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Music Duke Dennis Reveals Mixed Feelings About GloRilla Shoutout On "ILBB2" GloRilla shot her shot at Duke Dennis, but the YouTuber isn't quite sure how to react to her bars. By Elias Andrews February 25, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Calls On The FBI After MackWop’s Warning About SZA Beef In response to her recent feud with SZA, MackWop told Nicki Minaj, "Relax before you get put in the blender like your boy did." By Caroline Fisher July 17, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Gets Deeply Honest About Why Most Rappers Are Struggling On The Charts DJ Akademiks believes there are a handful of key factors playing into the lack of variety hip-hop is seeing on the charts. By Zachary Horvath April 22, 2025
Relationships HoodTrophy Bino Breaks Up With Chrisean Rock For Refusing To Get Blueface Tattoo Removed Chrisean Rock and HoodTrophy Bino confirmed that they started dating back in August, as Blueface remains in prison. By Cole Blake October 15, 2025
Music Kanye West Claims Playboi Carti Told Him He’s “The Worst Enemy To Have” Kanye West also recently accused Playboi Carti of coming to the hotel he was staying at, the Chateau Marmont, with a gun. By Caroline Fisher April 26, 2025
Music Celeste Rivas' Body Had Reportedly Been Frozen & Dismembered After reportedly naming d4vd as a suspect in Celeste Rivas' death, officials reportedly revealed they are unable to determine its cause. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 23, 2025
Music Will Smith's New Album Struggles To Land On Any Billboard Charts Amid Dismal Sales Will Smith's new album, "Based On A True Story," will be his first project to fail to chart on the Billboard 200. By Cole Blake April 16, 2025
Music Rod Wave Reportedly Arrested On Gun Charge In Atlanta Very few details about this alleged arrest have surfaced at press time, which sadly is not Rod Wave's only legal debacle these days. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 08, 2025
Music Kanye West Reveals His Surprising Hip-Hop Mount Rushmore Kanye West's unexpected picks for his hip-hop Mount Rushmore come from a recently leaked extension of his 2025 interview with Justin Laboy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 13, 2026
Music Adin Ross Claims That Megan Thee Stallion's Legal Team Used A Mariachi Band To Subpoena Him Adin Ross claimed in a recent stream with DJ Akademiks that Megan Thee Stallion's legal team attempted to subpoena him via a mariachi band. By Devin Morton September 07, 2025
Relationships Kanye West Is Allegedly Desperate To End Custody Dispute With Kim Kardashian Kanye West is allegedly worried about what a lengthy custody battle with Kim Kardashian could cost him in legal fees. By Cole Blake June 18, 2025
Music Offset Defends Drake After T-Pain Suggests He Should Have Already Left The Music Industry Recently, T-Pain accused Drake of failing to take his own advice, prompting some of the Toronto artist's peers to weigh in. By Caroline Fisher June 27, 2025