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Music DJ Akademiks Believes Kendrick Lamar Is Suffering From "List Fatigue" DJ Akademiks reacted less than positively to Kendrick Lamar's slot on Consequence's top 20 vocalists list, arguing he's too lauded. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2026
Music Ice Block In England Disappoints Fans Hoping For Drake "ICEMAN" Update When a mysterious block of ice appeared in Bournemouth, England this weekend, many fans though Drake was setting up another "ICEMAN" play. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2026
Music Bradford Cohen Withdraws From Pooh Shiesty's Case Authorities arrested Pooh Shiesty and several other co-conspirators for allegedly robbing Gucci Mane in Texas. By Cole Blake April 29, 2026
Music Doja Cat Ignores Kai Cenat's Gift Of 50 Twitch Subs Doja Cat was playing the first-person shooter game, "Overwatch," during the stream when Kai Cenat showed up. By Cole Blake April 22, 2026
Music Toronto's Fire Department Is Melting Drake's "ICEMAN" Installation Fans finally found the release date for Drake's album, "ICEMAN," buried within the ice on Tuesday afternoon. By Cole Blake April 22, 2026
Music Mother Of Kodak Black's Child Arrested For Alleged Drug Trafficking Kodak Black reportedly showed how much he pays the mother of his children following Jammiah Catera Broomfield's arrest. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 17, 2026
Music YFN Lucci Alleges Fani Willis Pressured Him To Snitch On Young Thug Last month, Young Thug and YFN Lucci teamed up for two collaborations, marking the end of their years-long feud. By Caroline Fisher October 29, 2025
Music Lil Durk Affiliate THF Bayzoo Reportedly Murdered As Gruesome Footage Surfaces Online The shooting of THF Bayzoo occured as Lil Durk continues to remain in jail while awaiting trial in his murder-for-hire case. By Cole Blake October 27, 2025
Music Argument At Chris Brown's NOLA Show Turns Into Nasty Brawl It's unclear what led to these ladies to throw down, but seeing a fight at Chris Brown concert is not what we expected. By Zachary Horvath October 17, 2025
Music Timbaland Blasted For Appearing In A.I. Artist's Music Video Timbaland launched the artificial intelligence artist, TaTa Taktumi, back in June, along with the new company, StageZero. By Cole Blake October 14, 2025
Music Chrisean Rock Makes Surprising Cameo In Trippie Redd's New Music Video Trippie Redd just released a new single "Sketchy" and its accompanying music video, where Chrisean Rock is one of his "shorties." By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 02, 2025
Relationships Chance The Rapper's Wife Officially Files For Divorce After several months of their initial split announcement, Kirsten Corley is moving things forward. By Zachary Horvath December 17, 2024