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Music Timbland Accused Of Stealing Producer's Beat For A.I. Training Timbaland has drawn a lot of backlash for his support of A.I. technology in music, even launching his own artificial intelligence label. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 15, 2025
Music Drake Allegedly Told Akademiks The Cops Are Parked On His Street Amid Kendrick Lamar’s Arrival In Toronto Between Drake postponing his Kai Cenat stream and Kendrick Lamar fans in Toronto demanding a "Not Like Us" encore, last night was big. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 13, 2025
Music Drake Allegedly Threatened Kendrick Lamar & His Team Behind The Scenes DJ Akademiks discussed the claims he heard from a member of Kendrick Lamar's team during a recent livestream. By Cole Blake June 12, 2025
Music Mal Claims Drake's New Album "Iceman" Has A "Bomb" On It The last time Mal and others spoke on Drake-related "bombs" was during the Kendrick Lamar battle. Are we actually getting a round two? By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 10, 2025
Music Tasha K Fiercely Defends Nicki Minaj Amid Schizophrenia Rumors According to Tasha K, Nicki Minaj is the victim of a plot to "make her look incapable of managing her own money." By Caroline Fisher October 21, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Allegedly Threatened To Shoot Limo Driver According To New Dispatch Audio Playboi Carti was recently hit with a citation for misdemeanor assault following an alleged incident in Utah on October 2nd. By Alexander Cole October 21, 2025
Music Gucci Mane Reveals He Apologized To Drake & Accepted Young Thug's Apology Young Thug had spoken ill of Drake, Gucci Mane, and more in a series of leaked jail calls, which made Guwop reflect on forgiveness. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 17, 2025
Pop Culture Brian McKnight Jr Reacts To His Dad Celebrating Alleged $8 Million Legal Win Against His Mom Family issues have been plaguing the McKnight clan for a while, and it seems Brian McKnight Jr is fed up with his dad. By Zachary Horvath October 17, 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
Music Diddy Sends Youngest Daughter Emotional Birthday Message Via Build-A-Bear Despite Diddy being behind bars, he's doing what he can to show support and love for his kids, especially on their birthdays. By Zachary Horvath October 17, 2025
Music Bronx Rapper Suave Drilly Murdered Outside Of Parole Office 27-year-old rapper Suave Drilly was reportedly shot and killed in the South Bronx earlier this week. Police still haven't made any arrests. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 17, 2025
Music Young Thug & Quavo's Link-Up After Tour Tease Draws Harsh Reactions Following the jail call leaks, fans have speculated about are Young Thug's "rap buddies" are these days. It seems Quavo's one of the few. By Zachary Horvath October 13, 2025