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Music Diddy's Legal Team Argues With Prosecutors About Controversial Jury Questionnaire Diddy's defense team reportedly proposed a questionnaire for jurors to determine their comfort with viewing sexually explicit content. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 13, 2025
Music SZA Admits She Was "Relieved" Her Super Bowl Halftime Show Performance Was Shortened SZA and Kendrick Lamar will be reuniting again for the highly anticipated "Grand National Tour," later this month. By Cole Blake April 13, 2025
Music Sada Baby Alleges He’s Being “Targeted” And Drops Merch Featuring Viral Mugshot Earlier this week, Sada Baby was arrested on a charge of allegedly possessing a controlled substance (narcotic/cocaine). By Caroline Fisher April 11, 2025
Music Slim Thug Breaks Silence After Losing Valuables In Apartment Burglary Fortunately for Slim Thug, he has insurance, which will help by covering at least some of the rapper's losses. By Caroline Fisher April 09, 2025
Music DJ Hed Compares Drake & Kendrick Lamar To LeBron James & Nikola Jokic DJ Hed is a big Los Angeles basketball and rap fan, so his thoughts on Drake, LeBron James, Kendrick Lamar, and Nikola Jokic may surprise you. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 06, 2025
Music L.A. Rapper 4Xtra Allegedly Loses Fingers In Gruesome Firework Accident On 4th Of July Aaron The Plumber reacted to 4Xtra firework accident on social media, calling the rapper “4 Nubs” in latest post. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 05, 2025
Pop Culture OJ Simpson's Lawyer Commends Diddy's Wildly Similar Court Tactics Following Verdict The ways in which Diddy and OJ Simpson's trials played out are so insane that you'll just have to read about them yourself. By Zachary Horvath July 05, 2025
Music Drake Claps Back At Hater Who Called Him A "B*tch" During Livestream Drake dropped a new song called "What Did I Miss?" on Friday, and the ensuing livestream turned out to be a spectacle. By Alexander Cole July 04, 2025
Music China Walker Of Rap Duo Cam & China Dies At 30 Following Cancer Battle According to her twin sister Cam, China had been privately battling an aggressive form of ovarian cancer for two years. By Caroline Fisher July 04, 2025
Music 50 Cent Reacts To Diddy Trial Jury Reaching Partial Verdict In Sex Trafficking Trial The jury in Diddy's criminal trial will continue deliberating today and a full verdict could come in at any moment. By Cole Blake July 02, 2025
Music Benny The Butcher Disses Freddie Gibbs With Fiery New Song "Position Of Power" Benny the Butcher's new song comes after Freddie Gibbs called him out on his own track, "The Big 2," back in March. By Cole Blake June 30, 2025
Music TDE's Punch Draws Backlash For Wanting "Unity" In Hip-Hop After Kendrick Lamar & Drake Battle Punch has been all over Twitter since the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef blew up, which made OVO fans call these new comments hypocritical. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025