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Music DJ Akademiks Calls Kendrick Lamar A "Mood Killer" Due To Drake & Playboi Carti Collab DJ Akademiks claims Kendrick Lamar's influence on Playboi Carti's "MUSIC" led to a Carti and Drake collab getting scrapped from the tracklist. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 09, 2026
Music Cardi B Parts Ways With Longtime Management Company By Erika Marie September 25, 2026
Music The Grammys Has A Hip-Hop Problem On the HNHH livestream, Aron and I also discussed horrorcore, the Soul Train Music Awards, Ice Cube's Dejon Paul beef, ComplexCon, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 10, 2026
Music Remy Ma Calls QueenzFlip A “B*tch” In Tense Nightclub Exchange A clip shows Remy Ma confronting QueenzFlip after the "Joe Budden Podcast" discussed Papoose’s diss track “Jezebel.” By Erika Marie September 24, 2026
Music Cam'ron Laughs At Jay-Z's Alleged Efforts To Perform At The Super Bowl Cam'ron doesn't believe for a second that Jay-Z and Roc Nation are struggling to find a Super Bowl halftime performer, as rumors suggest. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 26, 2026
Music Wale & Stat Quo Get Into It After Stat Calls Rapper A "Buster" Stat Quo and Wale clapped back at each other online after Stat and Justin Hunte discussed Wale's "everything is a lot" album. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 09, 2026
Music Keshia Chanté Breaks Her Silence On Rumor That Drake Is The Father Of Her Child Keshia Chanté's pregnancy has been met with rumors that Drake is the father, and now, she is speaking out on CP24. By Alexander Cole October 07, 2026
TV Jay-Z Reflects On Feeling Betrayed By Irv Gotti Friendship gets complicated as Jay-Z recalls feeling betrayed by Irv Gotti over Ja Rule and a possible Nas signing. By Erika Marie October 12, 2026
Music Prison Officials Allege Tory Lanez Knew The Risks That Led To Jail Stabbing Tory Lanez is suing prison authorities for $100 million after he was stabbed by a fellow inmate in May of last year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 11, 2026
Music Rory Explains Why He Confronted QueenzFlip During Nightclub Stream Rory and QueenzFlip never crossed over on "The Joe Budden Podcast," but animosity between them came to a head earlier this week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 25, 2026
Music Pharrell Says Chad Hugo Hasn’t Identified Which Neptunes Songs He Claims A new filing from Pharrell challenges Chad Hugo to identify the specific Neptunes songs and copyrights at the center of his lawsuit. By Erika Marie October 07, 2026
Music Lil Wayne Concedes To Boosie Badazz In Verzuz Battle Boosie Badazz won’t be seeing Lil Wayne anywhere in the Verzuz arena anytime soon. By Aron A. October 22, 2026