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Sports Toosii Puts Music On Hold To Pursue College Football Toosii's decision to pivot from music back to college football has earned mixed reactions from his supporters. By Caroline Fisher August 14, 2025
Politics NBA YoungBoy Shocks Fans By Defending Donald Trump On New Song, "XXX" NBA YoungBoy's new praise comes after receiving a presidential pardon from Donald Trump, earlier this year. By Cole Blake July 25, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Sides With Nicki Minaj Amid Twitter Spat With SZA In the war of words between Nicki Minaj and SZA on Tuesday evening, DJ Akademiks is taking the side of Minaj. By Devin Morton July 16, 2025
Relationships DDG Jokingly Tells Cameraman Not To Show Him After Drake Asks Crowd About "F***ed Up" Exes DDG and his cameraman shared a brief exchange after Drake asked the crowd about their "f***ed up" ex-partners. By Devin Morton July 13, 2025
Music Justin Bieber Reposts And Deletes Instagram Story Trashing Clipse's New Album Justin Bieber reposted (and swiftly deleted) an Instagram Story from a friend dissing Clipse and their fanbase. By Devin Morton July 13, 2025
Music Mal Claims A Highly-Anticipated Album Is Dropping Friday, And Rory Think It's J. Cole J. Cole has been teasing "The Fall Off" for a few years now, and Rory & Mal can't help but tease an impending release. By Alexander Cole January 07, 2026
Music Soulja Boy & DJ Akademiks Clash Over Divisive Take On Rappers And Streamers When DJ Akademiks posited that streamers have taken away rappers' mystique, Soulja Boy blasted him as a "lame." By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 02, 2026
Music 50 Cent & Papoose Go Troll For Troll With AI Videos Involving Claressa Shields 50 Cent's initial AI troll of Papoose and Claressa Shields seems to reference the comedian Pap allegedly fought with over a Claressa joke. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 01, 2026
Politics Petition Demanding Nicki Minaj's Deportation Reaches 70K Signatures Nicki Minaj has been facing tons of backlash for her voicing her support for conservative politics in recent months. By Cole Blake December 31, 2025
Music Doechii Confronts Industry Plant Rumors On New Song With SZA Today, Doechii surprised her supporters with a new song and accompanying music video featuring SZA, "girl, get up." By Caroline Fisher December 30, 2025
Music 50 Cent Claims He Got "Ebro In The Morning" Canceled The final episode of "Ebro In The Morning" on Hot 97 aired, last week, after the station put an end to the iconic show. By Cole Blake December 17, 2025
Music Ja Rule Threatens To Sue 50 Cent For Spreading Allegations About Him & Diddy Ja Rule was furious with 50 Cent for posting a video of Diddy's former bodyguard making allegations about them. By Cole Blake December 09, 2025