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Music Irv Gotti's Brother Believes Ashanti Should Give The Late Producer More Credit For "Making" Her Along with the rest of the hip-hop world, Ashanti deeply mourned the loss of Irv Gotti and revealed she wanted to make things right. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 08, 2025
Music Smokey Robinson's Lawyer Staunchly Responds To Sexual Assault Lawsuit Four former housekeepers filed a sexual harassment and assault lawsuit against Smokey Robinson accusing him of years of misconduct. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 08, 2025
Pop Culture Sabrina Carpenter Participates In Usher's Seductive Cherry Feeding Tradition At The Met Gala The Met Gala this year was not as classy with several attendees breaking rules such as Usher and Sabrina Carpenter. By Zachary Horvath May 07, 2025
Music Social Media Is Accusing Doechii Of "Mistreating" Her Assistants Doechii has gone from being one of hip-hop's most beloved newcomers to one of the most scrutinized in the entire industry. By Zachary Horvath May 06, 2025
Music Kanye West Reminisces On His Meet-Up With Fellow "GOATs" Drake & J Prince For those unaware, J Prince is who squashed the beef between Kanye West and Drake earlier this decade, although that didn't last long. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 05, 2025
Music Diddy's First Day On Trial Has A Massive Crowd Of People Lining Up Outside The Courtroom Jury selection in Diddy's trial kicked off today, a process that the defense predicts will be difficult due to the inevitability of bias. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 05, 2025
Music Kanye West Makes Controversial Lewd Remarks About His Female Employees & Friends This follows various sexual misconduct allegations against Kanye West from various women, which remain unresolved at press time. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 04, 2025
Viral Adin Ross Alleges That Diddy Messaged Him When He Was First Becoming Famous Adin Ross made this claim to Charleston White during a recent Kick livestream, and White theorized that Diddy wanted to "Justin Bieber" him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 04, 2025
Music Dave Blunts Encourages His White Fans To Say The N-Word At Controversial Show Considering all the work Dave Blunts is putting in for Kanye West these days, we're not really surprised by this. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 04, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Fans Receive Promising Update After Rapper’s Prison Release Last year, NBA YoungBoy was arrested and hit with several charges related to an alleged prescription drug fraud scheme. By Caroline Fisher May 04, 2025
Music SZA Provides Exclusive Look Behind The Scenes Of “Grand National” Tour With Kendrick Lamar SZA has decided to start vlogging her life, which just so happens to include a co-headlining stadium tour with Kendrick Lamar. By Caroline Fisher May 02, 2025
Music Chris Brown's Tense $500 Million Defamation Suit Against Warner Bros. Namedrops Rihanna & Karrueche Warner Bros. is firing back against Chris Brown by bringing out the receipts of his past relationships with Rihanna and Karrueche. By Zachary Horvath April 30, 2025