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Music Kanye West Settles Pastor's Lawsuit Over Copyright Infringement On "Donda" Ye struck another copyright lawsuit down. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 31, 2025
Music J Cole Is Up In The "cLOUDs" On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update "Fire Emoji" also boasts new releases from Ray Vaughn, Masicka, Little Simz, Lil Tjay, TiaCorine, and REASON this week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 01, 2025
Music Diddy & Baby Oil-Themed Parade Float Shocks Mardi Gras Attendees Considering the controversies around previous baby oil appropriation, this Diddy-themed Mardi Gras float will surely cause commotion. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 28, 2025
Music 50 Cent Won't Let His Foot Off Joe Budden's Neck After Sharing Wild Story From Budden's Girlfriend This 50 Cent move probably won't affect Joe Budden much, as he already made fun of himself for his... proclivities. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 28, 2025
Music Sexyy Red Reveals She’s “Back Double D’d Up” After Breast Augmentation Sexyy Red is flaunting her new figure. By Caroline Fisher January 10, 2025
Music Jim Jones Posts Up With Juelz Santana, Future & Lil Baby Amid Drama With 50 Cent & Cam'ron Jones and his unexpected crew stepped out in Harlem. By Zachary Horvath January 10, 2025
Music Jermaine Dupri Responds To Steph Curry's "Not Like Us" Fatigue, Kevin Durant Weighs In "Not Like Us" is more polarizing than ever before. By Alexander Cole July 18, 2024
Music Chinx's Alleged Killer Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter The update comes nine years after his murder. By Cole Blake July 16, 2024
Music Diddy’s Mother Janice Combs Hospitalized For Chest Pains Amid Indictment Rumors Reportedly, Janice Combs thinks her chest pains were caused by stress. By Caroline Fisher July 11, 2024
Sports Drake Haunted By "Not Like Us" As USA Basketball Uses Kendrick Lamar's Diss To Celebrate Win Over Canada Team USA had a good night on Wednesday. By Alexander Cole July 11, 2024
Music Eminem's "Tobey" Slots In At #95 On The Billboard Hot 100 It might be a shockingly low placement, but the song should be more of a steady climber, especially with the album coming Friday. By Zachary Horvath July 10, 2024
Music Jam Master Jay's Convicted Killer Isn't Being Freed Just Yet Karl Jordan Jr., one the of two convicted killers in the extensive Jam Master Jay case, was acquitted from his murder charges in Dec. 2025. By Zachary Horvath April 13, 2026