VOL 01 / NO. 11
Matt Proxy Trojan Horse album cover
DROPS / REVIEW/MINNEAPOLIS

Matt Proxy's 'Trojan Horse' Review: A Maximalist Debut That Loses Its Edge

Matt Proxy's debut album Trojan Horse is his cleanest, most ambitious experiment yet, a genre collage with real high points that buckles under the weight of its own concept.

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SECTION 02 — FEATURES

The desk reports

9 STORIES · UPDATED JUN 23
Matt Ox photographed against a graffiti wall
INVESTIGATION / SCENE BEEFONLINE

Matt Ox vs. Nettspend Beef, Explained: The Swag Feud and the 'FUK DA NETT' Diss Track

The Matt Ox and Nettspend beef, explained: how a swag accusation turned into dueling diss tracks, and what Matt Ox's new song 'FUK DA NETT' (out May 29) means for the feud.

BY ASHTONMAY 31, 20267M
fakemink Terrified album cover
DROP / ALBUM REVIEWLONDON, VIA LOS ANGELES

fakemink Terrified Review: A Strobe-Lit California Noir That Earns Its Dread

fakemink's second album Terrified landed today, a near fully self-produced horror record built from a warped LA memory. It overreaches, but the vision holds. 8 out of 10.

BY ASHTONMAY 22, 20263M
JPEGMAFIA's EXPERIMENTAL RAP album cover
DROPS / ALBUM REVIEWONLINE

JPEGMAFIA's EXPERIMENTAL RAP Review: A Producer's Masterclass Stapled to a Rapper Standing Still

JPEGMAFIA's sixth album EXPERIMENTAL RAP lands today: 25 tracks of fearless, self-produced sound design wrapped around bars that rarely leave his comfort zone. A 6/10.

BY ASHTONMAY 21, 20265M
Sulfur Surfer cover — a hyper-saturated, graffiti-drenched collage of Bladee with long hair and yellow glasses in a Search Fund tee
SCENE / ALBUM REVIEWSTOCKHOLM, TRASH ISLAND

Bladee 'Sulfur Surfer' Review: Whitearmor, Current 93, and a 7 You Can Sit With

Bladee dropped Sulfur Surfer today on Trash Island, fully produced by Whitearmor with a Current 93 feature. Our review of the Cold Visions follow-up, and why it lands at a 7.

BY ASHTONMAY 20, 20266M
Booking-style portrait of Lil Shine (Jasper William Johnson)
INVESTIGATION / SENTENCINGMINNEAPOLIS, FEDERAL COURT

Lil Shine Sentenced to 36 Months in Federal DEA Hacking Case

Minneapolis pluggnb rapper Lil Shine announced on Instagram that he was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison Monday, four days after releasing his third album 'Get Rich Or Die Sippin'.' He had been facing up to 3.5 years according to court filings.

BY ASHTONMAY 19, 20268M
Get Rich Or Die Sippin' album cover — courtroom sketch of Lil Shine and counsel with FREE SHINE signs in the gallery and a styrofoam double cup on the defense table
DROP / ALBUM REVIEWMINNEAPOLIS

Lil Shine's 'Get Rich Or Die Sippin'' Review: A Pluggnb Send-Off Four Days Before Federal Sentencing

Lil Shine dropped his third album the same week he's set to be sentenced on federal wire fraud and identity theft charges. The music holds up. The timing makes it heavier than it has any right to be.

BY ASHTONMAY 15, 20268M
Nine Vicious onstage at Rolling Loud's Verizon Stage in red lighting
DROPS / DISS TRACKSOUNDCLOUD

Nine Vicious's "OPM BABI A RAT": A 9-Minute Diss Track With a Direct Playboi Carti Callout

Released overnight after Nine Vicious's Rolling Loud debut, "OPM BABI A RAT" is a 9-minute SoundCloud diss produced by patrick — naming OPM Babi as a snitch and Playboi Carti as the man who needs to do something about it.

BY ASHTONMAY 10, 20264M
Nine Vicious portrait — peach-pink dreads, septum and lip piercings
INVESTIGATION / SCENE BEEFORLANDO — CAMPING WORLD STADIUM

Nine Vicious Drops 9-Minute "OPM BABI A RAT" Diss Track After Calling Out the Producer From the Rolling Loud Stage

Hours after branding producer OPM Babi a rat from his Rolling Loud debut, Nine Vicious answered on record — a 9-minute SoundCloud diss titled "OPM BABI A RAT" prod. patrick, with an explicit Playboi Carti callout. OPM Babi has responded on Instagram.

BY ASHTONMAY 09, 202615M
Jane Remover
INVESTIGATION / SCENE BEEFONLINE — DIGICORE

Jane Remover vs. Young Dabo: The Underground Beef Splitting Hyperpop, Digicore, and Streamer Twitter

A breakdown of the Jane Remover and Young Dabo feud, who's involved, who's taking sides, and why it exploded into one of the loudest underground music stories of 2026.

BY ASHTONMAY 06, 202611M
SECTION 03 — DISPATCHES

The wire

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DROP / TONIGHTMAY 13, 20263 MIN

bleood Drops Surprise Album PROTAGONIST Days Before His Tour Starts

The New York experimental rage artist quietly pushed PROTAGONIST to streaming with no rollout, no single release week, and a tour named after it that kicks off in 11 days.