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Music DJ Akademiks Finally Gets His OVO Chain From Drake DJ Akademiks has always been a huge Drake supporter, and that support paid off with some OVO hardware from the man himself. By Alexander Cole May 15, 2026
Politics Zohran Mamdani Dances To Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" While Clubbing In NYC Zohran Mamdani is currently leading in the majority of polls as the Democratic nominee New York City’s mayoral race. By Cole Blake November 03, 2025
Music DDG’s New Dating Show Draws Wild Audition Tapes DDG is gearing up to launch his new dating show "Are You My Ball?," which fans will be able to watch live on Twitch. By Caroline Fisher August 15, 2025
Music 50 Cent Argues Shaniqua Tompkins Is Using Their Legal Dispute To Embarrass Him 50 Cent and G-Unit Books previously accused Shaniqua Tompkins of breaching their life-rights agreement in 2025. By Cole Blake March 30, 2026
Gram Bhad Bhabie May Launch OnlyFans But Clarifies What Content Will Be Added The 17-year-old hasn't decided if she will launch an account on the popular app, but she wanted to explain before people criticized her. By Erika Marie February 15, 2021
Music 6ix9ine Calls Kai Cenat's Ex "Ugly" And Promises He Can Do Better Kai Cenat announced that he and Gabrielle "Gigi" Alayah were ending their relationship in a post on X, last week. By Cole Blake December 30, 2025
Sneakers Nike Air Foamposite One “Cough Drop” Is Back This Week The Nike Air Foamposite One “Cough Drop” returns with its bold red outsole, keeping the iconic look alive for 2025. By Ben Atkinson September 27, 2025
Music Ice Spice & Wendy's Tease Collaboration Following McDonald's Brawl It appears that Ebro may have been onto something when he said Ice Spice's fight at McDonald's was for promo because she has a collab coming. By Zachary Horvath April 24, 2026
Sneakers New Images Surface of Air Jordan 1 Low "Banned" Dropping Later This Year New images reveal the Air Jordan 1 Low "Banned" with special "IMAGINE IF...?" packaging, releasing later in 2026 in classic black and red. By Ben Atkinson January 11, 2026
Music Boosie Badazz Opens Up About Ending Beefs With NBA YoungBoy, Kevin Gates & Fredo Bang Boosie Badazz says that the group FaceTime occured right after he announced the plea deal in his federal gun case. By Cole Blake August 20, 2025
Music Temple University To Offer New Kendrick Lamar Course During Fall 2025 Semester Kendrick Lamar will have his life and legacy studied by students at Temple University beginning in the Fall 2025 semester. By Devin Morton July 08, 2025
Politics Joe Budden Predicts More Artists Will Publicly Support Donald Trump Budden believes more artist will support Trump for a check. By Tallie Spencer February 05, 2026