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Music Drake Loses Yet Another Huge Bet Thanks To The Indiana Pacers Drake bet $800K on the Oklahoma City Thunder to beat the Indiana Pacers with a six to ten-point margin in game six of the NBA Finals. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 20, 2025
Music Judge Rules On R. Kelly’s Home Detention Request One of R Kelly's alleged victims does not believe the singer's claims that Bureau of Prisons officers are trying to kill him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 20, 2025
Music Ciara Addresses Old Rihanna Beef And Reveals Where They Stand Now Back in 2011, Ciara claimed she had an uncomfortable encounter with Rihanna at a party, prompting a Twitter war. By Caroline Fisher June 20, 2025
Music Cardi B Tells Haters To Stop Praying On Her Downfall Because It's "Been Too Long" Cardi B took to Instagram Live to tell her haters that their prayers will never be answered. By Devin Morton June 20, 2025
Music Cardi B To Fight $50M Lawsuit Over Alleged Copyright Infringement In Court Producers Joshua Fraustro and Miguel Aguilar accuse Cardi B of using the instrumental from their song “Greasy Frybread” without permission. By Caroline Fisher June 20, 2025
Music Jon B Regrets Harsh Comments To Gunna & Chloe Bailey Over Using "They Don't Know" Sample Jon B became an R&B legend in the 90s for his work with the late Tupac and his chart-topping singles "Are U Still Down?" By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 19, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's "GNX" Gets Hit With Premature First Week Sales Projections "GNX" has the whole world talking. By Alexander Cole November 25, 2024
Music Steve Lacy Gleefully Trolls Drake After Rapper Calls Him A "Fragile Opp" Steve's a very funny dude. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 25, 2024
Music Kendrick Lamar Appears To Respond To Drake's Controversial Appearance On xQc's Stream This was one of Drizzy's first big appearances post-beef. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 25, 2024
Music Wack 100 & DJ Hed Defend Kendrick Lamar Against The Haters Dragging New Album "GNX" K.Dot's corner is firmly behind him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 24, 2024
Music Lizzo Replicates Kendrick Lamar’s Iconic Mustard Shout-Out On Stream With Kai Cenat & SZA It sounds like Lizzo is loving "GNX." By Caroline Fisher November 24, 2024
Music Compton Rapper Snoopy Badazz Disses Kendrick Lamar's New Album "GNX" And Defends Drake Snoopy's not a fan of K.Dot's latest. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 24, 2024