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Music Faith Evans Hit With Major Lawsuit Over The Notorious B.I.G.'s Mother’s Estate The Notorious B.I.G.'s mother, Voletta Wallace, passed away back in February at the age of 72. By Cole Blake July 10, 2025
Music Kanye West Has Been Effectively Blacklisted From Performing In Europe Kanye West has given a couple of recent performances in Asia and previewed other planned concerts in Central Europe. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 10, 2025
Music “What Did I Miss?”: Drake’s "Iceman" Rollout, Wireless Festival & The Fight To Reclaim The Narrative Drake’s officially in album rollout mode, but "Iceman" will have to do more than address public fallouts to shift the narrative around his name. By Aron A. July 09, 2025
Music Big Sean Denies Fake Ab Allegations As Social Media Users Compare Him To Drake According to Big Sean, his physique is all natural, despite whatever social media sleuths have to say about it. By Caroline Fisher July 09, 2025
Streetwear Diddy's Twin Daughters Launch New Clothing Line Jessie and D’Lila Combs are venturing into the fashion industry as their father remains behind bars while awaiting sentencing. By Cole Blake July 09, 2025
Music Pusha T Delivers Cryptic Message About “Smear Campaigns” Against Clipse The first Clipse album in roughly 15 years, "Let God Sort Em Out," is expected to be released later this week. By Caroline Fisher July 09, 2025
Music DJ Vlad Confronts Tony Buzbee In Heated Exchange Over Lawsuits Against Diddy & Jay-Z Tony Buzbee has represented several clients with allegations of sexual assault and sexual abuse against Diddy. By Cole Blake July 09, 2025
Music Karrine Steffans Says She Can't Be Sure Whether She Had Sex With Diddy Karrine Steffans's appearance on "Piers Morgan Uncensored" comes after Diddy was found not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering. By Cole Blake July 09, 2025
Music Travis Scott Finally Begins Pre-Orders For "Jackboys 2" The move comes after Travis Scott dropped a new single from the project featuring Don Toliver and Sheck Wes on Tuesday. By Cole Blake July 09, 2025
Music Senegal Officially Abandons Akon's Futuristic City Proposal Akon originally proposed the idea as a "real-life Wakanda" back in 2018, but the project's struggled to get off the ground. By Cole Blake July 09, 2025
Music Charlamagne Tha God Roasts Drake Over Guns In “What Did I Miss?” Video Recently, Drake debuted his new single "What Did I Miss?," reflecting on the fallout of his feud with Kendrick Lamar. By Caroline Fisher July 09, 2025
Music Kodak Black Awarded Key To His Hometown Of Pompano Beach Earlier this week, Kodak Black was honored for all he's done to give back to the community of Pompano Beach. By Caroline Fisher July 09, 2025