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TV Joe Budden Questions Whether Or Not DJ Akademiks Wants War With Him DJ Akademiks has been calling out Joe Budden as of late, and the podcast host is curious about what's going on. By Alexander Cole May 06, 2026
Music JAY-Z Gives Sage Songwriting Advice For Aspiring Artists "The New York Times" named JAY-Z as one of the 30 greatest living American songwriters for a new list published on Tuesday. By Cole Blake April 28, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Responds To Rumors Of A New J. Cole Album: "I Need Some Sleeping Material" Rumors are circulating that J. Cole might drop something this week, and as it turns out, DJ Akademiks really couldn't care less. By Alexander Cole January 07, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky's New Album "Don't Be Dumb" Gains 500K Pre-Saves On Spotify Alone A$AP Rocky is dropping the "Punk Rocky" single off of his upcoming album "Don't Be Dumb" tomorrow, so the hype is getting even more real. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 04, 2026
Music Kanye West Plays Special Message From Lil Durk At Chicago Concert Lil Durk is currently in the middle of his murder-for-hire trial, and Ye showed his support for his fellow Chicago MC. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2026
Music Azealia Banks Calls For Complex To Be “Defunded,” Claims She Is Better Than A$AP Rocky Azealia Banks thinks she should at least be above A$AP Rocky. By Tallie Spencer May 28, 2026
Music Foolio's Mother Reacts To Accomplice's Sentence & Convicted Killer's Past Foolio's mother Sandrikas Mays had a lot to say about murder accomplice Alicia Andrews and convicted killer Sean Gathright. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 22, 2026
Music Watch Travis Scott, Mac Miller & Stormzy's Full Coachella 2017 Sets Coachella weekend 1 is in full swing. By Trevor Smith April 15, 2017
Music Spotify's Free Users Will Not Have Access To Certain Albums For 2 Weeks After Release Spotify has announced a multi-year license agreement with Universal Music Group. By Trevor Smith April 04, 2017
Music Big Sean To Collaborate With Reggaeton Star J Balvin J Balvin revealed that he's got big plans with Big Sean. By hnhh March 15, 2017
Music Wiz Khalifa Plays The OG, Explains Why Many Young Artists Aren't "Rap Fans" Wiz Khalifa's not quite kicking the youth off his lawn, but he is dropping a few gems on the low. By Mitch Findlay July 06, 2018
Music Diddy Says He Told Biggie Not To Respond To Tupac's "Hit 'Em Up" Diddy draws a parallel between 2Pac and Biggie and Drake and Pusha T's beef. By Aron A. June 07, 2018