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Music Skepta Aims To Put An End To Joyner Lucas Beef With Merciless "JUNIOR'S LAW" Response Skepta comes back with some hilarious retorts and a multi-faceted beat to try and end his battle with Joyner Lucas. By Zachary Horvath July 29, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Warns TDE Against Botting Doechii's Streams With Megan Thee Stallion Comparison DJ Akademiks isn't buying into the authenticity of how successful Doechii's streaming numbers have become over the last year. By Cole Blake July 28, 2025
Music Chris Brown & Bryson Tiller Take Charge On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update This week's "R&B Season" update comes courtesy of Chris Brown, Bryson Tiller, Mariah Carey, Daniel Caesar, Jacquees, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 27, 2025
Music The Weeknd & Playboi Carti's "Timeless" Enters The Billions Club On Spotify The Weeknd extends his lead for the most Spotify songs with over one billion streams, adding #28 to the list with "Timeless." By Devin Morton July 27, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs Takes Shots At Curren$y & DJ Akademiks On "Alfredo 2" Freddie Gibbs has had a lot to say on his and The Alchemist's "Alfredo 2," with DJ Akademiks, Gunna, and more catching strays. By Zachary Horvath July 26, 2025
Music Eminem & Billie Eilish Hold Kendrick Lamar To A Disappointing Night At The American Music Awards Kendrick Lamar's diss track, "Not Like Us," previously won all five of the categories it was nominated in at the Grammys. By Cole Blake May 27, 2025
Sneakers The Evolution of Air Jordan Collaborations With Hip-Hop Artists From Eminem to Travis Scott, Air Jordan collaborations with hip-hop artists have evolved into cultural moments. By Ben Atkinson May 18, 2025
Music Cassie Ventura Admitted Going To Rehab In Diddy Testimony But Not For What You Think Cassie Ventura testified to being with 13 sex workers while dating Diddy in the mogul's sex trafficking trial. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 17, 2025
Music Cassie Allegedly Told Diddy She Was Lost Without Him While She Was Dating Alex Fine Despite a plethora of alleged harrowing accounts from Cassie, she apparently had a lot of love for Diddy at the end of their relationship. By Zachary Horvath May 17, 2025
Music DDG Eviscerates Soulja Boy By Clowning His $4 Million Sexual Battery Judgement Many fans pointed out the dark irony of Soulja Boy calling out DDG for allegedly abusing Halle Bailey earlier this year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2025
Music Dame Dash Forced To Sell More Assets To Satisfy Additional $78,000 Debt It feels like Dame Dash is having a fire sale with all of the assets he's been forced to move on from in recent memory. By Zachary Horvath May 14, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Takes Nuanced Stance On Doechii In Response To Adin Ross' Scathing Criticism Adin Ross labeled Doechii an "unintelligent piece of sh*t" in a brutal response to her incident at the Met Gala. By Cole Blake May 14, 2025