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Music Mike Dean Seemingly Reacts To Kanye West & Travis Scott's Japan Reunion Rumors have flown around for months now that Mike Dean is beefing with both Travis Scott and Kanye West... Is there any merit to them? By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 08, 2025
Music 50 Cent Hits Jim Jones, Maino, Fabolous & Dave East In New A.I. Video And Fans Are Divided 50 Cent has been beefing with Jim Jones, Maino, Fabolous, and Dave East since they criticized "Sean Combs: The Reckoning." By Cole Blake March 11, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Thinks Only One Atlanta Rapper Can Beat New York In A "Verzuz" DJ Akademiks used the 50 Cent and T.I. beef to make a larger point about Atlanta hip-hop versus New York rap. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 27, 2026
Music RJMrLA Reveals He Didn't Know The "Squabble Up" Music Video Was For Kendrick Lamar Until It Dropped RJMrLA is gearing up for the release of a new album of his own, "OMMIO 4," which will be dropping on Friday, June 20th. By Cole Blake June 16, 2025
Music Lil Durk Finally Gets His Wish As Murder-For-Hire Case Takes A Turn Lil Durk has been behind bars since 2024, when authorities charged him with murder-for-hire for an alleged incident involving Quando Rondo. By Cole Blake March 10, 2026
Music Cardi B Tries To Explain Her Fiery Rant About Ice Spice Cardi B's tensions with Ice Spice have been reignited with one another since the former took some shots at her on her new album. By Zachary Horvath September 30, 2025
Music Drake Subs Kendrick Lamar & His Enemies With Petty Dig At Spotify Drake and Kendrick Lamar remain at odds, while Drizzy clearly still feels some type of way about Spotify after his beef. By Alexander Cole December 22, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Admits His One Regret About How He Handled The Drake Beef During a recent sit-down interview with DJ Akademiks, A$AP Rocky reflected on how he stopped looking at Drake as a friend. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 24, 2026
Music Rick Ross Mercilessly Trolls Drake For Panned "Iceman" Rollout Rick Ross' rap rival Drake previewed three new tracks last night, not all of which have to do with his next album "Iceman." By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2025
Politics Diddy's Close Associates Are Reportedly Trying To Get A Pardon From Donald Trump Suge Knight recently theorized that Diddy could try to get a presidential pardon from Donald Trump if things don't work out for him in court. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Seemingly Justifies Paying For Nicki Minaj Collab To Go Number One 6ix9ine didn't explicitly confirm this claim about the 2020 Nicki Minaj collab "Trollz," but he didn't explicitly deny it either. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 11, 2025
Music Travis Scott Celebrates His Birthday With Drake's "Nokia" As The Soundtrack Travis Scott and Drake were previously seen speaking to each other at Michael Rubin's annual Fourth of July party. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 04, 2025