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Music Boosie Badazz Gets Candid About Accepting Plea Deal In Federal Gun Case According to Boosie Badazz, he has faith that everything will work out for him despite his current legal woes. By Caroline Fisher August 18, 2025
Music Police Reveal T-Hood’s Fatal Shooting Could Have Been Self-Defense T-Hood passed away earlier this month at the age of 33 following a deadly shooting in Snellville, Georgia. By Caroline Fisher August 13, 2025
Music Diddy Seeks $100M In Broadened Defamation Lawsuit Over Sexual Assault Allegations In an amended lawsuit, Diddy alleges that Courtney Burgess and NewsNation caused him “severe reputational harm." By Caroline Fisher August 12, 2025
Music Diddy Prosecutors Issue Fiery Response To $50 Million Bail Request Earlier this week, Diddy filed a motion requesting a retrial in hopes of getting his conviction overturned. By Caroline Fisher August 01, 2025
Politics Donald Trump Accuses Beyonce Of Illegally Endorsing Kamala Harris During Passionate Rant Over the weekend, Donald Trump hit Beyonce, Oprah, and Al Sharpton with some serious allegations on Truth Social. By Caroline Fisher July 28, 2025
Music Salt-N-Pepa’s Cheryl James Rejects Drake Comparisons Amid UMG Lawsuit Cheryl James of Salt-N-Pepa says Drake suing UMG over Kendrick Lamar's Grammy-winning diss track is "kind of like calling the police." By Caroline Fisher July 24, 2025
Music Rick Ross Pressured To Make His Car Show Wheelchair Accessible Under Lawsuit Scrutiny Rick Ross will be hosting another car show in Fayetteville, Georgia on June 7th, but this time there will be changes. By Cole Blake April 03, 2025
Music Yella Beezy’s $2 Million Bond Reduced In Mo3 Murder Case Yella Beezy's grandmother recently took the stand, arguing that the rapper could not afford to post a $2 million bond. By Caroline Fisher March 27, 2025
Music Diddy Secures Huge Legal Victory As Judge Dismisses Several Key Claims In Rodney Jones' Lawsuit The update on the Rodney Jones lawsuit comes as Diddy is still behind bars in Brooklyn while awaiting trial. By Cole Blake March 25, 2025
Music Kanye West Returns To Tokyo Following His Unhinged Twitter Tirade Kanye West couldn't be stopped on Twitter over the last week or so but is back in his happy place where he feels most at peace. By Zachary Horvath March 24, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Has Internet Crying Tears Of Joy & Laughter Over Emotional Moment With Old Teacher & Hilarious Weather Report Boosie Badazz was on set at a local news station to talk about his memorial scholarship in honor of a Southern University student who passed. By Zachary Horvath March 22, 2025
Music Megan Thee Stallion Is Hoping For A Doechii Collab On Her Next Album With new records allegedly on the way from both femcees, Doechii and Megan Thee Stallion might have multiple link-ups. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2025