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Music Lil Durk Suffers Big Loss In Court Due To Death Threat Motion Falling Through Lil Durk's legal team had hoped to get his murder-for-hire case dismissed over death threats that prosecutors reportedly failed to disclose. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music Nicki Minaj Alleges Desiree Perez Was Behind Swatting Incidents During Scathing Rant It's been a busy week for Nicki Minaj, as the femcee has gone after Desiree Perez, Jay-Z, Megan Thee Stallion, and more. By Caroline Fisher July 11, 2025
Music SZA Addresses Backlash After Performing Drake Collab On Kendrick Lamar Tour SZA has solid relationships with both Drake and Kendrick Lamar, despite the fact that the two of them are at odds. By Caroline Fisher November 06, 2025
Music Gracie Bon Re-iterates That Drake Did Nothing Illegal But Is Worried About Her Story Going Viral Gracie Bon, a Panamanian model, has been the talk of the town to kick the week off for her alleged fling with Drake. By Zachary Horvath November 03, 2025
Music John Legend Reveals What He Thinks Caused Kanye West’s Sad “Devolution” According to John Legend, he never saw Kanye West's "obsessions with antisemitism" and "anti-blackness" when they were friends. By Caroline Fisher May 10, 2025
Music Potential Jurors With Ties To Diddy Case Take The Stand Amid Sex Trafficking Trial 35 people have been added to the juror pool so far since Diddy's criminal trial kicked off earlier this week. By Caroline Fisher May 07, 2025
Music 50 Cent Celebrates As $50 Million Entertainment District In Shreveport Gets Approved 50 Cent's team says that construction on Shreveport's new entertainment district will begin in the next few months. By Caroline Fisher September 25, 2025
Music Spotify Unveils "Hip-Hop's Next Leaders" And Fans Are Less Than Impressed Spotify has a new campaign going on about "Hip-Hop's Next Leaders," but the choices are not exactly going over well right now. By Alexander Cole February 25, 2026
Streetwear Bad Bunny's Super Bowl "Grass Costumes" Up For Sale Online Grass costumes worn by Bad Bunny's halftime show dancers are now being sold online for thousands of dollars. By Ben Atkinson February 12, 2026
Music Drake Has More Bars For His Haters On Yet Another New "ICEMAN" Snippet DJ Akademiks already apologized to Drake for sharing another "ICEMAN" snippet this week, specifically on J. Cole's release night. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 07, 2026
Music Charlamagne Tha God & DJ Envy Believe Kendrick Lamar Could've Had A Better Super Bowl Set Charlamagne also doubled down on his controversial "Not Like Us" take. By Zachary Horvath February 10, 2025
Music Bambi Defends Erica Mena Over Controversial "Blue Monkey" Comment The scandal got Mena fired in 2023. By Elias Andrews February 04, 2025