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Music Benzino Receives Unrelenting Backlash For His Shocking D'Angelo Tribute Many artists have paid their respects to the late and great and D'Angelo, but Benzino's attempt to do so is being met with boos. By Zachary Horvath October 17, 2025
Music JT Randomly Takes More Shots At Cardi B Following Diss Track Releases JT and Cardi B's feud has cooled off a bit since this past weekend, but she may be looking to ramp it back up. By Zachary Horvath October 09, 2025
Music Pooh Shiesty Shoots His Shot At Cardi B Just Hours After Getting Out Of Prison Pooh Shiesty pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess firearms in furtherance of crimes of violence and drug trafficking back in 2022. By Cole Blake October 07, 2025
Music Where Will Diddy Be Serving His Prison Sentence? Diddy was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in his criminal trial, earlier this year. By Cole Blake October 06, 2025
Music Diddy Wants To Block "Mia" Accuser From Speaking At His Sentencing Hearing Diddy will return to the courtroom for his sentencing on Friday, October 3, when he'll finally learn whether he'll have to stay behind bars. By Cole Blake October 01, 2025
Music Ghostface Killah's Son Infinite Coles Elaborates On Their Rocky Relationship Infinite Coles recently released some singles from his upcoming "Sweetface Killah" album that target his strained bond with Ghostface Killah. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 29, 2025
Music Jay-Z & Roc Nation's NYC Casino Bid Shot Down By Advisory Committee President of the Broadway League Jason Laks called the vote against Jay-Z and Roc Nation's casino bid one to "protect the magic of Broadway." By Caroline Fisher September 17, 2025
Music Cardi B Encounters Giant Rat While Roaming NYC Subway To Promote "AM I THE DRAMA?" Cardi B also popped out to the Alexander Wang New York Fashion Week show with her daughter Kulture earlier this week. By Zachary Horvath September 13, 2025
Music YSL Woody & Yak Gotti Rock “I Love Young Thug” Shirts Amid Jail Call Scandal Several of Young Thug's jail calls have leaked online in recent weeks, exposing him for dissing peers, cheating, and more. By Caroline Fisher September 12, 2025
Music Ice Spice Refuses To Call Taylor Swift On Stream Despite Kai Cenat's Desperate Pleas Ice Spice and Taylor Swift have been friends since collaborating on a remix to the song, "Karma," back in 2023. By Cole Blake September 08, 2025
Music Jay-Z Sexual Assault Accuser Begs To Keep Identity Secret, Citing Potential "Psychological Harm" Jay-Z is continuing his defamation lawsuit after a sexual assault allegation against him in late 2024. His accuser hopes to stay anonymous. By Devin Morton September 07, 2025
Music Chris Brown's Civil Dog-Mauling Case Declared A Mistrial, But It's Not Over Yet A juror's poor decisions led to a mistrial in the Chris Brown dog-mauling case, although the case is far from over. By Alexander Cole June 17, 2026