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Music DJ Akademiks Goes Scorched Earth On DJ Hed For His Kendrick Lamar Drake Debate With Mal DJ Akademiks and Mal may give Kendrick Lamar a lot of props in the Drake beef, but Ak's praise doesn't extend to pro-K.Dot fans like DJ Hed. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2025
Music Benzino Shuts Down Viral Drake Comparisons Recently, side-by-side photos of Drake and Benzino went viral amid rumors that the Toronto rapper allegedly has fake abs. By Caroline Fisher July 03, 2025
Music French Montana Skates By On A Technicality In Multi-Year Sampling Lawsuit French Montana had been locked into a copyright lawsuit with producer Eddie Lee Richardson over an instrumental. By Zachary Horvath October 17, 2025
Sports Taylor Swift Finally Reveals How Travis Kelce Relationship Began Swift revealed that she and Kelce were already a couple by the time she attended her first Chiefs game. By Ben Mock December 06, 2023
Music Kanye West Attends Daughter North's Pop-Up Amid Concert Controversies North West just released her debut EP amid her father Kanye's attempts to book more overseas shows and make up for his canceled ones. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2026
Music Yung Miami Says She Doesn't Even Need To Rap When Clapping Back At Haters "I ain't never said I was no lyricist either," the City Girl shared. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 19, 2023
Music GloRilla Fan Catches Wig At Show And Installs It Fans have taken their love for the star to new heights, we fear. By Kairi Coe March 02, 2023
Music Young Dolph Murder: Suspect In Case Arrested After Two Years Shundale Barnett faces charges of attempted first-degree murder and more. By Caroline Fisher January 29, 2025
Politics What's The Big Deal? Jim Jones Defends Rappers Visiting White House To "Respect" Donald Trump Jim Jones thinks Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, Boosie Badazz, and other rappers supporting Donald Trump's White House made the right call. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 22, 2025
Music Pusha T Says Tyler, The Creator Inspired His Upcoming "Gangsta Grillz" Tape With DJ Drama Tyler, The Creator's "Call Me If You Get Lost" inspired Pusha T to work with DJ Drama on a "Gangsta Grillz" tape. By Aron A. January 19, 2023
Music YGTUT Separates The Real From The Fake On "Bootleggers" As one of the latest emcees representing for Tennessee's rap scene, YGTUT gives fans a royal banger with his new single "Bootleggers." By Keenan Higgins February 20, 2020
Music Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae Knock Kendrick Lamar & SZA's "luther" Off The Hot 100 Throne Kendrick Lamar and SZA did something unprecedented for the hip-hop genre with "luther" and that cannot be ignored despite this news. By Zachary Horvath May 27, 2025