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Music J. Cole Makes Fans’ Day With A FaceTime Call One J. Cole fan recently ran into the rapper at a Nike Store in Nashville, and decided to surprise his group chat. By Caroline Fisher February 18, 2026
Music Jay-Z & Beyonce Removed From Diddy Accuser’s Lawsuit According to Jay-Z's attorney Alex Spiro, his client wasn't even in town during the alleged "freak off" party. By Caroline Fisher April 12, 2025
Music Sada Baby Arrested On Felony Drug Charge Stemming From Traffic Stop Last month, Sada Baby pleaded guilty to failure to display a valid license, and was ordered to pay $200 in fines. By Caroline Fisher April 09, 2025
Music DJ Vlad Claims Diddy Could Allegedly Be Granted Bail Diddy is currently behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, and his trial is scheduled to begin next month. By Caroline Fisher April 06, 2025
Music Diddy Prosecutors Add Two New Bombshell Sex Trafficking Charges In Federal Indictment Diddy recently sought to block a forensic clinical psychologist from testifying in his trial, which will reportedly begin a month from now. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2025
Music Rich Homie Quan's Comments About Checking In With Big U Resurface Online In addition to Rich Homie Quan, other rappers like ScHoolboy Q have also spoken about checking in with Big U in the past before his RICO case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2025
Music Young Thug Floats Alternative Theory About Young Scooter's Death The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled Young Scooter's death to be an "accident" from a leg injury, earlier this week. By Cole Blake April 02, 2025
Music Drake Quietly Sneaks Back Into The Top 10 Of The Hot 100 With "NOKIA" Drake currently has four placements from his PARTYNEXTDOOR collab album on the Hot 100 chart, so can we really say numbers are suppressed? By Zachary Horvath March 31, 2025
Music DJ Vlad Says He's Ready To Offer $100,000 For A "Serious" Eminem Interview DJ Vlad has interviewed a ton of icons in the hip-hop world, but none would be bigger than an open sit-down with Eminem. By Zachary Horvath March 26, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Sends Out Urgent Message In Attempt To Get A Hold Of Caleb Wilson's Family Boosie Badazz attempts to help a family in need have gone sideways fast, but he's still trying to be generous anyway. By Zachary Horvath March 26, 2025
Music Lizzo Confronts Yung Miami To Explain Her Strong Comments About Singer's Weight Loss A lot of folks have been critical of Lizzo's weight loss journey, although Yung Miami called them out for having the same tone before it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 23, 2025
Music DJ Premier Reveals Jazimoto's House Burned Down In L.A. Fires & Explains How To Help DJ Premier says Jazimoto lost all kinds of recording equipment. By Cole Blake January 13, 2025