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Pop Culture Akon Claims The Media Spread False Information About Akon City, Hires Teams To Fight Agenda Akon’s Akon City began development in 2020 after the icon finalized an against with Senegal. The government took back the land in early July. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 19, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Gets Honest About The A$AP Mob Following The A$AP Relli Trial The A$AP Relli trial was a victory for A$AP Rocky, but it also broke a longtime friendship in the process. By Zachary Horvath September 27, 2025
Music USC Launching Class Revolving Around Travis Scott & Cactus Jack Travis Scott has built one of the biggest brands in music with Cactus Jack and now, USC students can learn how to create at this scale. By Zachary Horvath April 24, 2026
Music Yung Miami Receives Huge Standing Ovation At The BET Awards As Crowd Sings "Spend Dat" Yung Miami was at the BET Awards on Sunday night, where she received a standing ovation from her peers in attendance. By Alexander Cole June 29, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Drake Accused Him Of Being Scared Of Kendrick Lamar's Team The revelation comes after DJ Akademiks got into a heated exchange with TDE Punch on social media, Wednesday. By Cole Blake July 18, 2025
Pop Culture Snoop Dogg Expresses Criticism Of LGBTQIA+ Storylines In Kids Movies Snoop Dogg didn't discriminate against other genders or sexual orientations, but he believes kids should learn about them later in life. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 24, 2025
Music Drake Pays Wholesome Tribute To Ozzy Osbourne By Walking Out To "Iron Man" In Birmingham Drake has been in the middle of a run of UK shows and while being down there, he's been showing love to the late Ozzy Osbourne. By Zachary Horvath July 23, 2025
Sneakers Spike Lee Off Rocks White x Air Jordan 4 At The 2026 Oscars Spike Lee wore the Off-White x Air Jordan 4 "Sail" to the Oscars, rocking the 2020 women's exclusive sneaker. By Ben Atkinson March 15, 2026
Gossip Ari Fletcher Threatens To Take DJ Akademiks "To Hell" For His Gossip DJ Akademiks claimed that Ari Fletcher has slept with "half of Atlanta" during a recent livestream, which prompted her ire. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 07, 2026
Streetwear Beyonce's Diamond Skeleton Dress Steals The Show At The Met Gala Following 10-Year Hiatus Jay-Z, Beyonce, and Blue Ivy attended the 2026 Met Gala together, with Beyonce returning after a decade away as co-chair. By Ben Atkinson May 05, 2026
Music d4vd Pulls Bloody Shirt Merch From His Website Due To Dead Body Investigation While d4vd has been undergoing many career changes due to this homicide investigation, he is reportedly cooperating with authorities. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 19, 2025
Music Warden Says Foolio Murderer Shouldn't Get Death Penalty So He Can Be Put To Work Four people were convicted of rapper Foolio's murder, and while prosecutors want the death penalty, a warden has other ideas. By Erika Marie May 13, 2026