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Music Rah Ali Breaks Silence On Nicki Minaj Credit Card Fraud Allegations In Emotional Letter Earlier this month, Nicki Minaj revealed that multiple people had made unauthorized charges on her American Express card, costing her $25K. By Caroline Fisher October 30, 2025
Music Confidential Witness Alleges Lil Durk Ordered Hits On Six People Lil Durk is currently in prison on charges related to alleged murder-for-hire, and his trial is expected to begin next year. By Caroline Fisher October 28, 2025
Music Eminem’s Daughter Hailie Jade Relates To His Privacy Struggles During a recent interview, Eminem's daughter Hailie Jade opened up about balancing privacy and being in the spotlight. By Caroline Fisher June 27, 2025
Music Former Escort Claims Lawyers Exploited His Cassie Allegations Against Diddy Clayton Howard's lawsuit against Cassie alleges prosecutors in Diddy's trial used his story to arrest him and then ignored his other claims. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 14, 2025
Music Oschino Claims Jay-Z's Jealous Of Drake & Joe Budden's Scared Of Hov Jay-Z dissed Oschino, Drake, and many more during his Roots Picnic freestyle, which Joe Budden wasn't a fan of. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 19, 2026
Music 50 Cent Addresses Rumor He Helped Jay-Z’s Alleged Secret Son Amid Legal Battle For years, a man named Rymir Satterthwaite has alleged that he's Jay-Z's illegitimate son, and begged him to take a paternity test. By Caroline Fisher July 24, 2025
Music Cash Cobain Claims Jay-Z Is About To "Shake The World" With New Music Jay-Z hasn't released a solo album since 2017's "4:44," but according to Cash Cobain, that could change soon. By Cole Blake September 04, 2025
Music Young Threat, A Feature On Kendrick Lamar's "GNX," Was Hit With Murder Charges Young Threat was one of many Los Angeles-based collaborators Kendrick Lamar worked with on his 2024 album, "GNX." By Cole Blake January 06, 2026
Music Boosie Badazz Goes Viral For Shockingly Lewd Meet & Greet Pic Boosie Badazz has a lot of legal woes to contend with these days, but that hasn't soured his mood at these wild fan greetings. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 25, 2025
Music Cardi B Turns Newborn's Umbilical Cord Into Gold Chrome Heart Cardi B recently shared the first picture of her newborn son with Stefon Diggs, and she chose to commemorate his birth in a curious way. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 21, 2025
Numbers Drake Continues His Chart Dominance With Eye-Popping Fourth-Week Sales Projections For "ICEMAN" Drake's "ICEMAN" album was the most anticipated of the entire year, and so far, it is living up to the hype, at least on the charts. By Alexander Cole June 10, 2026
Music DJ Premier Announces Release Date For His Nas Collab Album Nas' "Legend Has It" series may be coming to an end, but it's going out with a bang as his collab effort with DJ Premier is coming soon. By Zachary Horvath November 20, 2025