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Music Keefe D Receives Prison Sentence For Fighting With Another Inmate Keefe D was already in jail awaiting trial for his alleged role in the 1996 killing of the legendary rapper 2Pac. By Cole Blake September 04, 2025
Music Drake's Latest "ICEMAN" Update Is Bad News For His Biggest Haters Drake is going to be dropping "ICEMAN" soon, and on social media, the artist is dropping some messages with a purpose. By Alexander Cole March 12, 2026
Music Judge Intends To Order Sale Of Nicki Minaj’s $20 Million Mansion Over Unpaid Assault Judgment In 2021, Nicki Minaj was sued by a German security guard over an alleged assault that took place backstage at a concert. By Caroline Fisher November 25, 2025
Music Drake's "What Did I Miss?" Falls 6 Spots On The Billboard Hot 100 Drake dropped the song as the lead single from his highly-anticipated new album, "Iceman," which is dropping later this year. By Cole Blake July 22, 2025
Music Cardi B Breaks A Unique Guinness World Record With "AM I THE DRAMA?" Cardi B's "AM I THE DRAMA?" already went platinum per the RIAA thanks to the inclusions of older hits "Up" and "WAP." By Zachary Horvath September 20, 2025
Music Chris Brown Has Woman Removed From Concert After "Accidentally" Throwing Drink At Him Chris Brown wasn't tolerating any disrespect at his most recent tour stop despite the fan claiming it was an accident. By Zachary Horvath June 21, 2025
Music Diddy Confessed to Blocking Wu-Tang Clan From The Radio, Claims Ghostface Killah Ghostface Killah spoke with Bootleg Kev ahead of "Supreme Clientele 2" and discussed Diddy's alleged role in blocking Wu-Tang from NYC radio. By Devin Morton August 19, 2025
Music Daughter Of Remy Ma’s Son's Alleged Murder Victim Speaks Out After Their Viral Clash Remy Ma's son, Jayson “Jace” Scott, stands accused of allegedly killing the woman's father in a shooting back in 2021. By Cole Blake July 01, 2025
Music Drake Seeks Lucian Grainge's Emails And Texts About Release Of "Not Like Us" In Newest Filing Drake's lawyers recently made a large-scale legal filing in which they motioned for documents from Lucian Grainge himself. By Devin Morton August 13, 2025
Music Senegal Officially Abandons Akon's Futuristic City Proposal Akon originally proposed the idea as a "real-life Wakanda" back in 2018, but the project's struggled to get off the ground. By Cole Blake July 09, 2025
Music Joey Bada$$’s Perfectly Engineered Return: The Road To "Lonely At The Top" Despite the delays, the long-game strategy behind "Lonely At The Top" has set the stage for a satisfying payoff. By Aron A. August 28, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Unpacks Rumor That Drake's "Iceman" Is His Last Album Under UMG Considering the defamation lawsuit Drake is pursuing against his label UMG right now, this possibility makes too much sense. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 04, 2025