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Music DJ Akademiks Claims Drake Is Trolling Kendrick Lamar With "NOKIA" Video Fans are loving Drake's new video, but now the theories about subliminal disses are bubbling up online. By Elias Andrews March 31, 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 Nicki Minaj Alleges Desiree Perez Was Behind Swatting Incidents During Scathing Rant It's been a busy week for Nicki Minaj, as the femcee has gone after Desiree Perez, Jay-Z, Megan Thee Stallion, and more. By Caroline Fisher July 11, 2025
Music Lefty Gunplay Tells Drake He's Ready To Squabble Up Lefty Gunplay is on the side of Kendrick Lamar which means by extension, he has some smoke for the 6ix God, Drake. By Alexander Cole May 12, 2025
Music 2 Chainz Looks Back On Dealing Drugs For His Mother As A Young Boy 2 Chainz spoke on his upbringing and his familial relationships during his recent conversation with Shannon Sharpe on "Club Shay Shay." By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 05, 2025
Music Drake & Central Cee Get Icy On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update We have a hearty "Fire Emoji" playlist this week with Drake, Central Cee, Tyler, The Creator, Wale, Freddie Gibbs, NBA YoungBoy, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 26, 2025
Music Rising Florida Rapper Maxon Margiela Passes Away At 21 Maxon Margiela was quickly becoming a name to know out of Orlando. Rest in peace to a future star gone way too soon. By Zachary Horvath November 17, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Wishes Death On Rory While Crashing Out On Him & Mal Amid Rory's alleged racist old tweets controversy, DJ Akademiks posted pictures of him in public with his child. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 16, 2025
Music Drake Appears To Have Purchased 2Pac's Iconic Death Row Chain In New Instagram Post Drake is currently in Copenhagen as part of his EU tour, and he recently showed off the Death Row chain he appears to have purchased. By Devin Morton August 24, 2025
Music Russell Simmons Explains Why He's Named In Epstein Files The former record executive was one of dozens of celebrities named in the files, and he's defending himself against rumors. By Erika Marie May 18, 2026
Music Baby Keem Announces Surprise Exclusive Los Angeles Performance pgLang tweeted the news earlier today. By Tallie Spencer March 19, 2026
Music Kanye West Goes Viral For Singing "Flashing Lights" As Fans Debate Whether He Censored Nazi Lyric Some fans think he may have avoided singing the lyric about hating nazis. By Cole Blake January 01, 2025