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Music NBC Fires Back At Diddy's $100 Million Defamation Lawsuit Over Scathing Documentary "Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy" features a number of allegations that Diddy is furious with the company over. By Cole Blake July 22, 2025
Music Mother Of Lil Durk's First Two Kids Mourns Passing Of THF Bayzoo THF Bayzoo passed away this past weekend, with reports saying he was shot in a Chicago neighborhood by two unidentified men. By Zachary Horvath October 27, 2025
Music Drake Kicks Off Day 3 of Wireless Festival With The Preview Of A New Central Cee Collab Dropping Friday Drake announced that Central Cee will be apart of the upcoming OVO Fest at the UK rappers Toronto concert in April 2025. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 13, 2025
Music Melyssa Ford Discusses Misogyny In Podcast With Charlamagne Tha God Amid Joe Budden Exit Melyssa Ford's appearances on "The Joe Budden Podcast" started becoming more and more infrequent in recent months. By Cole Blake November 11, 2025
Original Content A History Of Drake & Kanye's Collaborations Following news of a potential collaborative project, we take a look through Drake and Kanye's work together. By Trevor Smith August 03, 2016
Pop Culture Stefon Diggs' Ex Shows Up To Offset's Latest Concert Amid His Cardi B Relationship Stefon Diggs and Cardi B finally went public with their long-rumored relationship on Instagram, last month. By Cole Blake June 18, 2025
Music Rubi Rose Addresses Kevin Gates' "Super General" Lyrics: "In A Song, It’s Cool” Rubi Rose opened up about Kevin Gates' track, “Super General," which features sexually explicit lyrics about the 24-year-old rapper and model. By Cole Blake June 18, 2022
Music Kanye West Admits He Wishes He Was Friends With 50 Cent While Listing His Favorite Artists Despite the new message, Kanye West recently trolled 50 Cent in a post about the release of his iconic album, "Graduation." By Cole Blake April 27, 2025
Original Content SZA & Nicki Minaj Twitter Beef, Explained Nicki Minaj and SZA unexpectedly got into a back and forth on X, but why did it start? By Devin Morton July 17, 2025
Viral Drake Shares Passionate Praise For India Love And Fans Can't Help But Feel Bad For DDG Drake's Streamer University message for India Love clashed with her romantic link to DDG and a recent flirty interaction with Duke Dennis. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 26, 2025
Streetwear Waka Flocka Flame Accidentally Starts Beef With DDG Over The Latter's Fashion Choices DDG sternly told Waka Flocka Flame to stop speaking on his name, and Waka Flocka Flame seemed to oblige... Or did he? By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Music Hip-Hop Pioneer Hitman Howie Tee Passes Away At 61 Hitman Howie Tee was a pioneering figure of early commercial hip-hop, and his fingerprints are on some of the biggest R&B hits of the 1990s. By Devin Morton August 03, 2025