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Music Swizz Beatz Clap Back At Fan Again Claiming He & Timbaland Sold Out Verzuz A casual Instagram Live battle between producers Timbaland and Swizz Beatz during the COVID-19 lockdown. The producers battled first. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 08, 2025
Music Diddy Accused Of Blacklisting Artists In Secret Footage Diddy's image has already been tarnished to a great degree, but this latest accusation makes things even worse. By Zachary Horvath December 15, 2025
Sports Freddie Gibbs Wants To Attend Travis Kelce & Taylor Swift's Wedding Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift announced that they are getting married with engagement pictures on Instagram in August. By Cole Blake December 09, 2025
Music Numerous Old Drake Hits Land On Apple Music’s Year-End Chart Drake's classics continue to impress as he prepares to unleash his highly anticipated ninth studio album, "ICEMAN." By Caroline Fisher December 03, 2025
Music Ray J Puts Jay-Z & Beyonce On Blast For Allegedly Ignoring Brandy On Tour Recently, Ray J shared a message for Jay-Z and Beyonce, even though he knew his sister Brandy wouldn't approve. By Caroline Fisher December 03, 2025
Music Lizzo Says The Body Positivity Movement Is Leaving Plus-Size Women Behind Lizzo is advocating for plus-sized women in a new Substack essay. By Tallie Spencer November 27, 2025
Music Billboard Reveals Its Ranking Of The Best Hip-Hop Album Covers Of All Time Billboard celebrated the cover artwork for 50 iconic albums for it's newest ranking, featuring Lil Kim, Outkast, and more. By Cole Blake November 26, 2025
Music Jermaine Dupri Admits He's Always Been Advised To Never Get Married, So He Won't Jermaine Dupri has created some of the most iconic love songs ever with Mariah Carey, Jagged Edge, and Usher. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 21, 2025
Music CyHi Disses J. Cole On New Song "B.R.A Lost Control" CyHi took issue with J. Cole dissing Kanye West on "False Prophets" a decade ago, wounds that clearly still haven't healed. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 28, 2026
Sports Ebro Goes Off On Mase For Criticizing Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show ended up being one of the most successful in the history of the event. By Cole Blake February 11, 2026
TV Megan Thee Stallion To Act Alongside Daniel Radcliffe In "The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins" Megan Thee Stallion previously acted in "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law" and "Big Mouth" among other projects. By Cole Blake February 04, 2026
Music Yung Miami Seemingly Shows Love To Diddy On Social Media After Not Guilty Verdict Yung Miami showed love to Diddy after the verdict in his controversial trial was read out earlier this morning. By Devin Morton July 02, 2025