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Music Young Thug Responds To Lil Durk Affiliate's Diss By Calling OTF "Junkies" OTF member Mr. 300 blasted Young Thug after an alleged audio clip leaked of him questioning Lil Durk's moves. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 04, 2025
Music Drake Subs Kendrick Lamar & His Enemies With Petty Dig At Spotify Drake and Kendrick Lamar remain at odds, while Drizzy clearly still feels some type of way about Spotify after his beef. By Alexander Cole December 22, 2025
Music Offset Confirms Whether Or Not Lil Tjay Shot Him Offset recently had a conversation with DJ Akademiks where he offered up some details of his now infamous run-in with Lil Tjay. By Alexander Cole April 08, 2026
Music Kanye West's "Bully" Listening Party Is Causing Uncertainty Amongst Fans Kanye West fans aren't happy about the album not dropping but what fans were able to hear at the listening party is sparking debate. By Zachary Horvath March 27, 2026
Music EBK Jaaybo Might Face 30 Years In Jail Over Federal Gun & Drug Case EBK Jaaybo may be in a lot of legal trouble, but recent moves in the hip-hop game have also put his name out there in big ways. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 30, 2025
Music Cardi B Offers Surprising Response After Latto Confirms Dissing Her On New Album Latto took some shots at Cardi B over a leaked call surfaced. By Aron A. June 04, 2026
Music 6ix9ine Seemingly Justifies Paying For Nicki Minaj Collab To Go Number One 6ix9ine didn't explicitly confirm this claim about the 2020 Nicki Minaj collab "Trollz," but he didn't explicitly deny it either. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 11, 2025
Relationships Shaboozey Sparks SZA Dating Rumors After Allegedly Sneaking Her Into His Photo Dump SZA has been romantically linked to Drake and an ex-fiancé of 11 years total. Shaboozey was connected to Emily Ratajkowski in 2024. By Zachary Horvath September 03, 2025
Music Jacksonville Rapper Lil Poppa Dead At 25 The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office has confirmed that Lil Poppa was pronounced dead at 11:23 a.m. ET today. By Caroline Fisher February 18, 2026
Music Rick Ross Mocks Drake & 50 Cent On Fat Joe & Jadakiss' Show On the most recent episode of "Joe And Jada," Rick Ross threw shade at 50 Cent and vaguely addressed why he's beefing with Drake. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 19, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Extensively Explains The Petty Beef Between Drake & Dillon Brooks The internet doesn't know what Ak is trying to do by breaking this down. By Zachary Horvath December 02, 2024
Music Kanye West Has Been Effectively Blacklisted From Performing In Europe Kanye West has given a couple of recent performances in Asia and previewed other planned concerts in Central Europe. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 10, 2025