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Music Mase Addresses Rumor He Sat Next To Diddy’s Son At Funeral For Biggie Smalls’ Mother According to Mase, he felt like The Notorious B.I.G.'s mother Voletta Wallace's funeral marked the end of an era. By Caroline Fisher March 17, 2025
Music Ja Rule Couldn't Believe His Ears When He Heard Billy McFarland Is Planning Fyre Festival 2 Ja Rule, who distanced himself from the disastrous Fyre Festival, went on Fox 5 New York to promote his upcoming tour with Nelly and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Music Punch & Top Dawg Celebrate SZA Breaking Michael Jackson's Billboard 200 Record SZA's "SOS" album has been dominating the Billboard charts ever since its release back in December of 2022. By Cole Blake March 17, 2025
Music Mase Surprisingly Reveals He'd Be Open To Visiting Diddy In Prison Despite Tensions Mase also spoke to Cam'ron about the rumor that he sat next to one of Diddy's sons at the funeral of Voletta Wallace, Biggie Smalls' mother. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Music Charlamagne Tha God Slams “Boring” Kanye West For Trying Too Hard To Be Controversial Kanye West has been making headlines lately for posting swastikas, praising Hitler, demanding Diddy's freedom, and more. By Caroline Fisher March 17, 2025
Pop Culture Suge Knight Claims Tyrin Turner Was In Relationships With Dr. Dre, Jamie Foxx, & More In Vulgar Rant Suge Knight is standing by his over-the-top allegations he made just over a year ago about actor Tyrin Turner. By Zachary Horvath March 17, 2025
Music A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Walks Away Unscathed From A Destructive Car Crash A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, who totaled his sports car in New York last night, has been pretty quiet since his "Better Off Alone" album in 2024. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Music Azealia Banks Goes Off On JK Rowling For Transphobic Views JK Rowling, the author of "Harry Potter," has faced public backlash for expressing transphobic views for a number of years now. By Cole Blake March 17, 2025
Music Lefty Gunplay Allegedly Arrested Just Minutes Before Hitting Rolling Loud Stage Lefty Gunplay has already had his run-ins with law enforcement in 2025 and it seems the struggles to stay out of trouble are continuing. By Zachary Horvath March 17, 2025
Viral The Weeknd Performs "Timeless" With Kai Cenat During Playboi Carti's Rolling Loud LA Set Fellow streamer Young Dabo accompanied Kai Cenat at Playboi Carti's performance, where The Weeknd showed both of them love. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Music Drake Cryptically Teases Next Music Video From "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U" Drake's "Nokia" will be getting a music video after the song returned to the Billboard Hot 100 chart's top 10, last week. By Cole Blake March 17, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Tosses Kai Cenat & Dabo New YVL Chain At Rolling Loud: LA Playboi Carti's new album, I AM MUSIC, is predicted to be the biggest hip-hop release of the year. The album includes new hit "Good Credit." By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 17, 2025