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Music Diddy Fans Celebrate Verdict By Drenching Themselves In Baby Oil Outside Courthouse The jury finally reached a verdict today in Diddy's trial, which has since earned mixed reactions from fans and peers. By Caroline Fisher July 02, 2025
Music John Legend Reacts To Kanye West Saying He Smells Like "Mashed Potatoes" John Legend discussed his former collaborator, Kanye West, during a recent appearance on "Ebro in the Morning." By Cole Blake July 01, 2025
Music Lil Durk Suffers Big Loss In Court Due To Death Threat Motion Falling Through Lil Durk's legal team had hoped to get his murder-for-hire case dismissed over death threats that prosecutors reportedly failed to disclose. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Original Content Drake Tours, By The Numbers: A Complete Ranking Of Box Office Revenue Drake has been on several different tours since 2010, and this is a look back at the enormous numbers he's racked up over the years. By Devin Morton August 16, 2025
Music Lil Durk Offers His Largest Bail Package Yet As Feds Confirm He's Not On Trial For Lyrics Lil Durk has been behind bars since October of last year after authorities arrested him in an alleged murder-for-hire case. By Cole Blake May 20, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's Colombia Concert Cancelation Gets An Explanation Many fans came to wild conclusions as to why Kendrick Lamar's Bogotá concert was canceled, although we doubt this will slow the haters down. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 28, 2025
Pop Culture Iggy Azalea Shows Off How Far She's Gone With Botox Injections Botox and Hollywood go pretty hand-in-hand but given how young Iggy Azalea is, some fans are bit shocked and disappointed. By Zachary Horvath March 30, 2026
Original Content 10 Slept-On Eminem Freestyles, Ranked Eminem has a long list of freestyles to his name, and we are going to rank 10 of his more underappreciated outings. By Devin Morton July 08, 2025
Music Erykah Badu Says The Alchemist Postponed Their Album At The Last Minute Erykah Badu previewed new collaborations with The Alchemist while performing her musical special with Amazon Music. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 29, 2025
Music Lil Wayne Reveals "Tha Carter VI" Tour Dates Lil Wayne is enlisting a healthy number of special guests to accompany him across the 34 cities he's traveling to as well. By Zachary Horvath June 03, 2025
Music Cardi B's Security Guard Goes Viral After She Twerked Right Next To Him Cardi B's recent club performance amid her "Little Miss Drama" tour had many fans joking about her security guard's stoic state. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 15, 2026
Music Mike Dean Shockingly Divulges On His Relationship With Kanye West Since Kanye West and Mike Dean haven't released music together in a while, certain social media statements suggested they might be at odds. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 05, 2025