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Music A$AP Rocky Announces Release Date For New Single Ahead Of Disc 2 With Disc 2 supposedly on the horizon, A$AP Rocky has announced a new single which is reportedly dropping on Friday. By Alexander Cole October 14, 2026
Sneakers Nike Kobe NXT Confirmed As The Next Nike Kobe Line Nike is officially launching the next variation of the Nike Kobe line and the Nike Kobe NXT is a project Kobe himself worked on. By Ben Atkinson August 11, 2026
Pop Culture Adin Ross Pokes Fun At Wack 100's Sexual Advance Allegations During a call with DJ Akademiks, Wack 100 and Adin Ross continued to argue over Blueface's boxing match at Ross' Brand Risk event. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2026
TV SNL Piles On Jack Harlow With Hilarious Skit About "Monica" The internet had a great time ripping Jack Harlow for his "got Blacker" comment and "SNL" did what they do best: run with it. By Zachary Horvath April 13, 2026
Sneakers Shooting In Atlanta Over Air Jordan 5 "Wolf Grey" Release Shots were fired at Stonecrest Mall in Atlanta during the Air Jordan 5 "Wolf Grey" release drop this morning. By Ben Atkinson February 28, 2026
Music 21 Savage Denies Using Bots After Spotify Allegedly Scrubs His Album Of 25 Million Streams DJ Akademiks says that 21 Savage messaged him to address the rumors about Spotify removing streams from his latest album. By Cole Blake February 04, 2026
Music Foolio Murder Suspect Claims Diss Tracks Caused Grandmother's Heart Attack Davion Murphy was reportedly interrogated by law enforcement investigators about Foolio's diss tracks towards him and others. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2026
Crime OMB Bloodbath Found Guilty Of Killing Bystander In Drive-By Shooting A federal jury found OMB Bloodbath and Shaquille Richards guilty in a gang-related murder case. By Aron A. August 05, 2026
Music Yella Beezy Trial Puts Rap Lyrics Back At Center Of Courtroom Debate Prosecutors are pushing to admit Yella Beezy's lyrics as evidence, renewing debate over Rap music's role in criminal trials. By Erika Marie July 20, 2026
Music Afroman Celebrates Birthday By Suing Cop Who Accused Him Of Defamation Afroman's legal battle against Ohio police is back on as he looks to sue one of the men who originally sued him for defamation. By Alexander Cole July 29, 2026
Music Latto Addresses Drake Ghostwriting Allegations On New Song Latto and Drake have formed a close friendship in hip-hop via collabs like "Housekeeping Knows," but some fans remain skeptical. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 20, 2026
Streetwear Drake Freestyles About Kai Cenat's Vivet Backpack On Stream Drake dropped a short freestyle referencing Kai Cenat's new Vivet streaming backpack during a Kick livestream. By Ben Atkinson September 29, 2026