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Music Cassie Has Moved Out Of The U.S. After $20 Mil Diddy Settlement New court documents revealed that Cassie Ventura does not plan on returning to the United States anytime soon. By Erika Marie June 02, 2026
Music Dame Dash Says He Is "Embarrassed" For Jay-Z, Criticizes His Hair If there's one thing that Dame Dash is going to do, is give his hot takes about Jay-Z. This time, it's all about Hov's recent Roots Picnic takeover. By Erika Marie June 02, 2026
Music Tyler, The Creator Names His Mount Rushmore: Erykah, Pharrell, Jamiroquai, & More Hitmaker Tyler, the Creator names his favorite artists, rappers, and albums while chatting with DJ Drama on the Gangsta Grillz podcast. By Erika Marie June 02, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Says Mansion Shooting "Took Away A Lot Of Peace" Back in March, a woman reportedly fired off multiple shots with an AR-15 at A$AP Rocky and Rihanna's Los Angeles mansion. By Erika Marie June 02, 2026
Music Drake Appears To Troll Playboi Carti By Liking His Ex's Instagram Post Drake is someone who can be incredibly petty on social media, and now, it appears as though Playboi Carti is feeling that wrath. By Alexander Cole June 02, 2026
Music Conway The Machine Delivers Spirited Freestyle Over Drake's "Make Them Pay" Instrumental Conway The Machine hopped in the studio recently, where he delivered a new freestyle over Drake's "Make Them Pay." By Alexander Cole June 02, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Addresses Theory That Drake Was Involved With Baby Keem's Girl DJ Akademiks is always being presented interesting theories on his streams, and recently, he dealt with one involving Baby Keem and Drake. By Alexander Cole June 02, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar’s pgLang Announces Latest Signee Imani Imani releases her debut project "Papercut." By Aron A. June 02, 2026
TV Rory & Mal Respond To Tasha K's Report That Jay-Z Kicked Them Out Of The Roots Picnic Tasha K leveled an interesting report about Jay-Z and Rory & Mal, although, as it turns out, none of it was true. By Alexander Cole June 02, 2026
Music Mal Reveals Drake's Initial Reaction To Jay-Z's Roots Picnic Freestyle Jay-Z took some big shots at Drake during his Roots Picnic freestyle, and we now know how the artist reacted. By Alexander Cole June 02, 2026
Music Lil Durk's Mom Says He Cut His Locks & Is "Doing Pretty Good" Behind Bars Lil Durk is in good spirits despite everything. By Erika Marie June 01, 2026
Music Tory Lanez Wants Restraining Order Against Prison Guard New court filings reveal Tory Lanez fears for his safety in prison following a violent stabbing attack and an ongoing dispute with corrections officials. By Erika Marie June 01, 2026