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Music Rod Wave Is Making $14 Million By Making & Selling His Own Merch Rod Wave is rolling out a new album and hoping to debunk some of the narratives around his career and artistry. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 17, 2025
Music Maino Trolls DJ Akademiks For Getting Slapped By Lil Baby's Team DJ Akademiks has been going off on Lil Baby after claiming that a member of his team slapped him last weekend. By Cole Blake January 28, 2026
Pop Culture Drake & Logan Paul Locked Horns In Bidding War Over A Bob Ross Painting If you've been following Drake's "ICEMAN" rollout, you may recall that he revealed himself to be the owner of a particular Bob Ross piece. By Zachary Horvath January 15, 2026
Gossip Bhad Bhabie Addresses Rumor She’s Lying About Having Cancer In 2024, Bhad Bhabie announced that she'd been diagnosed with a form of blood cancer, just months after having her first child. By Caroline Fisher April 07, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Has An Out-Of-Body Experience As Drake Announces Triple-Album Release DJ Akademiks was live on stream last night when Drake came through with the announcement that he was dropping three albums. By Alexander Cole May 15, 2026
Sneakers What Is Cool Kicks? The Sneaker Store That Was Raided By The LAPD Cool Kicks, the famed LA sneaker store, is under fire after the LAPD recovered $500K in stolen Nike sneakers and apparel. By Ben Atkinson October 07, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Wants A$AP Rocky To Fight Back Against Drake Although DJ Akademiks is a big Drake fan, his connection to A$AP Rocky and back-handed praise of him means he's interested in more responses. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 23, 2026
Music Kodak Black Claps Back At Rampant Meth Rumors Sadly, Kodak Black has been accused of abusing numerous hard drugs throughout his career and he's expressed how much it bothers him. By Zachary Horvath October 06, 2025
Viral Gucci Third Leg Grilled By DJ Akademiks & Adin Ross Amid HSV-2 Allegations The OnlyFans star has a lot to answer for. By Alexander Cole October 15, 2024
Music 50 Cent Calls Diddy His "Favorite Villain" While Denying Any Personal Beef 50 Cent executive produced the "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" docuseries about Diddy, which the Bad Boy mogul is not very happy about. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 06, 2025
Music Fat Joe Says He Can’t Support An Alleged “Rat” Despite Liking Gunna’s New Album During a recent episode of his podcast, Fat Joe weighed in one Gunna's final album under YSL, "The Last Wun." By Caroline Fisher August 21, 2025
Music YNW Melly Wants New Legal Representation Amid Criminal Investigation Into One Of His Attorneys YNW Melly has been behind bars in Florida since his initial arrest on two counts of first-degree murder in 2019. By Cole Blake August 27, 2025