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Music Diddy Defense Alleges Sex Trafficking Case Comes Down To Money Diddy's defense made their closing argument in the mogul's federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial today. By Caroline Fisher June 27, 2025 1395 Views
Music Walter Scott Of The Whispers Passes Away At 81 Walter Scott was a founding member of The Whispers, whom you know for their massive hits like "And The Beat Goes On" and "Rock Steady." By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025 1160 Views
Music Doodie Lo Shows Off Physical Therapy Recovery After Harrowing Atlanta Shooting The OTF rapper seems to be doing much better now, although rumors of an alleged robbery against Doodie Lo are still up in the air. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025 2.6K Views
Music Frank Ocean Shocks The World And Drops "Channel Orange" Vinyl The wait for a new Frank Ocean album has been broken up by some big vinyl releases, including the "Blonde" reissue from a few years ago. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025 3.4K Views
Music Diddy Defense Labels Him An Alleged Abuser, Not A Sex Trafficker, In Closing Argument In court today, Marc Agnifilo claimed that if Diddy were being charged with domestic violence, he would have allegedly pleaded guilty. By Caroline Fisher June 27, 2025 3.2K Views
Music Maxo Kream Reportedly Arrested In Texas After Traffic Stop Maxo Kream was pulled over due to an expired license plate and now faces accusations of gun possession and misdemeanor fleeing. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025 1.9K Views
Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA Break Another Absurd Record With Their "Grand National" Tour Kendrick Lamar just announced some South American and Australian shows later this year, although SZA won't be around for those. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025 2.5K Views
Music Kendrick Lamar Expands "Grand National" Tour With South American Leg This Fall CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso will open for Kendrick Lamar in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile in September and October. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025 3.1K Views
Music TDE's Punch Draws Backlash For Wanting "Unity" In Hip-Hop After Kendrick Lamar & Drake Battle Punch has been all over Twitter since the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef blew up, which made OVO fans call these new comments hypocritical. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025 2.6K Views
Music Common Recalls Kanye West Writing “Heard ‘Em Say” In Ten Minutes According to Common, he passed on several Kanye West beats back in the day, and some of them ended up becoming hits. By Caroline Fisher June 27, 2025 1.8K Views
Music Chance The Rapper Taps Lil Wayne & Smino For A "Star Line" Single Coming Very Soon Chance The Rapper's new album "Star Line" comes out next month, and Lil Wayne and Smino will grace one of the album's lead singles. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025 1484 Views
Music Diddy Sued For Allegedly Sodomizing Man Without His Consent At House Party This is Diddy's latest sexual assault lawsuit, which arrived as his trial's defense team is getting ready to give their closing arguments. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025 2.1K Views