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Music Mo3’s Estate Secures Legal Victory In Copyright Lawsuit Against Sound Engineer In 2023, Mo3's estate sued sound engineer Ray G. Bollin Jr. for alleged copyright infringement, conversion, and tortious interference. By Caroline Fisher June 04, 2025
Music Drake Announces First UK & EU Tour In Six Years Drake and PartyNextDoor are fresh off the success of "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U," and now, they are going to tour Europe. By Alexander Cole June 03, 2025
Music Westside Gunn Announces New Project, "Heels Have Eyes 2" Westside Gunn is dropping another album after already putting out "12" and "Heels Have Eyes," earlier this year. By Cole Blake June 02, 2025
Music Brian McKnight Jr. Shares Heartfelt Tribute To His Brother Niko After His Tragic Passing Brian McKnight's son, Niko McKnight, passed away at the age of 32, last week, after a lengthy battle with cancer. By Cole Blake June 02, 2025
Music The Game Hits Complex With His Own List Of The Top 100 Rappers From L.A. The Game landed at number 11 on Complex's top 100 Los Angeles rappers list, and unlike the publication, he included 2Pac in his own ranking. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 02, 2025
Music Clipse Left Def Jam Because The Label Sought To Remove Kendrick Lamar's Feature On New Album Kendrick Lamar will officially appear alongside Pusha T and No Malice on the Clipse reunion album, "Let God Sort Em Out." By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 02, 2025
Music Diddy Takes Another Loss In Court As Judge Refuses To Strike Trauma Expert’s Testimony Trauma expert Dawn Hughes recently took the stand in Diddy's sex trafficking trial, discussing abusive relationships, trauma bonds, and more. By Caroline Fisher June 01, 2025
Music Diddy's Defense Lawyer Is Pregnant Amid Criminal Trial Mark Geragos confirmed his daughter Teny is pregnant amid the Diddy trial, revealing the news to TMZ's Harvey Levin on their podcast. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 31, 2025
Politics Donald Trump Reportedly Responds To Requests To Pardon Diddy There has been much speculation about U.S. President Donald Trump and the Diddy trial, whether from Suge Knight or allegedly close sources. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 30, 2025
Music Latto Says Being Rich Can Get "Kinda Boring" Latto is preparaing the release of her follow up to 2024's Sweet Honey Iced Tea album that featured 2 Chainz and T.I.. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 29, 2025
Music Clipse Seemingly Unveil Release Date For New Album "Let God Sort Em Out" Pusha T and No Malice will release their single "Ace Trumpets" later this week. Like the rest of this album, Pharrell is behind the boards. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 29, 2025
Music SZA Abruptly Leaves Meet & Greet After Fan Throws Bracelet At Her SZA abruptly ended a meet and greet in Phoenix after having a bracelet thrown at her by a fan. She kept the bracelet, though. By Devin Morton May 28, 2025