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Viral DJ Akademiks-Affiliated Account Eviscerated For Comparing Drake To Emmett Till A secondary account for DJ Akademiks' brand (not run by him) equated the Drake and Kendrick Lamar Oscars joke to Emmett Till's murder. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 03, 2025
Music Kanye West Wears Swastika T-Shirt Around Los Angeles Following Bizarre Twitter Rant Recently, Kanye West was spotted out and about in Los Angeles wearing a t-shirt with a big swastika on it. By Caroline Fisher February 28, 2025
TV "The Boondocks" Producer Details Hilarious True Story Behind Usher Episode "Wouldn't let that s**t happen to me, though!" By Devin Morton February 14, 2025
Music PartyNextDoor Admits Scathing Tory Lanez Diss Track Was A Mistake Last night, PartyNextDoor previewed a fiery diss track directed at Tory Lanez, but he quickly took it back. By Caroline Fisher February 27, 2025
Music Kanye West Is Now Launching An Antisemitic Cryptocurrency Called "Swasticoin" Kanye West is getting involved in cryptocurrency and has an antisemitic memecoin called the "Swasticoin" in the works. By Cole Blake February 23, 2025
Music SZA Geeks Out Over Receiving Actual Martin Scorsese Co-Sign After "Scorsese Baby Daddy" SZA really is "Hollywood" now with Martin Scorsese's co-sign. By Bryson "Boom" Paul December 22, 2024
Music Lil Baby Claims He Doesn't Work With "Snitch" Rappers Amidst Gunna Tension The rapper was adament. By Elias Andrews December 19, 2024
Music 50 Cent Claims Hypersexual Rappers Are "Damaging" Female Culture The rapper has had enough. By Elias Andrews December 17, 2024
Music Sexyy Red & GloRilla Address Criticism Of Female Rap As "Too Sexual" With Firm Response Sexyy Red says the criticism is hypocritical. By Cole Blake December 17, 2024
Music OG Maco's Manager Denies Reports That Rapper Has Died The rapper underwent surgery. By Elias Andrews December 13, 2024
Music The Weeknd & Playboi Carti Shock The Grammys With Surprise Performance Of "Timeless" Carti and The Weeknd were the surprise performers for the evening. By Alexander Cole February 02, 2025
Music Joe Budden Delivers His Take On LiAngelo Ball’s Viral Single “Tweaker” LiAngelo Ball's single continues to blow up. By Caroline Fisher January 09, 2025