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Music Deitrick Haddon Admits He’s Disappointed GloRilla Won BET Gospel Award According to Deitrick Haddon, GloRilla's latest win indicates that the gospel industry needs "a complete reset.” By Caroline Fisher June 12, 2025
Music Dr. Khalid Muhammad’s Estate Goes After Public Enemy, Ice Cube & More Over Unlicensed Samples Several iconic hip-hop songs have sampled the words of the late activist, Khalid Muhammad, and his estate wants compensation. By Cole Blake June 12, 2025
Music Silento Breaks Silence After Getting Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Killing His Cousin Silento, best known for his song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)," pleaded guilty to charges related to the killing on Wednesday. By Cole Blake June 12, 2025
Music Women Suing Top Dawg Entertainment Can Proceed With Doxxing Allegations In January, two anonymous women filed a lawsuit against Top Dawg Entertainment for alleged sexual harassment, assault, and more. By Caroline Fisher June 12, 2025
Music Sexyy Red Reveals She's Got A New Album Dropping Soon The upcoming project will mark Sexyy Red's first full-length release since dropping "In Sexyy We Trust" in 2024. By Cole Blake June 12, 2025
Music Ananda Lewis, Former MTV Host, Dies At 52 After Cancer Battle Ananda Lewis publicly announced her breast cancer diagnosis in 2020, revealing in 2024 that it had escalated to Stage 4. By Caroline Fisher June 12, 2025
Music Bricc Baby Shuts Down Rumor That Luce Cannon Was Stabbed In Jail Bricc Baby and Luce Cannon were both arrested earlier this year for allegedly being involved in "Big U's" alleged gang. By Zachary Horvath June 11, 2025
Music Lil Baby Taunts Jack Doherty By Snatching His Chain At The Club Lil Baby couldn't resist messing with Jack Doherty as his chain was up for grabs in his eyes with seemingly no security in sight. By Zachary Horvath June 11, 2025
Music Blueface's Dad Catches Heat For Kicking Chrisean Rock And Her Son Out Of His House Blueface's father first warned Chrisean Rock about this back in April of this year, and it looks like he cleared her stuff out for good. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 10, 2025
Music Diddy Allegedly Referred To "Jane" As His "Crackpipe" Because He Was So Addicted To Her An anonymous woman going by "Jane" has been testifying in Diddy's ongoing criminal trial throughout the week. By Cole Blake June 10, 2025
Music Judge In Diddy Trial Rules On His Motion For A Mistrial Diddy and his legal team accused the prosecution of presenting allegedly false testimony during his criminal federal trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 10, 2025
Music "Jane" Alleges Diddy Physically Assaulted Her After Cassie Video Was Released The anonymous alleged sex trafficking victim recalled an alleged instance of mutual physical abuse during the Diddy trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 10, 2025