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Music Kanye West Apparently "Loves" Playboi Carti Again Despite His Previous Rants Kanye West can be a troll a lot of the time and with this tweet being typed on April Fool's Day, it's got us wondering if he's joking. By Zachary Horvath April 01, 2025
Viral Kanye West’s Interview With DJ Akademiks Is His Clearest Attempt To Sink Hip-Hop To His Level Of the many problematic angles tackled in DJ Akademiks' interview, the key revelation is how Kanye West wants to punish everyone around him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 01, 2025
Music Diddy Accusers May Be In Trouble As He Wins Another Civil Lawsuit Diddy is currently residing behind bars in New York City as he continues to await trial in his upcoming criminal case. By Cole Blake April 01, 2025
Streetwear Drake Cheekily Includes Melyssa Ford On His New "NOKIA" Merch Drake's been showing love to Melyssa Ford throughout this "$$$4U" era and he's not letting up even when it comes to the merch. By Zachary Horvath April 01, 2025
Music Cardi B Gives Fans A Huge Update On Her Long-Awaited Album Fans have been waiting on a sophomore album from Cardi B since the release of 2018's "Invasion of Privacy." By Cole Blake April 01, 2025
Music Sauce Walka Seemingly Reacts To The Death Of Sayso P Murder Suspect The first suspect was found dead in Sauce Walka's hometown of Houston yesterday (March 31) and the MC's post is stirring up debate. By Zachary Horvath April 01, 2025
Music Tay K Appears In Court As Second Murder Trial Finally Begins Tay K is already behind bars, serving a 55-year prison sentence in connection with the killing of Ethan Walker in 2016. By Cole Blake April 01, 2025
Music Orthopedic Doctor Weighs In On How Young Scooter Died From His Leg Injury This orthopedic doctor is labeling the death of Young Scooter "rare" making this all the more heartbreaking. By Zachary Horvath April 01, 2025
Music Kanye West Breaks Silence On Twitter With Disturbing NSFW "WW3" Video Kanye West is bringing his headline-grabbing antics back to Twitter after his controversial interview with DJ Akademiks. By Cole Blake April 01, 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 Claims He "Ended" Frank Ocean's Career With 2021 Collab Kanye West went after anyone and everyone during his recent Ak interview, but even then, the Frank Ocean dig was surprising. By Elias Andrews March 31, 2025
Wrestling Travis Scott Receives Ominous Cody Rhodes Threat Following WWE Fight Travis Scott generated controversy when he caused injuries to WWE superstar Cody Rhodes, and the latter wants payback. By Elias Andrews March 31, 2025