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Music Diddy Pleads Not Guilty To Forced Labor Allegations At Arraignment Earlier this month, Diddy was hit with a superseding indictment including new allegations of forced labor. By Caroline Fisher March 14, 2025
Music Diddy’s Ex-Bodyguard Raises Serious Concerns Over Biggie Smalls Catalog Sale Gene Deal alleges that the two men behind the sale of Biggie Smalls' publishing and publicity rights had close ties to Diddy. By Caroline Fisher March 12, 2025
Music Lauryn Hill, Stevie Wonder, & Wyclef Jean Deliver Powerful Tribute To Roberta Flack At Her "Celebration Of Life" A beautiful ceremony for a beautiful soul, Roberta Flack's "Celebration of Life" was handled with great care by all of those involved. By Zachary Horvath March 11, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Concert Shooting Results In Three Injured Victims Boosie Badazz has a long and checkered history with shots being fired at his shows. Unfortunately, history repeated itself on Monday. By Elias Andrews March 11, 2025
Music Second G$ Lil Ronnie Murder Suspect Arrested In Fort Worth While nothing will bring back G$ Lil Ronnie, some justice is at least being served as police have detained both suspects. By Zachary Horvath March 08, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Alleges He “Protected” Megan Thee Stallion From Jail On New Album On Tory Lanez's new album "PETERSON," he uses an AI-generated clip of Donald Trump calling for his freedom. By Caroline Fisher March 07, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Dethrones Drake Once Again With Impressive Spotify Feat Recently, it was revealed that Kendrick Lamar pulled off yet another boastworthy streaming feat, surpassing Drake. By Caroline Fisher March 02, 2025
Politics Streamer Presses DJ Khaled To Support Palestine After Drake's "ICEMAN" Diss Drake called out DJ Khaled on "ICEMAN" for not supporting his parents' native Palestine, which has been suffering a genocide. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2026
Music Social Media Reacts To Drake's "1 AM In Albany:" The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly A leaked Drake song called "1 AM In Albany" made the rounds on social media last night, and it has left fans in awe. By Alexander Cole May 14, 2026
Music TDE's Punch Cracks Jokes About Paying Joe Budden To Support Kendrick Lamar TDE's Punch was recently on "The Joe Budden Podcast," where he addressed rumors about the label paying Budden to favor Kendrick Lamar. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 08, 2026
Music Kid Cudi Kicks M.I.A. Off His Tour After Republican Rant Gets Met With Boos M.I.A. was the opening act on Kid Cudi's Rebel Ragers Tour, although that is now officially over thanks to her antics. By Alexander Cole May 04, 2026
Music Drake Honors Lil Wayne Ahead Of "ICEMAN" It's been a while since we've had a Drake and Lil Wayne collab, but maybe Drizzy's latest move on Instagram is a sign of things to come. By Zachary Horvath May 01, 2026