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Politics Charlie Kirk's Alleged Killer Identified As 22-Year-Old Utah Man Tyler Robinson Political commentator Charlie Kirk was shot in the neck during a speech at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. By Cole Blake September 12, 2025
Music Fans Debunk Fake Tweet Alleging That Nicki Minaj Told Cassie To Stay With Diddy Despite Abuse Journalist Matthew Russell Lee has been covering the Diddy trial extensively, and clarified Cassie didn't mention Nicki Minaj in this way. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2025
Music DDG Eviscerates Soulja Boy By Clowning His $4 Million Sexual Battery Judgement Many fans pointed out the dark irony of Soulja Boy calling out DDG for allegedly abusing Halle Bailey earlier this year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2025
Relationships YSL Lawyer & Codefendant Are Expecting A Child After Falling In Love In The Courtroom Shannon "Jackson" Stillwell was found not guilty in the YSL RICO trial save for one gun charge, and Kayla Bumpus helped him be free. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 29, 2025
Music Wack 100 Alleges Tory Lanez Was Stabbed In Protective Custody, Not General Population Tory Lanez fortunately recovered from his prison stabbing, and has since been transferred to another facility. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 01, 2025
Music Cam'ron Recalls How "Paid In Full" Role Allegedly Led To His 2005 Shooting Cam'ron also recently reflected via his "Talk With Flee" show on regretting not working with Eminem and Nas earlier in his career. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 08, 2025
Music Donald Trump Likens Diddy To Ghislaine Maxwell, Reveals Puff Asked For A Presidential Pardon Diddy was sentenced to 50 months in prison on Friday, and now, it appears as though he is seeking help from the President. By Alexander Cole October 07, 2025
Pop Culture Kim Kardashian Breaks Her Silence On Her Robbers' Convictions Ironically enough, Kim Kardashian recently graduated her law program and is now preparing to take the bar. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 26, 2025
Music Diddy Must Hand Over His "Freak-Off" Tapes & Recording Devices This part of Diddy's recent prison sentence for prostitution charges relates to items that federal authorities seized back in March of 2024. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 10, 2025
Music Soulja Boy Celebrates Release From Jail After Prosecutors Reject Gun Charge Earlier this week, Soulja Boy was booked on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm after a traffic stop in Los Angeles. By Caroline Fisher August 06, 2025
Music Brian Steel Salutes Young Thug For Being "A Hero" Post-YSL RICO Trial Young Thug has earned Brian Steel's respect for helping make changes to the legal system and ones that he feels will have a lasting impact. By Zachary Horvath August 02, 2025
Music Diddy's Sexual Appetite Was Allegedly Too Much For One Male Escort Diddy's ongoing criminal trial was adjourned on Wednesday as one of the members of the jury called out sick. By Cole Blake June 18, 2025