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Music Diddy Trial Juror Began Laughing After Watching Alleged Freak-Off Tapes For The First Time The Diddy Trial continued in New York on Monday, and for the first time, the alleged freak-off tapes were played in court. By Alexander Cole June 17, 2025
Music Kanye West Takes A Surprising Turn On New Snippet Amid Possible "Bully" Delay A lot of Kanye West fans are not surprised that his new album "Bully" has not come out as expected on June 15... At least, not yet. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 15, 2025
Music Bow Wow Reveals Why Ciara Didn't Perform "Like You" With Him At The BET Awards Bow Wow performed the song at the BET Awards during a star-studded reunion for the popular BET series, "106 & Park." By Cole Blake June 12, 2025
Music D4vd's Rental Home Reportedly Had A Large Freezer That Could Fit A Body Celeste Rivas' dismembered body was found in the trunk of a car belonging to D4vd back in September and police are still investigating. By Cole Blake November 24, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Quotes Jay-Z While Calling United Nations Speech A "MAGA Flex" With a new Nicki Minaj album coming soon, her recent United Nations speech is inspiring more bars... With some Jay-Z shade thrown in there. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 23, 2025
Music Diddy Seen Working In Fort Dix's Media Library In First Prison Videos Although Diddy has allegedly gotten into trouble behind bars, he does not seem very perturbed or downtrodden in these first videos from jail. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 23, 2025
Music Akon Sets The Record Straight Amid Arrest Reports Earlier this week, it was reported that Akon was arrested in Georgia on an outstanding bench warrant and booked into the Smyrna City Jail. By Caroline Fisher November 13, 2025
Music Drake Is On Pace To Have His Biggest Year Ever On Spotify After Latest Feat With the new album "ICEMAN" presumably coming soon, it's likely that Drake will have even more success to boast by the end of the year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 19, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Makes Rare Public Appearance And It's Not Where You Would Expect Kendrick Lamar is in South America for the current leg of his Grand National tour, and he made a rare public appearance in the midst of it. By Alexander Cole October 09, 2025
Pop Culture Kayla Nicole Seemingly Responds To Taylor Swift's Alleged Stray On Her Album Taylor Swift's fan base believes that she directed some words at her future husband's ex, Kayla Nicole, on the song "Opalite." By Zachary Horvath October 06, 2025
Music Fake Eminem Quote About Nicki Minaj And Cardi B's Beef Stirs Up More Controversy It's unclear why this fake Eminem quote about Nicki Minaj and Cardi B was posted, but it had the internet talking. By Zachary Horvath October 06, 2025
Music Diddy Sentenced To Over Four Years In Prison All eyes were on the courtroom today as hip-hop mogul Diddy was officially sentenced following his transportation conviction. By Alexander Cole October 03, 2025