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Music Lil Durk's Lawyer Believes Only "Weak-Legged" Prosecutors Take Hip-Hop RICO Cases Lil Durk is the subject of a federal murder-for-hire case, which doesn't actually have any racketeering charges to make it a RICO. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Drake Is Trolling Kendrick Lamar With "NOKIA" Video Fans are loving Drake's new video, but now the theories about subliminal disses are bubbling up online. By Elias Andrews March 31, 2025
Music Kanye West Takes A Loss Amid Legal Battle With Former Director Of Intelligence Kanye West is currently being sued by a man he hired to be his “director of intelligence” during his presidential bid. By Caroline Fisher September 19, 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
Music Drake Seemingly Mocks Kendrick Lamar On New Song "Circadian Rhythm" "The Language" sequel we didn't know we needed. By Elias Andrews August 23, 2024
Music Travis Scott's "Days Before Rodeo": 5 Songs That Laid The Foundation For "Rodeo" To celebrate the tenth anniversary and upcoming DSP re-release of Travis Scott's fan-favorite mixtape, we're applauding its indelible influence. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 19, 2024
Viral Drake Trolls Kai Cenat On "Mafiathon 3" Stream Over "ICEMAN" Criticism Kai Cenat laughed at Drake's cheekiness, and Drizzy's gifted subs to Kai's "Mafiathon 3" stream shows they're just having fun. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 28, 2025
Music YN Jay Crafts One Of The Fattest Blunts In "How To Roll" History YN Jay wasn't messing around during the latest episode of "How To Roll." By Alexander Cole July 23, 2021
Music Kendrick Lamar Covers Up "Hustle Like You Broke" Tattoo With Dope New Piece Kendrick Lamar covers up his forearm tat with something new. By Alex Zidel May 27, 2019
Pop Culture The Joe Budden Podcast: A History Of Highs & Lows There's a lot to unpack here. By Noor Lobad September 16, 2020
Music "Jane" Recalls When She Allegedly Began To Assume That Diddy Was Bisexual The "Jane" in Diddy's ongoing federal trial has continued to drop one bombshell allegation after another these last few days. By Zachary Horvath June 10, 2025
Music Joe Budden Reacts To Leaked Drake & Jhonni Blaze Texts And Claims Victory In The Process Drake had the internet talking a couple of days ago. By Zachary Horvath September 26, 2024