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Music DJ Quik Wants Fans To Stop Asking About Son's Murder Conviction Months after his son's sentencing, DJ Quik is asking fans to stop bringing up the murder conviction during public encounters. By Erika Marie July 15, 2026
Music Rod Wave's Lawyers Claim He Was "Profiled" In Gun Charge Arrest In Atlanta Rod Wave has since posted bail, but it's clear that his legal team is not happy that their client was still arrested, and unjustly so. By Zachary Horvath November 13, 2025
Music Kanye West Reportedly Apologizing To Jewish Collaborators For Past Antisemitism Recently, Kanye West decided to turn over a new leaf, meeting with Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto and expressing remorse for his behavior. By Caroline Fisher November 13, 2025
Music Big U Seeks Temporary Jail Release To Attend Son's Funeral Eugene “Big U” Henley's son, Jabari “Baby Uiie” Henley, was shot and killed in Los Angeles on Halloween night. By Cole Blake November 11, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Exposes DMs With Lil Durk, Calls Him A "Fake Muslim," And Disses DThang 6ix9ine does not like Lil Durk, and while speaking with Trap Lore Ross, Tekashi decided to expose some old DMs. By Alexander Cole November 05, 2025
Music Charlamagne Tha God Predicts A Sweeping Federal Investigation Will Occur Following Spotify Bot Lawsuit Spotify is currently facing a federal class action lawsuit for allegedly allowing artists to benefit from "billions" of botted streams. By Zachary Horvath November 03, 2025
Music Birdman Wholesomely FaceTimes Toni Braxton After Verzuz Battle Birdman and Toni Braxton's relationship has been a rollercoaster of emotions, but it seems like they are still in love and supportive. By Zachary Horvath October 27, 2025
Music Turk Reacts To Birdman's Brutal Verzuz Diss The return of Verzuz at ComplexCon was a fiery one as Birdman took the opportunity to put Turk on blast amid their dispute. By Zachary Horvath October 27, 2025
Music DJ Hed Claims Drake Has An Alleged Second Album Dropping Tonight Called "Man Of Honor" DJ Hed took to X on Thursday and threw fans for a loop by suggesting a second Drake album might be dropping tonight. By Alexander Cole May 14, 2026
Music Jeweler Calls Out Blueface Over Alleged Unpaid Tab Blueface recently hopped online to flaunt some flashy new chains, prompting a jeweler from his past to come forward. By Caroline Fisher April 21, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Labels & Artists Will Copy Drake's "ICEMAN" Rollout DJ Akademiks thinks Drake's new album "ICEMAN" will introduce a new meta for the music industry to follow concerning album rollouts. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 19, 2026
Music Kay Flock Disses "Goofy" Young Thug During Call With Streamer Konvy Kay Flock is the latest to diss Young Thug, doing so while appearing on stream (via phone) with Kick user Konvy. By Devin Morton September 11, 2025