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Turk Alias name: Young Turk City: New Orleans, Louisiana 
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Lil Durk Alias name: Durk City: Chicago, Illinois -
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TV DJ Akademiks is known for his rants on stream, and recently, he decided to go off on women like Brittany Renner, India Love, and even Cassie.
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Mixtapes Kendrick Lamar's "untitled unmastered." is one of the biggest triumphs of his career, and on Wednesday, it officially turns 10 years old.
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Relationships India Royale clapped back at Myron Gaines and the more general rumors that she's leaving Lil Durk behind amid his murder-for-hire trial.
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Music The opening of a fourth Marathon Burger in Long Beach quickly turned horrific as gunshots rang off near the brand-new establishment.
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Songs Back in 2016, Fat Joe and Remy Ma turned up on "All The Way Up," and enduring hit featuring French Montana and Infrared.
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Sneakers Carmelo Anthony just unveiled an exclusive Air Jordan 3 PE inspired by the Chicago flag and here’s why it’s already turning heads.
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Music Turk and the large majority of the Cash Money crew have been beefing for a while now over tour disputes and clashes of ego.
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Music Shortly after Lil Durk's 2024 arrest, a photo of OTF Jam allegedly eating McDonald's in an interrogation room surfaced online.
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Pop Culture In 2010, Sidney Starr spilled the T on her relationship with Chingy, but it turned out to be an outright lie.
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Music Turk was having a great time on the Cash Money reunion tour with Juvenile and the rest of the Hot Boys... Until money got in the way.
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Songs MadeInTYO's infamous 2016 hit "Uber Everywhere" has officially turned 10 years old, and today, we take a look at the album's impact.
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Music Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial was recently delayed from April to August, and now we have more details about what's next.
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Music Lil Durk and his lawyers argued against the use of songs, lyrics, and music videos as evidence in his murder-for-hire trial.
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Music Young Thug’s leaked jail calls mentioned the rapper’s issues with Kendrick Lamar, Future, Lil Durk, and Gucci Mane.
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Music Megan Thee Stallion recently turned 31, and to celebrate, her boo Klay Thompson gave her a gift worth approximately $275K.
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TV Following Charlamagne Tha God and Chet Hanks, it's now EmRata's turn to be grilled by Ziwe.
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Music Lil Yachty had some Drake fans mad for how he talked about the Kendrick Lamar beef and it in turn complicated things.
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TV From Freddie Gibbs and Lil Durk to Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent has used the "Power" universe to introduce rappers into TV.
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Original Content "All Eyez on Me" marked a turning point in 1996, as did Tupac's death. Thirty years later, its ambition still as unapologetic as the rapper intended.
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Sports Pooh Shiesty wasted no time getting back in the studio for the requisite "First Day Out" single but its turning heads for a different reason.
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Songs RiFF RAFF and BLP Kosher have teamed up on "Tip Toe In My Forces," a song that is certainly going to turn some heads.
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Music These allegations against Lil Durk are related to the arrests of Preston Powell and Anthony Montgomery-Wilson over Stephon Mack's death.
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Music Lil Durk is currently awaiting his trial behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Los Angeles.
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Music NBA YoungBoy and Lil Durk's beef has a lot of emotional and personal layers to it, so there's a good chance they never see eye to eye again.
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Pop Culture Megan Thee Stallion was providing some unique coverage of her own at the Winter Olympics and killing it fashion wise in the process.
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Sports This wholesome friendship allegedly turned sour, as Drake and LeBron James haven't publicly reconciled since the Kendrick Lamar battle.
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Relationships Drake kept turning her into a story. Rihanna moved on. Here is how their long-rumored relationship turned into distance.
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Pop Culture Embark on the journey of Courtney Clenney, a model turned social media influencer, and explore how her diverse career led to a significant net worth.
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News Lil Durk reveals he's got collaborations with Chance The Rapper and Chief Keef in store, and speaks on connecting with Logic for "Remember My Name."
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Songs Lil Durk made a similar pledge a few months ago.
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Gossip SKG is celebrating the recent arrest of Big U, who turned himself in but denied the RICO charges against him.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares -
Gossip During a recent conversation with N3on, Kevin Gates and his current girlfriend revealed how their relationship began.
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Viral Nick Fuentes, Myron Gaines, Clavicular, Tristan Tate, and Justin Waller were also present to turn up to Kanye West's banned track.
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News Li lDurk talks about his crush on Teyana Taylor and making the XXL Freshman list on "106 & Park."
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News Rick Ross was scheduled to headline Detroit radio station HOT 107.5′s Summer Jamz 17 last night, but he didn't perform due to a hundred person mob that blocked him from entering the venue.
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Relationships DJ Akademiks claimed confirmation on this.
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Music 50 Cent has a lot of respect for Eminem.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares -
Music Rapper and social commentator Noname reportedly turned down the opportunity to be apart of the "Judas and the Black Messiah" Soundtrack after seeing the film and disagreeing with its focus.
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Music Videos H.E.R. and Lil Durk appear in Cordae's new video for "Chronicles".
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News Peep the new song off the "Deadpool 2" soundtrack.
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Songs Rihanna and Drake's infamous collaboration "Work" has just turned 10 years old, one day before the 10-year anniversary of "ANTI."
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Music Fredo Bang discussed the making of the "Top" Remix with Lil Durk on a new episode of BagFuel.
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Music 6ix9ine took aim at Lil Durk, Adin Ross targeted Doechii, and Cuffem dissed Lil Tjay on "BACON," and now it's officially out.
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Sneakers A closer look at the Tom Sachs x NikeCraft General Purpose Participation Shoe, an exclusive release for Mars Yard 3.0 raffle losers.
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Music Finesse2tymes turned himself in earlier this month, blaming at least some of his legal issues on 11-year-old FNG King.
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Politics Waka Flocka Flame has also expressed support for United States President Donald Trump, so this random Nicki Minaj shoutout is no surprise.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares -
Music A film producer is still trying to collect the $832,000 that Dame owes him, but Hov and "Biggs" Burke pumped the brakes on this process.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares -
Music When it was Kodak's turn to spit a few bars, he opened by saying he wasn't a fan of the beat.
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Pop Culture Kanye West says that his daughter, Chicago, will either be a "problem" or a "blessing."
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News Lucky Daye shares his new album, "Candydrip" ft. Lil Durk, Smino & Chiiild.
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