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Music DJ Akadeniks Calls Jay-Z The Israel Of Hip-Hop DJ Akademiks went a rant about Jay-Z and his place in hip-hop culture, arguing he isn't the "standard" in the genre but fans still defend him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2026
Music Diddy Pleads With The Court To Let Him Home Before Christmas Diddy is currently serving a 50-month prison sentence at Fort Dix after being convicted of transportation to engage in prostitution. By Cole Blake December 24, 2025
Music Hip-Hop Slumps To New Low On The Billboard Hot 100 For the first time since February of 1990, zero rap songs have landed in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. By Caroline Fisher October 29, 2025
Music De La Soul Reveals What Ignited Their Beef With 2Pac During a recent interview, De La Soul's Posdnuos discussed the group's feud with 2Pac, revealing that it all started with a music video. By Caroline Fisher November 26, 2025
Sneakers Air Jordan 1 Low "Pizza" Adds Flavor To The Lineup The Air Jordan 1 Low GS Pizza puts a playful spin on a classic, and the inspiration behind this pair might surprise you. By Ben Atkinson June 23, 2025
Music 21 Savage & Young Thug Hilariously Troll Each Other On Instagram 21 Savage and Young Thug both tried to embarrass each other by posting their old pictures on social media. By Cole Blake July 14, 2025
Music Baby Keem Finally Reveals What He Thought Of Kendrick Lamar's Beef With Drake Everyone and their mother talked about the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, but one of the latte's relatives, Baby Keem didn't. Until now. By Zachary Horvath April 16, 2026
Pop Culture Eminem's Hilarious Heckler In Adam Sandler's "Happy Gilmore 2" Is A Callback To First Film Adam Sandler's "Happy Gilmore 2" is out today and viewers are noticing that Eminem's character is a continuation of an OG character. By Zachary Horvath July 25, 2025
Music Drake's "Take Care" Expected To Re-Enter Billboard's Top 20 This Week Drake's 2011 classic "Take Care" was reportedly the highest-selling hip-hop album this week in the United States. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 11, 2026
Sneakers Women's Air Jordan 4 "Iced Carmine" Drops With Pink Denim Construction The women's Air Jordan 4 "Iced Carmine" releases in April featuring pink denim construction and pastel colorways. By Ben Atkinson March 03, 2026
TV 50 Cent Has Jokes While Weighing In On Netflix's Bidding War For Warner Bros. 50 Cent is ready to provide his services to either Netflix or Paramount. They are both fiercely competing for Warner Bros. By Zachary Horvath December 08, 2025
Music Kyrie Irving Shows Love To LaRussell By Purchasing His Album For $11,000 LaRussell set a big goal for himself to sell 100,000 copies of his upcoming album independently, and multiple celebs have been chipping in. By Zachary Horvath January 09, 2026