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Music Lil Durk Demands Removal Of His Music As Murder-For-Hire Trial Evidence This new brief from Lil Durk's legal team comes as prosecutors are elaborating on their accusations in his murder-for-hire trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 25, 2026
Music 50 Cent Won't Leave Jim Jones Alone After More Surprising Studio Footage Folks online think 50 Cent has a direct line to Jim Jones and people running his studio space, because the diabolical trolls keep emerging. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 24, 2026
Music Diddy Portrayed As Luigi Mangione’s Cellmate In Controversial New Musical Following his arrest in December of last year, Luigi Mangione was sent to the same prison Diddy's in, the MDC in New York City. By Caroline Fisher June 15, 2025
Music Kanye West Shares Concerning Update On "Bully" Just Moments Ahead Of Its Release Kanye West has had a lot going on as of late and it seems that all has gotten in the way of "Bully" coming out in a timely manner. By Zachary Horvath June 14, 2025
Music Diddy Allegedly Told "Jane" He Needed Her Friendship Days After Cassie's Lawsuit "Jane" previously alleged that she had a nasty physical altercation with Diddy not long after Cassie Ventura filed her lawsuit against him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 12, 2025
Music Tyrone Blackburn’s Request To Fix AI-Generated Errors In Fat Joe Lawsuit Denied Fat Joe is being sued by his former hype-man Terrance "T.A." Dixon, who alleges that he saw him take part in various illegal activities. By Caroline Fisher September 11, 2025
Music Brendan Paul Alleges “Jane” Never Seemed Hesitant About Freak-Offs With Diddy Diddy's ex-assistant Brendan Paul was arrested last March with cocaine in his bag while trying to board a plane with the mogul. By Caroline Fisher June 20, 2025
Music Suge Knight Theorizes Why Diddy's Peers Aren't Speaking About His Sex Trafficking Trial Suge Knight weighed in on Diddy's ongoing criminal trial in New York City while speaking with Aubrey O’Day. By Cole Blake June 18, 2025
Music Young Thug Seemingly Shades Gunna For "Acting Like The Victim" Young Thug has been upset with Gunna ever since he got out of jail for taking a plea deal in the YSL RICO case back in 2022. By Cole Blake December 16, 2025
Music Jay-Z Makes Major Global Play With New $500M Bet On Korean Entertainment & Lifestyle Jay-Z has got his eyes set on the next big thing. By Tallie Spencer December 11, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Named Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist Of The Year Kendrick Lamar dominated the charts in 2025, mostly from his album, "GNX," as well as his popular Drake diss, "Not Like Us." By Cole Blake December 09, 2025
Music 50 Cent Suggests He Did ABC Interview Just So Diddy Could See It In Prison ABC is allegedly one of the few news stations Diddy can watch in jail, so of course 50 Cent promoted "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" there. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 07, 2025