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Music Maxo Kream Reportedly Arrested In Texas After Traffic Stop Maxo Kream was pulled over due to an expired license plate and now faces accusations of gun possession and misdemeanor fleeing. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Alleges Kendrick Lamar Is The Reason Why Drake Isn't On Playboi Carti's "MUSIC" Similar accusations have been launched in the inverse concerning the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef, such as with the upcoming Clipse album. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025
Music Kanye West & King Combs Team Up On Seven-Track EP "NEVER STOP" Kanye West has been showing a lot of love to Diddy's family as of late, and that is culminating in a new EP with Diddy's son, King Combs. By Alexander Cole June 27, 2025
Pop Culture 50 Cent To Play Balrog In Upcoming Live-Action "Street Fighter" Movie 50 Cent will play disgraced boxer Balrog in the live-action "Street Fighter" movie, which has seemingly solidified its main cast. By Devin Morton June 26, 2025
Music T-Pain Calls Out Drake For Ignoring His Own Advice About Exiting The Music Industry In 2023, Drake told Lil Yachty that he'd like to make a graceful exit from the music industry when the time is right. By Caroline Fisher June 26, 2025
Music Will Smith Appears To Shade Chris Rock In Fiery New Freestyle Will Smith's freestyle comes after he put out a new single, earlier this month, titled, "Pretty Girls." By Cole Blake June 26, 2025
Music That Mexican OT Publicly Apologizes For His Comments On Using The N-Word That Mexican OT came under fire last week for his thoughts on who should be allowed to use the N-word. By Devin Morton June 26, 2025
Music Scott Storch Labels The Roots "Haters" For Their Reaction To His Work With Dr. Dre Scott Storch also spoke about his friendship with Diddy as the Bad Boy mogul remains on trial in New York City. By Cole Blake June 26, 2025
Music Timeline For Closing Arguments Revealed As Diddy Trial Nears Its End Diddy's federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial is finally nearing its end after nearly two months. By Caroline Fisher June 26, 2025
Sports Kevin Durant Shuts Down Cam'ron's Theory About Tyrese Haliburton's Injury Cam'ron had theorized that low-top shoes have played a role in the high number of Achilles injuries NBA stars are suffering. By Cole Blake June 25, 2025
Music Trey Songz Nearly Comes To Blows With A Fan In Heated Confrontation More details on the argument remain unclear, but a video of Trey Songz threatening to "beat the sh*t out of" someone is circulating online. By Cole Blake June 25, 2025
Music Offset Reveals That Sabrina Carpenter Is His Celebrity Crush Once Offset and Cardi B finalize their divorce, will the former Migos rapper go after his new crush, Sabrina Carpenter? By Zachary Horvath June 24, 2025