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Music Lil Durk Won't Take The Stand In His Murder-For-Hire Trial Both the defense and the prosecution in Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial have rested their cases, which means closing arguments are next. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 04, 2026
Music Drake Says He'd "Take This Pic For Real" After Viral AI Image With Spice An AI-generated photo of Drake feeding Spice caught the rapper's attention, prompting a playful response on social media. By Erika Marie July 24, 2026
Music Drake Takes Subtle Shot At Kendrick Lamar For Being "Jay-Z's Pawn" While the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef is two years old, Drizzy still seems to have some negative feelings towards K-Dot. By Alexander Cole July 15, 2026
Music Lil Uzi Vert Sues Rehab Employee For Alleged Secret Recording Of Treatment Lil Uzi Vert also sued the rehabilitation center itself, Oro House Recovery Centers, and the employee's underage nephew. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 01, 2026
Pop Culture A$AP Rocky Reveals He's Rihanna's Husband A$AP Rocky previously declined to share if he was actually married to Rihanna or not, but it seems he really is her husband after all. By Zachary Horvath October 30, 2025
Music Lil Kim Predicted Nicki Minaj's Downfall Years Ago On "The Breakfast Club" Charlamagne That God resurfaced Lil Kim's issue with Nicki Minaj in the wake of his explosive social media posts. By Cole Blake October 02, 2025
Music Kyrie Irving Shares Nuanced Defense Of Drake While Addressing Kendrick Lamar Feud Kyrie Irving says Drake still commands respect for all that he's achieved over the course of his lengthy career. By Cole Blake June 22, 2025
Music Kid Cudi Opens Up About Past Beef With Drake Kanye West set up a reconciliation between Kid Cudi and Drake a few years after the latter's "Two Birds, One Stone" diss track. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 16, 2025
Relationships Summer Walker Seemingly Confirms Breakup With Rico Recklezz Summer Walker has been dating Rico Recklezz for a number of months, but his her latest post has fans concerned. By Cole Blake May 08, 2025
Politics Larry Hoover Jr. Reaches Out To Kanye West Following His Father's Presidential Commutation Larry Hoover received a commutation of his sentence from President Donald Trump, and it has sparked a ton of reactions online. By Alexander Cole May 29, 2025
Politics NBA YoungBoy Writes An Emotional Thank You To President Donald Trump NBA YoungBoy was the subject of a Presidential pardon from Donald Trump on Wednesday, and as you can imagine, he has some thoughts. By Alexander Cole May 29, 2025
Music Gunna Announces Release Date Of Final Album Under YSL “The Last Wun” Gunna officially announced his upcoming sixth studio album "The Last Wun" today, which will follow 2024's "One Of Wun." By Caroline Fisher August 04, 2025