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Pop Culture "Joe Budden Podcast" Asks DJ Akademiks If He Paid For Daphne Joy Date DJ Akademiks recently called Joe Budden to talk about the Charlamagne Tha God situation, but Joe wanted to know about the Daphne Joy date. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 04, 2026
TV Teyana Taylor Scolds Oscars Security Guard For Putting Their Hands On Her Teyana Taylor's rewarding night at the Oscars included a tense run-in with a security guard for reportedly putting hands on her. By Zachary Horvath March 16, 2026
Music Papoose Takes T.I.'s Lead By Dissing 50 Cent In "Many Men" Freestyle It seems like T.I.'s feud with 50 Cent has inspired Papoose to reignite his own beef with Fif from earlier this year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 08, 2026
Music Cam’ron & Mase Question Why Cardi B & Stefon Diggs Are Covered Differently Than Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce In a recent podcast, Cam'ron and Mase compared the media's coverage of Cardi B and Stefon Diggs and Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. By Caroline Fisher January 29, 2026
Pop Culture Fight Erupts At Party With Offset, Finesse2tymes & Adrien Broner In Attendance It's unclear why this fight broke out, but Offset, Finesse2tymes, Adrien Broner, and Deen The Great saw it all go down. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 15, 2026
Music Lil Durk's Trial Delayed To January 2026 In Murder-For-Hire Case The other codefendants in this case agreed with the delay, but Lil Durk attempted to keep the original date or get an earlier trial alone. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 20, 2025
Music What Happened To Dr Dre & Kendrick Lamar's "The Recipe" Music Video? "The Recipe," which wound up being a bonus cut, was the first promotional single for Kendrick Lamar's classic "good kid, m.A.A.d city." By Zachary Horvath December 08, 2025
Gossip Karlissa Saffold Body Shames Ice Spice Following Viral Thirst Trap Ice Spice posted a thirst trap on Tuesday and it lit up the internet. Now, Karlissa Saffold is criticizing her for it. By Alexander Cole April 30, 2026
Music Spotify Cracks Down On Botted Streams But Won't Reveal Which Artists They Punished The main narrative hip-hop fans associate with Spotify botting these days is the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef and its discourse offshoots. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2025
Sports Rick Ross Has A Strong Message For Laila Ali After Claressa Shields' $15 Million Boxing Challenge Laila Ali hasn't confirmed if she will return to the ring just yet, but if she does, Rick Ross and Claressa Shields will be right there. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 14, 2025
Music Alleged Crips Member Shot & Killed Outside Of Gunna's Show In NYC The man was shot and killed as patrons left a club where Gunna had made an appearance in New York City on Sunday. By Cole Blake November 24, 2025
Sports Karrueche Tran Confirms She's Dating, But Won't Confirm If It's Deion Sanders Deion Sanders and Karrueche Tran have both dodged questions about their supposed romance, which is only making things even spicier. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 29, 2025