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Politics Nicki Minaj Goes On Unprompted Rant About Trans Kids & Gavin Newsom Nicki Minaj's continued support of JD Vance and the administration of United States President Donald Trump continues to cause controversy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 12, 2025
Politics JD Vance Takes Nicki Minaj Over Cardi B Nicki Minaj has been more and more vocal about her support of the Donald Trump administration over the last month or so. By Zachary Horvath December 11, 2025
Music Lil Baby's "The Leaks" Shoots Up Billboard Charts After First Full Week Of Sales Lil Baby recently got into an argument with an NBA YoungBoy fan over the true popularity of his new project. By Cole Blake December 10, 2025
Music Busta Rhymes Goes Off On TikToker Who Calls Him Tracy Morgan Busta Rhymes was furious when the content creator tried to mistake him for the comedian Tracy Morgan at Art Basel. By Cole Blake December 08, 2025
Music Cardi B Says She Refuses To Overthink Next Album Cardi B wants to release without overthinking. By Tallie Spencer December 04, 2025
Music Maino Goes Off On DJ Akademiks For Fabolous Comments While Likening Him To "A Jar Of Relish" Maino is passionately defending Fabolous after DJ Akademiks made fun of how the rapper dresses compared to his age. By Zachary Horvath December 04, 2025
Music Drake's Team Requests Holiday Break In "Not Like Us" Lawsuit Appeal Drake's legal action over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" diss track has been one of the most controversial parts of their beef. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 29, 2025
Music Ray J Apologizes To Brandy For His Handling Of Shyne & Ma$e Drama Shyne and Ma$e reflected on their own relationships with Brandy during a recent episode of "It Is What It Is." By Cole Blake March 23, 2026
Music Live Nation & The DOJ Reach Settlement In Antitrust Case, Sort Of There's a lot of confusion and anger over the DOJ and Live Nation's agreed upon settlement and it seems this is nowhere near over yet. By Zachary Horvath March 09, 2026
Music Misa Hylton Explains Why She Attended The Diddy Trial Despite Her Injury Misa Hylton dated Diddy back in the early 1990s, and they share a son named Justin Combs who also attended the mogul's trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 18, 2025
Music Top5 Reportedly Arrested By York Regional Police According to a new clip making its rounds online, Toronto rapper Top5 recently ran into more legal trouble. By Caroline Fisher May 18, 2025
Music 50 Cent Ruthlessly Trolls Floyd Mayweather Over His Defamation Lawsuit Floyd Mayweather is suing Business Insider over an article about him claiming to have purchased real estate in New York. By Cole Blake May 18, 2025