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Music SZA Publicly Addresses Her Nicki Minaj Twitter Feud SZA and Nicki Minaj got entangled in a pretty random and nasty Twitter exchange starting in mid-July of this year. By Zachary Horvath November 06, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Exposes DMs With Lil Durk, Calls Him A "Fake Muslim," And Disses DThang 6ix9ine does not like Lil Durk, and while speaking with Trap Lore Ross, Tekashi decided to expose some old DMs. By Alexander Cole November 05, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Blames Business Manager For Failure To Respond To Assault Lawsuit Recently, it was reported that Nicki Minaj could be at risk of losing her Los Angeles home due to an unpaid $500K judgment. By Caroline Fisher October 16, 2025
Music Grand Jury Hears Evidence Related To Celeste Rivas’ Mysterious Death In September, the corpse of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas was discovered in the trunk of an impounded Tesla registered to D4vd. By Caroline Fisher November 26, 2025
Music Ja Rule Posts Cheery Video Showing He Wasn't Hurt After Alleged Jumping According to Tasha K, Ja Rule got jumped "pretty phucking bad," but the rapper is here to debunk her report once more. By Zachary Horvath November 21, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Announces He's Making An AI Album To Diss Lil Baby DJ Akademiks and Lil Baby's multi-year feud reached new heights this year, with the former demanding the latter to fight him. By Zachary Horvath February 20, 2026
Music Ray J Denies Faking Bleeding Eyes, Claims Fan Stole Heart Monitor Recently, a video of Ray J performing with what looked like blood coming out of his eyes surfaced online, sparking serious concern. By Caroline Fisher February 19, 2026
Music Maino Trolls DJ Akademiks For Getting Slapped By Lil Baby's Team DJ Akademiks has been going off on Lil Baby after claiming that a member of his team slapped him last weekend. By Cole Blake January 28, 2026
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 Young Thug Asks Forgiveness For RICO, Snitching Debate & Jail Call Leak Drama After Young Thug's Big Bank interview addressing snitching allegations and jail call leaks, he hopes to move on... Hopefully into the studio. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 07, 2025
Music Young Thug Continues To Defend Himself Amid Flurry Of Snitching Allegations Young Thug and the YSL collective have been dominating headlines over these last couple of days thanks to a resurfaced police interrogation. By Zachary Horvath August 29, 2025
Music Drake Stars In New Trailer For "Degrassi: Whatever It Takes" Documentary Drake originally made a name for himself by starring in the iconic Canadian teen television series, "Degrassi." By Cole Blake August 27, 2025