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Music DJ Akademiks Speculates Drake’s "4PM In Calabasas" Is A Diddy Diss After Cassie Testimony Cassie recently accused Diddy of physically assaulting her after learning she'd be attending Drake's OVO Fest. By Caroline Fisher May 14, 2025
Music John Legend Reveals What He Thinks Caused Kanye West’s Sad “Devolution” According to John Legend, he never saw Kanye West's "obsessions with antisemitism" and "anti-blackness" when they were friends. By Caroline Fisher May 10, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Viciously Replies To Freddie Gibbs' "B*tch" Tweet By Taunting Him Over Ex Ak shamelessly unloaded a whole clip and then some into Gibbs. By Zachary Horvath January 27, 2025
Music Leaf Ward Gets Almost Four Years After Pleading Guilty To Machine Gun Possession The Philly native also got three years of supervised release. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 27, 2025
Music JPEGMAFIA Allegedly Tries To Slide Into Reporter's Wife's DMs After Twitter Spat Peggy is nothing if not upfront. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 23, 2025
Music Kanye West Reveals His NSFW Fantasy Involving Kim Kardashian And Ray J Kanye West found himself back on Twitter last night and Kim Kardashian as well as Ray J were his targets for the evening. By Alexander Cole April 10, 2025
Music Billie Eilish Acknowledges Nicki Minaj As The Real G.O.A.T. of Rap Billie Eilish and Nicki Minaj collaborated on Pink Friday 2 track "Are You Gone Already," after Eilish fangirled over Minaj for years. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 29, 2025
Music 50 Cent Surprisingly Sides With Diddy Amidst Kanye West Breakdown Kanye West is the unpredictable one, but 50 Cent pulled the rug out from under fans by jokingly co-signing a Diddy stance. By Elias Andrews March 20, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Creates "Bestie" Moment For Fan Backstage At Grand National Tour: Washington D.C. Kendrick Lamar and SZA will embark on the international-leg of their Grand National Tour in July after a record breaking run in the U.S. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 19, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Cheekily Responds To A Fan Daring Him To Drop His New Album "BABY BOI" Ever since early "Whole Lotta Red" leaks, Playboi Carti mastered the art of teasing fans with new material. But not the art of dropping it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 08, 2025
Music Lil Wayne Reunites With Drake & Nicki Minaj On "Tha Carter VI" Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter VI" will be dropping at midnight and it's set to feature several high-profile collaborations. By Cole Blake June 05, 2025
Pop Culture Offset Deactivates Social Media After Crashing Out Over Stefon Diggs & Cardi B Offset was furious with Stefon Diggs' latest antics after he and Cardi B went public with their relationship. By Cole Blake June 04, 2025