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Music Snoop Dogg Remembers His Late Dog Juelz In Latest IG Post Snoop Dogg's name stems from his mother giving him that nickname as a child resembling the Peanuts character. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 14, 2025
Music 50 Cent Has A Good Laugh While Attorney Gloria Allred's Law Firm Is Being Probed By California State Bar Gloria Allred represented a client in an alleged assault lawsuit against 50 Cent back in January. 50 laughed at the claims. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 14, 2025
Music 50 Cent Trolls Kanye West For Showing Up To Diddy Trial Today, Kanye West attended Diddy's federal sex trafficking trial in an all-white suit, earning a response from 50 Cent. By Caroline Fisher June 13, 2025
Music Drake Allegedly Told Akademiks The Cops Are Parked On His Street Amid Kendrick Lamar’s Arrival In Toronto Between Drake postponing his Kai Cenat stream and Kendrick Lamar fans in Toronto demanding a "Not Like Us" encore, last night was big. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 13, 2025
Music Eminem Allegedly Infuriated Mariah Carey By Trying To Cast Her As His Mom In "8 Mile" The role Eminem offered Mariah Carey ended up going to Kim Basinger, whose performance helped make "8 Mile" a massive success. By Cole Blake June 12, 2025
Music Spotify Glitch Sparks Confusion As Monthly Listeners Disappear From Artist Profiles Recently, some Spotify users began to notice that their favorite artists' number of monthly listeners was no longer listed on their profiles. By Caroline Fisher June 12, 2025
Music Drake Allegedly Threatened Kendrick Lamar & His Team Behind The Scenes DJ Akademiks discussed the claims he heard from a member of Kendrick Lamar's team during a recent livestream. By Cole Blake June 12, 2025
Music Dame Dash Ordered To Turn Over Assets To Satisfy Ongoing Debt After getting sued for alleged copyright infringement and defamation, Dame Dash was ordered to pay over $800K in damages in 2022. By Caroline Fisher June 11, 2025
Relationships Jeezy Reflects On Shooting His Shot With Nia Long After Jeannie Mai Divorce Jeezy famously remarked, "real men don't cheat," while speaking with Nia Long for an interview after his divorce in 2023. By Cole Blake June 11, 2025
Music Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter VI" On Track For Strong First Week Of Sales Despite Lackluster Reception Despite all of the complaints of Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter VI," his legendary status and the respect he gets cannot be ignored. By Zachary Horvath June 11, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Takes Aim At Shannon Sharpe & Jay-Z On Lil Wayne's “Banned From NO” Remix Nicki Minaj was left off the original version of Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter VI," but now, she has her very own remix with "Banned From NO." By Alexander Cole June 11, 2025
Music Mal Claims Drake's New Album "Iceman" Has A "Bomb" On It The last time Mal and others spoke on Drake-related "bombs" was during the Kendrick Lamar battle. Are we actually getting a round two? By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 10, 2025