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Music Maui Police Chief Wins Vote To Keep Job Despite Allegations In Diddy Lawsuit Diddy is currently behind bars at the MDC in Brooklyn awaiting his trial, which is scheduled to begin in May. By Caroline Fisher March 20, 2025
Music BG Explains How He "Toned Down" His New Album, "Freedom Of Speech," To Avoid Legal Trouble BG released his first studio album since getting out of prison in 2023, "Freedom of Speech," last Friday. By Cole Blake March 20, 2025
Music Erykah Badu Reveals She's Preparing An Album Entirely Produced By The Alchemist The highly-anticipated project will be Erykah Badu's first studio album in 15 years. By Cole Blake March 20, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Might Become Third Artist Ever To Boast Insane Billboard Hot 100 Accomplishment Now that Playboi Carti is back in the studio with A$AP Rocky, it seems like he won't slow down his commercial dominance. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 20, 2025
Music Cam’ron Debuts New Song From Long-Awaited Upcoming Project With Mase Cam'ron and Mase, who host "It Is What It Is" together, have been sitting on unreleased music together for over a year. By Cole Blake March 20, 2025
Music Tina Knowles Seemingly Responds To Kanye West’s Awful Comments About Jay-Z & Beyonce’s Children Amid his latest Twitter tirade, Kanye West suggested that Jay-Z allegedly wants him dead, and shared why he feels betrayed by him. By Caroline Fisher March 20, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy’s New Prison Release Date Has Fans Overjoyed In November, NBA YoungBoy pleaded guilty to ten counts in connection to an alleged prescription drug fraud scheme. By Caroline Fisher March 20, 2025
Music Kanye West Demands Cassie "Shut The F*ck Up" About Diddy Allegations Kanye West is checking off the boxes for every cruel statement he can make, and Cassie wound up being his latest victim. By Elias Andrews March 19, 2025
Music Kanye West Shares Long, Heartbreaking List Of People Who "Betrayed" Him Kanye West is scrubbing away his legacy in real time, and this list of people is bound to hurt those close to him. By Elias Andrews March 19, 2025
Music Eminem's Ex-Employee Faces Federal Charges After Allegedly Leaking Unreleased Music The news comes after Eminem suffered a massive leak of unreleased songs from throughout his career, earlier this year. By Cole Blake March 19, 2025
Music Cassie Joins Playboi Carti In Telling Kanye West To "STFU" After His Diddy Extortion Claims Kanye West's thoughts have been running wild on Twitter and Cassie has had just about enough of his outlandish outrage. By Zachary Horvath March 19, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Issues Stern Response To Kanye West's Antics Kanye West had called out Playboi Carti in several posts as his controversial antics on social media continue. By Cole Blake March 19, 2025