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Music Metro Boomin’s “A FUTURISTIC SUMMA” Receives First-Week Sales Projections Recently, Metro Boomin took fans back to early 2000s Atlanta with the release of his new mixtape, "A Futuristic Summa." By Caroline Fisher August 05, 2025
Music Symba Plans To Respond To J. Cole's Alleged Diss On New Freestyle Many J. Cole fans dismissed the theory that he dissed Symba on "Birthday Blizzard '26," but the Bay Area MC still felt slighted. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 31, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Exposes DMs With Iggy Azalea Amid Playboi Carti Drama DJ Akademiks got on his Kick stream to discuss the drama between Iggy Azalea and Playboi Carti and his minor role in the situation. By Devin Morton September 16, 2025
Music Turk & His Wife Claim Cash Money Booted Him From Tour After He Refused A Payment Reduction Turk of the Hot Boys recently reignited a best rapper debate at the Atlanta stop of the Cash Money reunion tour. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 26, 2025
Music New Diddy Trial Evidence Reveals Hotel Planning & Cleanup Logistics For Alleged "Freak-Offs" The twenty-fourth day of Diddy's criminal trial kicked off in New York City on Monday morning with more testimony. By Cole Blake June 16, 2025
Music J. Cole Unveils Cover Art For Upcoming Album “The Fall-Off” J Cole has finally announced the official release date of his highly anticipated seventh studio album, "The Fall-Off." By Caroline Fisher January 14, 2026
Music Cardi B Calls JT A Massive Flop As Diss Tracks Hit Streaming Cardi B reignited her beef with JT by taking aim at her and Lil Uzi Vert on her song, "Magnet," from "Am I The Drama?" By Cole Blake October 06, 2025
Music HoodRich Pablo Juan Reportedly Freed From Prison After RICO Sentence HoodRich Pablo Juan was arrested in October of 2020 on RICO charges regarding alleged violent activity and drug trafficking. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 19, 2025
Music Drake Proves He’s Still Got It With Impressive “ICEMAN” Snippet Drake has already shared several singles ahead of "Iceman," including "What Did I Miss?", "Which One," and "Dog House." By Cole Blake December 02, 2025
Music The Day Rap Broke The Internet: Reexamining Kendrick Lamar's "Meet The Grahams" Vs. Drake's "Family Matters" One year ago today, Drake and Kendrick Lamar went song-for-song at the height of their feud. By Aron A. May 03, 2025
Music Azealia Banks Claims Nobody Wants To Work With Kanye West After Offensive Tweets Azealia Banks has had a lot to say about Kanye West in recent days, along with his bizarre social media rants. By Caroline Fisher April 23, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Kendrick Lamar "Has Some Things Up His Sleeve” For 2026 During a recent livestream, DJ Akademiks said he's "under good authority" to speculate that Kendrick Lamar will drop this year. By Caroline Fisher February 19, 2026