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Music DJ Akademiks Defends Rod Wave During His Fiery Takedown Of Lil Baby DJ Akademiks has been going off on Lil Baby, alleging that the rapper had someone from his team slap him in Miami. By Cole Blake January 26, 2026
Music 50 Cent Won't Leave Jim Jones Alone After More Surprising Studio Footage Folks online think 50 Cent has a direct line to Jim Jones and people running his studio space, because the diabolical trolls keep emerging. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 24, 2026
Music Fivio Foreign Drops Petty Video Of Latto As 21 Savage Tensions Escalate Fivio Foreign claimed he wasn't going to egg on 21 Savage any further, but he couldn't help himself by roping Latto into their beef. By Zachary Horvath January 23, 2026
Music 6ix9ine Reveals He’s Going To The Same Jail As Nicolas Maduro & Luigi Mangione 6ix9ine pleaded guilty to violating the terms of his supervised release, last year, and will be spending 3 months in prison. By Cole Blake January 05, 2026
Profiles Behind The Beat: Bobby Brackins Bobby Brackins is a natural born hit-maker. By Trevor Smith May 25, 2016
Music Bobby Shmurda Threatens To Slap Jay-Z Before Ranting About Billionaires Bobby Shmurda signed a management deal with Roc Nation back in 2021, but it seems like he's not as fond of Jay-Z anymore. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 19, 2026
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 Pooh Shiesty Fans React To His Arrest And Alleged Kidnapping Of Gucci Mane Pooh Shiesty's arrest has captured the attention of folks online and it's safe to say that most are shocked and a little disappointed. By Zachary Horvath April 02, 2026
Music John Legend Signs Management Deal With Roc Nation The move comes after John Legend kicked off his "A Night of Songs & Stories" in Florida, earlier this month. By Cole Blake March 31, 2026
Music Turk Reacts To Birdman's Brutal Verzuz Diss The return of Verzuz at ComplexCon was a fiery one as Birdman took the opportunity to put Turk on blast amid their dispute. By Zachary Horvath October 27, 2025
Music Cardi B Reacts To BIA's Debut Album Flopping And JT's Diss Tracks Cardi B has said she was going tone things down with her foes BIA and JT, but that doesn't mean she won't strike again. By Zachary Horvath October 23, 2025
Music Lil Tjay Drops Meager Kai Cenat Diss Track About His Girlfriend Lil Tjay's "Been Had Gigi," which partially aims at Kai Cenat, appears on his new YouTube-exclusive mixtape "Focus On The Music." By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 03, 2025