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Music Chloe Bailey Looks Stunned After DDG Seemingly Sends Her A Gift On TikTok Live Earlier this year, Halle Bailey was granted a restraining order against DDG after alleging that he violently attacked her. By Caroline Fisher September 22, 2025
Music Roc Nation Wants Desiree Perez’s Daughter Held In Contempt Over Tasha K Interview Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez's daughter Demoree Hadley sued her this May, alleging that she had her Baker Acted for no good reason. By Caroline Fisher July 16, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Says Kendrick Lamar Left Hip-Hop Directionless After Drake Beef DJ Akademiks thinks only Drake's "ICEMAN" can get hip-hop culture back on course after Kendrick Lamar sought to "Watch The Party Die." By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 26, 2026
Music Metro Boomin Reacts To Most Streamed Collab Albums List Led By Drake Metro Boomin also addressed the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, and seemed to take a neutral stance while calling it "WWE." By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 29, 2025
Music Jada Pinkett Smith Wins Court Decision As Restraining Order Request Is Dismissed A win for Jada. By Tallie Spencer February 26, 2026
Music T.I.'s Pharrell-Produced Song "Mr. Him" Garners Strong Reactions On Social Media T.I. is gearing up for his final album, "Kill The King," and his latest teaser for "Mr. Him" is going viral for a plethora of reasons. By Alexander Cole May 07, 2026
TV Joe Budden Weighs In On Sauce Walka's Beef With Drake Joe Budden and his co-hosts decided to dive head first into the recent beef between Sauce Walka and rap megastar, Drake. By Alexander Cole June 03, 2026
Music Boi-1da Gets Clowned After Asking Kendrick Lamar Fans What They Listen To For A "Vibe" Boi-1da took to X to ask Kendrick Lamar fans (and those who hate Drake) what they listen to when they want to "have a vibe." By Devin Morton August 26, 2025
Music Drakeo The Ruler's Dad Claims Kendrick Lamar Used Son's Style Without Credit Because Of "Politics" Drakeo the Ruler's dad appeared on No Jumper and discussed Kendrick Lamar taking Drakeo's flow on songs from the "GNX" album. By Devin Morton August 26, 2025
Music Jay-Z Drops New Website Celebrating 30-Year Career After "Dead Presidents" Jay-Z has caused a lot of speculation about possible new music, a "Reasonable Doubt" rerelease, and more with this new website. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 21, 2026
Music 50 Cent Drags Benzino's New Music Through The Mud: "The Worst S**t I Heard This Year" The feud between 50 Cent and Benzino is a hip-hop mainstay at this point, much like Fif's many other beefs. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 31, 2025
Music 1900Rugrat Accuses Drake Of Stealing "Little Birdie" Beat For "ICEMAN" 1900Rugrat took to social media to share alleged DMs with Drake and claim he gave the Toronto superstar unreleased music ahead of "ICEMAN." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 18, 2026