Things ultimately escalated when the two traded disses toward the end of the year. Closing out a highly successful 2025, Doechii and SZA collided on “girl, get up,” containing what many perceived as a shot toward the streamer. Days later, Adin Ross and fellow streamer Cuffem teamed up Tekashi 6ix9ine for their “Bacon,” where they collectively attacked rappers they’ve had some sort of friction with. Cuffem’s feud with Lil Tjay took center stage; 6ix9ine reignited his beef with Lil Durk, and Adin Ross… well, he decided to beef with a woman that he’s admittedly scared of. Since then, the feud has spiralled with stern responses from the West Coast and involvement of Joe Budden, just in case you felt like this beef was weak to begin with. Anywho, for anyone out of the loop, here’s everything you need to know about Doechii and Adin Ross’ beef. 

The Initial Spark & Doubling Down

Doechii’s star status was cemented in 2025, especially after her 2024 album, Alligator Bites Never Heal, made her the third woman, after Cardi B and Lauryn Hill, to win Best Rap Album. However, with this type of visibility comes scrutiny. After the Met Gala, a video emerged of Doechii seemingly berating employees for not properly disguising her Louis Vuitton outfit better. Doechii faced her fair share of criticism, but Adin Ross’s viral tirade was overboard. Charging her with labels like “industry plant” in an attempt to undermine her success, his insults quickly devolved into misogynoir territory as he labeled her a “b*tch” and questioned why The Weeknd and Playboi Carti–who once finessed Ross of $2 million, allegedly–would include her on the remix of their song. Moreover, Adin Ross called her “untalented,” a particularly ironic claim coming from him. 

As you could imagine, the backlash was stronger for Ross. People across the internet piled on to condemn Adin for his comments on Doechii. People like Anthony Fantano called out Adin, prompting the Kick streamer to accuse the music reviewer of being a “culture vulture.” But, he also addressed the broader criticism he faced from people who claimed his rant was both misogynistic and racist. Ross claimed his criticism wasn’t based on race or gender but because of how Doechii treated the people around her at the Met Gala. “If you’re disrespectful to a 9-to-5 hard-working person, it pisses me off. It’s a pet peeve,” he said. Ross claimed that she should’ve been more patient as a successful multi-millionaire while trying to claim that he’s only trying to speak on what he believes is right. Meanwhile, Adin tried to downplay accusations of racism or misogyny. 

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Doechii’s Public Apology & TDE Punch’s Warning 

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Doechii eventually apologized for the incident while shouting out her team. “All jokes aside I’m so so so proud of my glam team and the LV team for an incredible night!” she wrote it.

Meanwhile, in the midst of the Adin drama, TDE Punch appeared to address his commentary. “These internet guys are really going far. It’s a difference between entertainment and being disrespectful,” he wrote. “I understand it’s ppls brands to say the things they say, but it’s going to go some where else. Eventually, everyone will see each other. No threats, let’s just keep it cool and respectful.”

Brand Deals Gone Out The Window

Ultimately, the situation ended up costing Adin Ross more than anyone else. During a livestream, Akademiks called Adin Ross, who revealed that he lost out on multi-million dollar brand deals because of his comments. What’s worse is that he acknowledged that this came after years of practically sabotaging his public image and finally repairing it to a point where brands wanted to work with him. “Oh my God. I’m so mad, Ak. My P.R. was finally getting better. I had two deals lined up,” he said. 

Doechii Strikes Back

Things simmered down for a while after Ross’ initial rant. Doechii continued to make major strides, from co-signs from Nas to opening for Kendrick on the Grand National tour, an epic debut set at Glastonbury, and more Grammy nods. However, she ensured that she capped off a productive year on a high note. Teaming up with SZA, the two collided on “girl, get up,” where she finally addressed Adin Ross and the “industry plant” allegations. She didn’t address Ross by name, but the internet, and the streamer himself, felt that the shoe fit.

“All that industry plant shit wack, I see it on the blogs, I see you in the chats, you suck every rap n***a d*ck from the back, but what’s the agenda when the it girl black? Y’all can’t fathom that I work this hard, and y’all can’t fathom that I earned this chart,” she rapped on the song. Not necessarily a “diss” in the traditional sense, but certainly a long-awaited response.

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Adin Ross Disses Doechii On 6ix9ine Song

As the year came to an end, Adin Ross found a new friend in Tekashi 6ix9ine, and that friendship blossomed quickly. Evidently, the two share a lot of similar qualities, and their chemistry translated well during their live streams. Then, the two locked into the studio where they recorded a diss track titled “Bacon” aimed at the industry, from Kai Cenat’s ex Gigi, to Lil Tjay, Lil Durk, and Doechii. Adin’s verse only consisted of eight bars, half of which consisted of him calling Doechii a “dirty b*tch bottin’ views,” just in case you were wondering who the untalented one was between himself and the TDE rapper. 

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The Fallout & Repercussions

It didn’t take long for Ross to face even more backlash, especially from artists on the West Coast who felt like he went too far. Glasses Malone, in particular, threatened to harm Adin, which Joe Budden co-signed. It prompted Adin to reiterate that he moves with the security and police–something that Akademiks later echoed. However, Adin has since committed to donating six figures to small Black-owned businesses in the Los Angeles area and challenged anyone who threatened him to do the same.

However, Adin Ross has seemingly faced a bit of a loss as a result of his latest debacle with the internet. He revealed on stream that he had a collaboration lined up with a big NBA star but because of the recent controversies, it was postponed. 

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“Oh, i know he’s cooking up some dope sh*t,” one fan writes in Kurrco’s replies. “Last solo album was in 2023 utopia so a new album would be fire,” another says. “This year gonna be one for the books,” someone else claims.

News of Travis’ post comes just a few days after he teased unreleased music in a Powerbeats Fit ad, kicking off Beats by Dre’s “Dare to Dream” campaign. It also comes after he revealed that he was hard at work on new music during his “Circus Maximus” tour.

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Are Travis Scott & Tyla Dating?

“Oh yeah, like a whole album,” he said in November when asked if he had anything on the way. When asked when listeners can expect to hear it, he said, “Soon, hopefully. Yeah, I made a whole album on tour.”

New music isn’t all Travis Scott is making headlines for these days, either. Last month, rumors that he’s in a relationship with Tyla also began running rampant. For now, neither of them has publicly addressed these rumors.

A source who spoke with Complex claimed that the alleged romance began almost immediately after the two artists met. “Travis and Tyla shared an immediate connection when they first met, and their relationship has only continued to grow stronger over the past year,” they alleged.

When similar rumors started circulating in 2023, Tyla downplayed their relationship. “He’s such a cool person,” she said of Travis. “I didn’t know what to expect before I met him, I was kind of nervous. He’s so chill, so funny, so cool.”

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Many have been sharing laughs in response to the necklace. “He’s thinking smart, when he’s washed up and homeless he’ll have something to watch the game on lmao,” one user joked on X (formerly Twitter). Another added: “Its good to be rich…but it actually makes no sense. I would find it more comfortable to watch movies on stream from my mobile phone than carrying a mini screen as weight on my neck of which he might prolly not use… In essence all together, wrong usage of money…”

Others have been describing the piece as corny. “He actually showing his age for this chain would’ve went crazy in 06,” one user argued. One more added: “dumbest sh*t ive ever seen.”

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Fivio Foreign Is Heading To Rehab

Before showing off the new necklace, Fivio Foreign also told his fans that he’ll be checking into rehab soon. In a video on social media, he explained that he’ll be gone for a few weeks as he works to better himself, although he didn’t go too deep into specifics.

“I wanna let y’all know, with the help of my team, my wife, my family, my probation officer, and the people I’ve been talking to: I’m admitting myself into a rehab center in the next couple of days, for like a week or two,” Fivio said. “I had to pay $10,000 to get into it. You know what I’m saying? I just feel like I’m at a point where, you know, I want to change, I wanna live, and I wanna stop making a lot of dumb decisions and a lot of dumb mistakes that I’ve been making.”

“I want y’all to support me and I want y’all to bow me through this journey,” he concluded. “Now I’m saying I got my beautiful lifestyle and I don’t want to lose that for nothing.”

Taking to X on Tuesday, he vented about how challenging the process has been. “Nobody warned me about the psychological withdrawal from drugs.. The physical part was easy but man….” he wrote.

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“How u worried about me when ya heat off and rent due,” the post reads, as captured by @big_business_ on X. “Herd it was 7 degrees in da Bronx last night ,” his caption read. It didn’t take long for Jones to respond, and he didn’t hesitate to make his feelings known.

“U soft,” he wrote, followed by “U whole crew is soft” and “Freakey u soft too.”

“A block no u soft,” he continued, “Do ur shoe punk.” From there, Cam hit back with even more taunting.

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Who Does Jim Jones Have Beef With?

“What’s wrong Capo? Ya heat off too? I ain’t know [shrug and laughing emojis]. [I’d] hate for you to be 50yrs old wit no heat. What’s ya Zelle bro? I got u,” he said. “Yea but my heat on. And Im warm, you 50 years old, tough and cold. But dead a** tho capo, ya heat off for real??”

Cam’ron isn’t the only person Jones is beefing with these days, either. He’s also currently wrapped up in a feud with 50 Cent. The situation ignited when Jones criticized Netflix’s Sean Combs: The Reckoning, which Fif directed.

In response to the criticism, 50 Cent accused Jones of being in serious debt. He even posted audio of a conversation he allegedly had with the owner of the Let’s Rap About It podcast studio. The owner alleged that Jones owes him between $80K and $180K in unpaid rent.

The hosts of Let’s Rap About It later dropped “Squatter’s Rights” freestyle, which features at least a few jabs at 50 Cent.

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He turned himself in after pleading guilty to violating the terms of his supervised release, last year. Speaking with Adin Ross for a livestream before the start of his sentence, 6ix9ine explained how his latest legal trouble started.

“I had a close friend/worker, and we fell out,” 6ix9ine told Ross. “What he ended up doing was meet with the feds and say I had drugs and guns in the house. They found an illegal gun and three ecstasy pills. Like I said, I’m on probation, so I give full consent to search my house, because I know there’s nothing there. After that was the mall situation… Basically, I was at the mall, and I was shopping with my girlfriend and my stepson and some guy was like, ‘If you weren’t with your family, I’d kill you, you f*cking rat.’ When we beat him up, he called the cops and made a report.”

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Famous Inmates At MDC Brooklyn

6ix9ine will be spending his sentence at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn alongside several other high-profile inmates. They include Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as well as Luigi Mangione, who stands accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in 2024.

6ix9ine discussed the celebrities he’ll be sharing a jail with in a video on social media, earlier this week. “Yo guys, remember when I told you I was in prison with Diddy, the president of Honduras, and Sam Bankman-Fried, and you guys thought I was lying? And then it came out that the president of Honduras was like, ‘He’s such a cool guy,’ I put Diddy on the phone with Akademiks. Now, I’m about to go meet the president of Venezuela,” 6xi9ine revealed. “I have that luck of just being locked up with presidents. Oh, and I’m about to meet Luigi too. I’m about to play chess with them n****s, eat ramen noodles.”

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The project will mark his fourth studio album overall and first solo effort since dropping 24K Magic in 2016. That album was a massive success, debuting at number two on the Billboard 200 chart after moving 231,000 equivalent album units. It featured hits such as the title track, “That’s What I Like,” “Versace on the Floor,” and “Finesse.” He ended up taking home seven Grammy Awards that year, including Album of the Year, Best R&B Album, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year.

In the time since, Mars teamed up with Anderson .Paak to form Silk Sonic. Together, they released An Evening with Silk Sonic in 2021. That project also debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart, moving 104,000 equivalent album units.

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When Is Bruno Mars Dropping “The Romantic”?

As for the official release date for The Romantic, Bruno Mars says he’ll be dropping the project on February 27. Further details on the tracklist, as well as whether there will be any guest appearances, are unavailable. Mars has, however, begun taking vinyl pre-orders on his website. There’s also a white t-shirt for sale featuring the cover artwork.

Fans on social media appear to be loving the news. “Friday can’t come soon enough!” one user responded to Mars’ announcement on X (formerly Twitter). Another wrote: “He’s about to take back his top spot from The Weekend, Rihanna, Bey, and in fact all existing pop stars combined! Bruno what a star you are!”

Mars has yet to provide fans with any further details about what they can expect from the lead single when it arrives on Friday.

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“I just don’t wanna go places where people have said things mean about me,” she said. “I wouldn’t have gone on Tasha K if I had actually done the research that I should’ve done and seen the way that she’s talked about me in the past. She was lovely in person. I’m not gonna take that from her, but the way that she has spoken about me in the past is deplorable.”

“So, there’s people on that podcast that I consider my friends,” she continued. “I’ve known Joe since I was 19. But then, he has other people on there that I’m just not interested in talking about or talking to. They have had my name in their mouth.” She went on to describe Marc Lamont Hill and Don’t Call Me White Girl as her friends as well.

When Live Bitez shared the clip on Instagram, fans had mixed reactions in the comments section. “Was she invited…..just wondering because that’s not really his platform style Ijs,” one user asked. Another joked: “She so woke she sleep.”

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Who Else Is Amanda Seales Beefing With?

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Joe Budden isn’t the only podcaster Amanda Seales refuses to sit down with. Last month, she discussed her relationship with Charlamagne Tha God of The Breakfast Club, revealing that the two are no longer friends.

“Why would I do a podcast with Charlamagne? We had great chemistry until I realized he was a ridiculous person, and he was a snake. So then we don’t have great chemistry anymore. He’s also not an intellectual. Like he’s read books, he’s not a dummy. But he’s not an intellectual and he’s not — he don’t got no back bone. He sits here and regurgitates the same crap,” Seales said, as caught by The Root.

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Ak believes this is because the collab would bolster his career in a big way, particularly after his alleged snitching scandal. 6ix9ine’s label ultimately agreed to pay $1 million for the feature, but when YB’s team got back to them, they proceeded to demand $2 million.

“You’ve got to imagine how someone’s feeling,” Ak said, as seen in a clip shared by Akademiks TV. “You don’t even feel like a person. Like you’re posting on Instagram that it’s $300K for a feature. 6ix9ine comes through, and you’re like, ‘It’s $1 million.'”

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What Happened To 6ix9ine & NBA YoungBoy’s Collab?

Reportedly, the collab fell through due to creative differences. The song in question was “GINÉ,” which ended up dropping as a single in 2022. That same year, YB had a conversation with Ak on Clubhouse. During it, he admitted that he’s still open to working with 6ix9ine, despite whatever critics may have to say about it.

“I’ll do a song with 6ix9ine before I do a song with half of these p***y a** n***as, ya hear me?” he declared. In response, Akademiks told him, “The industry gon’ kill you for that.”

“The industry can suck my d*ck,” he fired back. “I ain’t got sh*t … I ain’t got nothin’ against him. That sh*t ain’t gon nun to do with me. I wasn’t in his situation. Half of these p***y a** n***as that be talkin’ don’t know what they’d do if they were in his situation. What the f*ck that got to do with me or anybody else?”

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A woman who had been sitting in the passenger seat also suffered serious injuries. Her identity and condition have not been made public at the time of writing.

As news of the tragedy continues to make its rounds online, countless fans and loved ones have taken to social media with tributes. This includes Rich Nation CEO Michael Mitchell, who shared an emotional post about the loss earlier this week.

“ REST IN POWER BILLY RESIO ,” the post begins. “I don’t even know how to type this… my heart is broken in ways I can’t explain. Today I lost my artist, my brother, my family.”

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Who Is Billy Resio?

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“Billy Resio was taken from us way too soon in Durham, NC, and this pain is something I wouldn’t wish on anyone. I loved that kid for real. He wasn’t just talent—he was pure heart, raw truth, hunger, and loyalty. He believed in the vision, and I believed in him,” it continues. “We created history together.
He gave the world ‘Labeled Me Top Shotta’ featuring NBA YoungBoy, and he poured his soul into every record he made. Now he’s gone… but his voice, his energy, and his story will never die.”

Mitchell went on to promise that Resio’s legacy will live on. In addition to his collaboration with YB, the late artist was known for his songs “Lies,” “Bonnie And Clyde,” and more. He was just 30 years old when he passed away, and is survived by his one-year-old son.

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He stole approximately $80 million from sneaker collectors, everyday customers, and financial institutions. On top of prison time, he faces five years of supervised release afterward. The court ordered Malekzadeh to forfeit over $15 million in assets back to victims.

His fraud destroyed financial security and delayed major life milestones for countless people. People couldn’t buy homes, retire, or move forward with their lives because of him. U.S. Attorney Scott E. Bradford didn’t mince words calling it pure “insatiable greed.”

For years, Zadeh Kicks looked like a legit sneaker resale platform to everyone. Malekzadeh collected payments knowing he’d never actually send the sneakers out to customers. Instead, he blew the money on his own lavish lifestyle choices consistently.

The FBI finally stepped in after mountains of complaints from scammed buyers piled up. FBI Special Agent Stephanie Shark put it bluntly in her statement about the case. He literally took money from kids and adults promising sneakers that never existed.

This represents probably the biggest fraud case in sneakers. But, it isn’t the only major fraud investigation rocking sneaker resale lately.

Back in October 2025, we covered Cool Kicks owner Adeel Shams getting arrested during an LAPD raid. The high-profile Melrose Avenue store owner faced felony fraud charges after police raided their warehouse. Cool Kicks claimed the issues involved allegedly stolen goods sold in good faith.

These back-to-back cases show serious problems exist within the sneaker resale industry.

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Zadeh Kicks Lawsuit

Michael Malekzadeh operated Zadeh Kicks as a sneaker resale business while running a massive fraud operation. He accepted payments from thousands of customers for limited sneakers he never planned to ship.

The money funded his expensive lifestyle including luxury purchases and personal expenses for years. Malekzadeh also defrauded multiple banks through false loan applications and financial misrepresentations.

The scheme totaled approximately $80 million in losses across all victims. Prosecutors presented evidence showing deliberate intent to defraud from the operation’s beginning stages.

The investigation revealed Malekzadeh knew he couldn’t fulfill orders but continued accepting new payments. The victims of this were sneaker collectors of all ages who trusted that Zadeh Kicks was legitimate.

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