Dame Dash went on the "Art Of Dialogue" and ripped Cam'ron for beefing with him and claimed that "It Is What It Is" shouldn't exist. By Zachary Horvath April 27, 2026
Music 50 Cent Enjoys Best Career Streaming Day On Spotify Thanks To His Diddy Docuseries The success of 50 Cent's documentary on Diddy seemingly has viewers and/or fans of his revisiting the best of his catalog. By Zachary Horvath December 11, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Reacts To Jay-Z’s Yankee Stadium Shows With Bold Prediction Akademiks claims that this is gonna be the "best PR wave" for Hov. By Tallie Spencer March 19, 2026
Music Does “Not Like Us” Still Slap? X Debates Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-Winning Drake Diss Two Years Later Two years ago, Kendrick dropped "Not Like Us" on everyone's heads. By Aron A. May 04, 2026
Music Bryson Tiller Says Timbaland Went Ghost After Telling Him To Quit His Job For Music Bryson Tiller's interview with Rory & MAL also revealed that he was really close to signing with Drake's OVO. By Zachary Horvath August 26, 2025
Music TMZ's Harvey Levin Has Bad News For Drake As Lawyers Seek To Appeal UMG Verdict Drake recently had his defamation lawsuit against UMG thrown out, and to make matters worse, he is getting bad news from Harvey Levin. By Alexander Cole October 16, 2025
Music Drake Allegedly Returns To CN Tower To Continue "ICEMAN" Music Video Shoot Drake has been hyping Toronto up with presumed "ICEMAN" music video shoots, whether it's at a cemetery or a nighttime stroll on an ice truck. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 10, 2026
Viral PlaqueBoyMax Plays Beats For Lil Baby & Veeze On Stream, But They Were Not Impressed PlaqueBoyMax has much better music under his belt whether Lil Baby and Veeze liked these beats or not, so it's no sweat. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 10, 2025
Music Rick Ross Believes Drake Will Eventually Move Past Their Fallout Rick Ross continues to speak on his beef with Drake. By Tallie Spencer May 14, 2026
Music Tsu Surf’s Prison Release Date Finally Revealed In 2023, Tsu Surf pleaded guilty to conspiracy and possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon. By Caroline Fisher January 07, 2026