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Music Woman Who Shot Up Rihanna’s Home All But Guaranteed To Stay In Jail As Authorities Issue Massive Bail Amount Police allege that Ivana Ortiz fired several shots from her Tesla at Rihanna's home in Beverly Hills on Sunday. By Cole Blake March 09, 2026
Music Boosie Badazz Wants Permission For An Urgent Trip To China Boosie would need special permission to travel to China, following his sentencing in his recent federal gun case. By Cole Blake March 04, 2026
Music Ghetts Hit With 12-Year Prison Sentence Over Fatal Hit-And-Run Ghetts previously pleaded guilty to the charges stemming from the fatal hit-and-run in December and has now been sentenced. By Cole Blake March 03, 2026
Music Cardi B Reignites Financial Dispute With Tasha K Tasha K is still working on paying off a $3.9M judgment she lost to Cardi B in their defamation case from 2022. By Cole Blake March 02, 2026
Politics Nicki Minaj Celebrates President's Day With An A.I. Image Of Herself & Donald Trump Nicki Minaj reaffirmed her recent support for Donald Trump with yet another post on social media on Monday. By Cole Blake February 17, 2026
Music Pooh Shiesty & His Father Arrested After Tennessee Home Raid Pooh Shiesty's family home was raided by the FBI earlier this week, and now, both he and his father are facing charges. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2026
Music Jewish Leadership Council Slams Wireless Festival For Booking Kanye West Kanye West's Wireless Festival booking has not been received positively by many, including the Jewish Leadership Council. By Zachary Horvath April 01, 2026
Music J. Cole Explains How Cam’ron Jumped The Gun On Lawsuit Against Him J. Cole explains what happened. By Tallie Spencer March 26, 2026
Music Doja Cat's Father Claims Her “White Jewish” Mother "Brainwashed" Her Doja Cat previously called out her dad in a video on TikTok, claiming that he denied an invitation to her concert. By Cole Blake March 23, 2026
Politics Uncle Luke Steps Down From High School Football Coaching To Pursue Political Career Uncle Luke had been serving as the head coach of the football team at Miami Edison Senior High School since 2018. By Cole Blake January 27, 2026
Music Hit-Boy & Mike Will Made-It To Face Off On "Verzuz" "Verzuz" has a new battle between Hit-Boy and Mike Will Made-It after making its return at ComplexCon, last year. By Cole Blake January 21, 2026
Pop Culture Don Lemon Channels Mariah Carey To Fire Back At Nicki Minaj Nicki Minaj originally took aim at Don Lemon to complain about his coverage of an anti-ICE protest at Cities Church. By Cole Blake January 21, 2026