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Music Mustard Believes Drake & Gordo Conspired To Ruin His Album Release Mustard explained his theory to Akademiks. By Alexander Cole August 05, 2024
Music 50 Cent Honors Grandfather After His Passing: “He Sacrificed For All Of Us” Curtis Jackson Sr. was 91 years old. By Caroline Fisher August 01, 2024
Music Drake Quotes Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” In Response To Viral Lookalike Drizzy had an interesting reaction to his doppelganger. By Caroline Fisher July 28, 2024
Music Misa Hylton Reflects On Diddy Founding Bad Boy Records In Controversial Instagram Post The fashion designer spoke on being so young when Diddy was fired from Uptown Records, but folks weren't very sympathetic. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 12, 2024
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 Suge Knight To Get “Shockingly Candid” In New Memoir Suge Knight plans to finally speak his truth in his new memoir, "Your Pain Is My Joy," which arrives on August 4. By Caroline Fisher March 24, 2026
Music Jay-Z Argues Criticism Of Billionaires Is A "Cop-Out" Jay-Z also spoke about working on new music, coming close to collaborating with Clipse, and more during the interview. By Cole Blake March 24, 2026
Music Claressa Shields And Fan Go Back And Forth Over Papoose Claressa Shields is going back and forth with whoever has something to say. By Tallie Spencer February 26, 2026
TV "SNL" Addresses Reports Of Cardi B's Alleged Rehearsal Tantrum Cardi B allegedly wasn't too happy with a joke regarding Nicki Minaj being made during the "Weekend Update" segment. By Zachary Horvath February 26, 2026
Music Joe Budden Says He "Jumped For Joy" When J. Cole's Car Broke Down J. Cole has been traveling across the country in his Honda Civic to sell CD copies of his new album, "The Fall-Off." By Cole Blake February 25, 2026
Music Ja Rule Says He'll "Never" Reconcile With 50 Cent & Tony Yayo Despite Recent Apology Ja Rule previously issued a formal apology for his role in the viral run-in with Tony Yayo and Uncle Murda. By Cole Blake February 18, 2026
Politics Joe Budden Is Done With Nicki Minaj After Her Appearance At AmericaFest Nicki Minaj voiced her support for Donald Trump and various conservative beliefs while appearing at AmericaFest. By Cole Blake December 24, 2025