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Music Kanye West Makes Disgusting Jokes About Desecrating Virgil Abloh's Grave Kanye West has been criticizing his late former collaborator in controversial posts on social media for a number of months. By Cole Blake May 01, 2025
Streetwear Source Close to Giovanna Battaglia Clears The Air Following A$AP Rocky & Rihanna Debacle After a video went viral of Rihanna and A$AP Rocky seemingly arguing at the Met Gala, some fans pointed the finger at Giovanna Battaglia. By Alexander Cole May 06, 2026
Music Foolio Murder Suspect Claims Diss Tracks Caused Grandmother's Heart Attack Davion Murphy was reportedly interrogated by law enforcement investigators about Foolio's diss tracks towards him and others. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks & Mal Reveal Drake's Creative Process Behind "ICEMAN" DJ Akademiks, Mal, BenDaDonnn, and more have had a lot to say about the direction of "ICEMAN," and Drake helped enlighten their reporting. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 26, 2026
Music Chloe Bailey Claps Back At Hater Who Says She's Not A "Bad B**ch" Bailey is making it clear she can be both. By Tallie Spencer April 23, 2026
Music Kanye West Surpasses J. Cole Thanks To “BULLY” Streaming Success Over the weekend, Kanye West dropped his long-awaited twelfth studio album, earning mixed reactions from listeners. By Caroline Fisher March 31, 2026
Music Quando Rondo Shares New Pictures From Behind Bars Ahead Of 2027 Release Quando Rondo appears to be in good spirits as he continues to remain behind bars after pleading guilty to drug charges. By Cole Blake March 23, 2026
Music Mero Alleges DJ Akademiks Is A Pedophile Amid Back & Forth Disses DJ Akademiks and Mero blasted each other online over Ak's criticisms of Hot 97 and their hosting change-ups. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Music Jahna Sebastian Accuses Swizz Beatz Of Kidnapping Daughter And Rape Jahna Sebastian, ex-partner of Swizz Beatz, also recently accused him and Alicia Keys of enabling their daughter Nicole's bad habits. By Zachary Horvath March 19, 2026
Music Lil Wayne Announces New “Tha Carter” 20th Anniversary Tour Dates Lil Wayne scheduled to hit the road again this summer, and he'll be joined by special guests 2 Chainz and The Game. By Caroline Fisher March 17, 2026
Music DJ Khaled Deletes Album Announcement After Drake Refutes Having Two Features On The Project Drake doesn't appear to be happy with DJ Khaled. By Cole Blake February 05, 2025
Music Diddy's Alleged "Freak-Offs" Detailed By Male Sex Worker In Latest Exposé Diddy's trial will be kicking off in May. By Cole Blake January 29, 2025