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Music Diddy Admits To Being "Nervous" While Addressing The Judge On Day 1 Of His Trial Diddy has officially begun his trail for numerous alleged sex crimes and for now, they are simply looking for jurors. By Alexander Cole May 06, 2025
Music Sean Kingston Thanks Mama Kingston In Latest Post Ahead Of Beginning Prison Stint Sean Kingston's catalog includes collabs with Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, and Nicki Minaj. Kingston was found guilty of fraud in March. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 20, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA Nearing Impressive Hot 100 Milestone As "luther" Remains At Number One After the stunning "luther" visual, Kendrick Lamar and SZA continue to dominate the airwaves with their latest smash collab. By Zachary Horvath April 14, 2025
Music "Jane" Alleges Diddy Physically Assaulted Her After Cassie Video Was Released The anonymous alleged sex trafficking victim recalled an alleged instance of mutual physical abuse during the Diddy trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 10, 2025
Music Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter VI" Draws Middling Opening Day Streams Lil Wayne has not been receiving the most positive feedback for his new album and the streams sort of reflect that. By Zachary Horvath June 07, 2025
Music Sean Kingston's Mom Gets Brutal Rejection Over Sentencing Request Sean Kingston and his mother, Janice Turner, were both convicted in an alleged fraud scheme, earlier this year. By Cole Blake June 04, 2025
Music Beyonce Wins Top Country Music Honors At 2025 AMAs Beyonce's big year continues with even more industry awards to add to what is already a ridiculously long list of awards. By Devin Morton May 27, 2025
Music Diddy's Legal Team Is Urging The Judge To Throw Out Kid Cudi's Stunning Testimony Last week, Kid Cudi made headlines as he was one of the more high-profile witnesses in the now-infamous Diddy trial. By Alexander Cole May 27, 2025
Music Kanye West Wears Swastika T-Shirt Around Los Angeles Following Bizarre Twitter Rant Recently, Kanye West was spotted out and about in Los Angeles wearing a t-shirt with a big swastika on it. By Caroline Fisher February 28, 2025
Music Jay-Z Defends Roc Nation's Casino Bid For New York City Jay-Z and Roc Nation have been trying to get involved in opening a casino in New York City for years at this point. By Cole Blake September 11, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Gives DJ Akademiks His Flowers Despite Drake Beef Given the difference in views that A$AP Rocky and DJ Akademiks have with Drake, seeing this collab is a bit eyebrow-raising. By Zachary Horvath January 19, 2026
Music Cash Out Ordered To Pay Sex Trafficking Victim $40 Million Amid Life Sentence One of Cash Out's sex trafficking victims has been awarded $10,000,000 in compensatory damages and $30,000,000 in punitive damages. By Caroline Fisher January 13, 2026