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Music MAL Agrees With Freddie Gibbs That J Cole Must Stop "Talking Greasy" On His Records MAL of "New Rory & MAL" has also taken issue with J Cole's new track and is totally on team Freddie Gibbs, causing a debate on their podcast. By Zachary Horvath February 25, 2025
Music Bhad Bhabie Catches Alabama Barker Outside With Brutal Diss "Ms Whitman" Things are really heating up now. By Elias Andrews February 25, 2025
Music Kanye West Mocks All His Sexual Misconduct Accusers During Reignited Twitter Controversy Kanye West faces various allegations of sexual misconduct from multiple accusers in recent years, but his Twitter statements dismiss them. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 21, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Gleefully Taunts Meghann Cuniff After She Loses Bet With 50 Cent Over ASAP Rocky Trial Cuniff is one of Tory's journalistic opps. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 20, 2025
Music Lil Baby Announces Four-Month Long World Tour For "WHAM" Lil Baby isn't tackling this behemoth of a trek by himself, though. By Zachary Horvath February 18, 2025
Music Drake Paid For "ICEMAN" Rollout Himself, Says DJ Akademiks Akademiks was able to meet Drake for the first time after the rapper flew him out to Toronto on a private jet. By Erika Marie May 21, 2026
Music Akademiks Calls Out "ICEMAN" Takes From Joe Budden & Charlamagne DJ Akademiks didn't address Ebro, another Drake critic in hip-hop media, when assessing Joe Budden and Charlamagne Tha God's "ICEMAN" takes. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 18, 2026
Music Drake's Three New Albums Lead To Uproarious Fan Reactions Whether positively or negatively, "ICEMAN," "MAID OF HONOUR," and "HABIBTI" made fans look at Drake's whole artistry and predict his future. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 15, 2026
Music The Drake & Future Fallout Was Never Built To Last Rumor has it that Future will appear on “ICEMAN,” but what does that say about his relationship with Drake, given his role as a catalyst in hip-hop’s civil war in 2024? By Aron A. May 12, 2026
Music DDG & Nick Cannon Insult Each Other's Parenting In "Wild 'N Out" Rap Battle DDG dissed Nick Cannon's many children with many women, whereas Cannon brought up the rapper and streamer's custody issues with Halle Bailey. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 10, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Has A Meltdown Over Lil Baby’s Rumored “ICEMAN” Feature Rumors suggest that Lil Baby was in Toronto filming a music video for Drake's upcoming album. By Aron A. May 08, 2026
Music Does “Not Like Us” Still Slap? X Debates Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-Winning Drake Diss Two Years Later Two years ago, Kendrick dropped "Not Like Us" on everyone's heads. By Aron A. May 04, 2026