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Music DJ Akademiks Insinuates Kendrick Lamar Praise Is Being Astroturfed By Overseas Accounts Recently, one of the most popular Kendrick Lamar fan accounts on X got exposed for allegedly being based out of India. By Caroline Fisher November 25, 2025
Music Lil Durk Trial's Jury Selection Hits A Snag Due To Juror Saying He Looks Guilty This update on the Lil Durk trial is part of the reason why jury selection has reportedly been going slower than expected. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 21, 2026
Music 50 Cent Reportedly Had No Involvement In Ja Rule's Jumping When Ja Rule was jumped last week, there was some assumptions made that 50 Cent was behind it or potentially was given their long beef. By Zachary Horvath November 24, 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
TV Joe Budden Questions Whether Or Not DJ Akademiks Wants War With Him DJ Akademiks has been calling out Joe Budden as of late, and the podcast host is curious about what's going on. By Alexander Cole May 06, 2026
Crime Kim Kardashian's Skims Company Shipment Had Cocaine Worth Millions Skims, the company founded by Kim Kardashian, is as the center of a bust after a routine inspection uncovered drug trafficking. By Erika Marie May 20, 2026
TV 50 Cent Announces "Bone Parish" TV Show With Starz Despite Past Issues Although 50 Cent has had a rocky relationship with Starz, the strength of his "Power" universe led to this "Bone Parish" adaptation. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 01, 2026
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
Gossip Charleston White Defends Real Boston Richey Amid Grooming & Abuse Claims Charleston White had more criticism for Tatiana Chanell than for Real Boston Richey. She claimed he abused her while she was underage. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2026
Sports NBA Execs Accused Of Leveling Racist Smears Against Jaylen Brown After being traded from the Boston Celtics to the Philadelphia 76ers, Jaylen Brown is already being singled out by "inside" sources. By Alexander Cole July 02, 2026
Music Brian Steel Reportedly Cries While Defending Diddy At Sentencing Diddy's sentencing hearing today (Friday, October 3) has heard from his staunchest supporters and his most critical colleagues. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 03, 2025
Music NLE Choppa Apologizes For Dragging Blueface's Son Into Their Feud Blueface has been feuding with NLE Choppa on social media since he dissed him on one of his recent singles. By Cole Blake February 04, 2026