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Music Foolio's Friend Fights Through Tears As He Testifies During Rapper's Murder Trial The trial for late Jacksonville rapper Foolio got underway on Oct. 21, with Alicia Andrews, one of five suspects, facing the court first. By Zachary Horvath October 23, 2025
Politics Is Donald Trump Pardoning Diddy? White House Responds To TMZ's Report Diddy was sentenced to 50 months in prison, earlier this month, after being convicted in his high-profile criminal trial. By Cole Blake October 22, 2025
Music First Of Five Foolio Murder Suspects Finally Faces Trial Alicia Andrews' legal team insists she knew nothing about her co-defendants' alleged plot to murder Foolio. By Caroline Fisher October 21, 2025
Music Dame Dash Fires Back After Joe Budden Insists He Wasn’t A Roc-A-Fella Artist According to Joe Budden, he "didn't get a Roc-A-Fella penny," despite whatever Dame Dash has to say about it. By Caroline Fisher October 15, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Admits Drake's UMG Lawsuit Was "Weak" From The Jump Although Drake's legal pursuit over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" was shut down, the debate it represents will sadly live on forever. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 10, 2025
Music Halle Bailey Announces Debut Album 'Love? Or Something Like It' Halle Bailey has fans anticipating new music after she announced her debut album set to arrive on October 24. By Tallie Spencer October 10, 2025
Music Lil Durk Calls Out XXL Magazine For Coverage Of "Old Days" Durk urged the outlet to listen to the whole track. By Ben Mock February 24, 2024
Music Yung Miami Delivers An NSFW Clap Back To Saucy Santana's Twerking Video Fans couldn't believe the audacity of her jokes. By Lavender Alexandria January 25, 2024
Music Kodak Black Still In Prison Despite Dropped Drug Possession Charge Despite the Florida rapper getting cleared regarding a December arrest, he still faces some scrutiny for his evidence tampering charges. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 10, 2024
Music Lil Durk & J. Cole Win Best Melodic Rap Performance Grammy For "All My Life" Lil Durk earned his first Grammy award on Sunday. By Cole Blake February 04, 2024
Music Desiigner Net Worth 2024: Updated Wealth Of The Rapper Desiigner's rise with "Panda," departure from G.O.O.D Music, philanthropy, and net worth in 2024. By Axl Banks January 12, 2024
Music Live Nation Faces $5 Million Class Action Lawsuit Over Ticketmaster Data Breach The data breach allegedly affected up to 560 million users. By Cole Blake October 15, 2024