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Music Troy Ave Opens Fire On Robbery Suspect In Harrowing Security Footage In June, Troy Ave and celebrity chef Geoff Cole's evening took an unexpected turn when a man tried to rob them in San Diego. By Caroline Fisher July 16, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Exposes SZA For Blocking Him As Nicki Minaj Beef Rages On SZA and Nicki Minaj posted several fiery messages aimed at one another on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday. By Cole Blake July 16, 2025
Music Clipse Perform Emotional Rendition Of "The Birds Don't Sing" On "The Tonight Show" Clipse performed on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon," delivering an emotional tribute to their parents. By Devin Morton July 16, 2025
Music Sexyy Red & Her Friends Get Drake Drunk At 9 A.M. Sexyy Red and Drake have formed a tight knit bond that's both been beloved and disliked by the hip-hop community. By Zachary Horvath July 16, 2025
Music Roc Nation Wants Desiree Perez’s Daughter Held In Contempt Over Tasha K Interview Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez's daughter Demoree Hadley sued her this May, alleging that she had her Baker Acted for no good reason. By Caroline Fisher July 16, 2025
Music TD Jakes Alleges 44K AI Bots Are Responsible For Linking Him To Diddy Rumors TD Jakes' interview comes after a jury found Diddy not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering, earlier this month. By Cole Blake July 16, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Sides With Nicki Minaj Amid Twitter Spat With SZA In the war of words between Nicki Minaj and SZA on Tuesday evening, DJ Akademiks is taking the side of Minaj. By Devin Morton July 16, 2025
Music Travis Scott, SZA & Future Cite Kanye West's Involvement In “Telekinesis” To Seek Lawsuit Dismissal Gospel singer Victory Boyd is suing Travis Scott, SZA, and Future for reusing an unreleased Kanye West track that she worked on. By Cole Blake July 16, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Attacks SZA’s Appearance, Career & More During Brutal Twitter Tirade Recently, Nicki Minaj went on yet another fiery rant, this time targeting TDE's Terrence "Punch" Henderson and SZA. By Caroline Fisher July 16, 2025
Music TDE Punch Casually Reacts To Nicki Minaj's Explosive Allegations Yesterday evening (July 15), Nicki Minaj went absolutely ballistic on TDE Punch, accusing him of bullying, lying, and more. By Zachary Horvath July 16, 2025
Music SZA Promptly Claps Back At Nicki Minaj For Putting TDE Punch On Blast SZA and Nicki Minaj weren't known to have issues prior to this exchange, but the latter went too far in the TDE artist's eyes. By Zachary Horvath July 15, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Goes Scorched Earth On TDE Punch In Latest Rant Today, Nicki Minaj went on yet another scathing rant on X, this time targeting Top Dawg Entertainment president Punch. By Caroline Fisher July 15, 2025