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Music Mero Trashes DJ Akademiks For His Attacks Against Hot 97 DJ Akademiks has been clowning Hot 97, Ebro Darden, Peter Rosenberg, and Mero for a long time, but especially after Mero took over. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2026
Music Blueface's Father Pushes Woman During On-Stream Argument At Rapper's Home It's unclear what went down during Blueface's livestream, but he had to take a moment to calm the situation down. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2026
Music Drake Finally Chimes In On Rick Ross Performing Their Collabs Without Him Given the amount of collaborations Drake and Rick Ross have, it's hard for both artists to escape the shadow of the other in a live setting. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 06, 2026
Music 6ix9ine & Lil Tjay Roast Each Other In Wild New DMs 6ix9ine and Lil Tjay have been beefing for years now, mocking each other over legal woes, injuries, and more. By Caroline Fisher September 30, 2025
Music Wack 100 Expects Pooh Shiesty's Dad To Snitch On Him Pooh Shiesty's father, Lontrell Williams Sr., was arrested alongside his son for allegedly robbing Gucci Mane. By Cole Blake April 27, 2026
Music Gio Reveals Why She Chose Not To Expose Playboi Carti Playboi Carti's alleged girlfriend, Gio Ramos, was going off on him earlier this week, but ultimately decided to pull back. By Zachary Horvath April 16, 2026
Music Kanye West Booked For Eight More Stadium Shows Following UK & France Bans Kanye West has been banned from the UK and France, but that isn't stopping him from touring throughout Europe. By Alexander Cole April 16, 2026
Music Yungeen Ace Tries To Stop His Mom From Dissing Foolio Foolio and Yungeen Ace engaged in heavy beef for a couple of years before the former's tragic murder last year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2025
Music 50 Cent Uses Old Flame Vivica A Fox To Fire Back At Abuse Allegations Shaniqua Tompkins, the mother of one of 50 Cent's children, recently alleged that he abused her and Daphne Joy emotionally and physically. By Caroline Fisher June 21, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's GNX Toronto Show Sees Spike In Ticket Sells As Drake & Kai Cenat Postpone Livestream Kendrick Lamar won several BET Awards this week, including Album of the Year and Music Video of the Year for GNX. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 12, 2025
Music Metro Boomin Abandons His Own Party As Fans Refuse To Get Off The Stage Metro Boomin was hosting the party in Atlanta over the weekend in celebration of his latest mixtape release. By Cole Blake August 11, 2025
Music Lil Baby Announces New Album Dropping Just Four Weeks After Upcoming "The Leak$" Lil Baby's gearing up to have a very prolific 2025, although we don't know if the third record will be the previously announced "Dominique." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 10, 2025