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Music Diddy’s Former Assistant Allegedly Put Honey In Rooms For Freak-Offs One of Diddy's former assistants took the stand in his federal trial today, and recalled how he'd prepare rooms for alleged freak-offs. By Caroline Fisher June 13, 2025
Music Kai Cenat & Drake Postpone Their Stream Together Much To The Chagrin Of Fans Kai Cenat bumped into Kendrick Lamar, Drake's rival, and SZA at this year's BET Award 2025 with Druski. Lamar shook Cenat's hand. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 12, 2025
Music Silento Breaks Silence After Getting Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Killing His Cousin Silento, best known for his song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)," pleaded guilty to charges related to the killing on Wednesday. By Cole Blake June 12, 2025
Music Lil Baby Taunts Jack Doherty By Snatching His Chain At The Club Lil Baby couldn't resist messing with Jack Doherty as his chain was up for grabs in his eyes with seemingly no security in sight. By Zachary Horvath June 11, 2025
Music Raekwon Documentary On "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" With Ghostface Killah Gets Trailer "The Purple Tape Files" will feature appearances from Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, RZA, Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Method Man, and many more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 10, 2025
Music Young Guru Rips Timbaland's A.I. Entertainment Company, Timbo Reacts Timbaland held a Instagram Live with Young Guru, 19Keys and Swizz Beatz over Verzuz and Artificial Intelligance. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 08, 2025
Music "The Joe Budden Podcast" Debates Their Issues With Lil Wayne's New Album "Tha Carter VI" While "The Joe Budden Podcast" had some criticisms of Lil Wayne's new album, they also had praise for "Tha Carter VI" and its lyricism. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 07, 2025
Music Yak Gotti Reveals Where He Stands In Young Thug & Gunna’s Rumored Feud The status of Young Thug and Gunna's friendship appears to be up in the air, but Yak Gotti knows where he stands. By Caroline Fisher June 05, 2025
Pop Culture Adin Ross Reveals He Put DDG In Touch With His Lawyers Amid Halle Bailey Custody Battle DDG recently filed an emergency motion to prevent Halle Bailey from traveling abroad with their son, which was denied. By Caroline Fisher June 05, 2025
Music What We Learned From Clipse’s GQ Interview: Kendrick Lamar Feature, "Story Of Adidon" Politics & More From Pusha T's beef with Kanye and Jim Jones to how Kendrick Lamar became the catalyst for the Clipse's departure from Def Jam. By Aron A. June 04, 2025
Music Lil Baby Fan Is Overjoyed After Running Into Him At Church Lil Baby has been the subject of a lot of drama as of late, but at least he's staying grounded with what matters to him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 29, 2025
Music Celeste Rivas Died "Several Weeks" Before Her Body Was Found In D4vd's Car Authorities discovered the dismembered body of Celeste Rivas in the trunk of a car belonging to D4vd, earlier this month. By Cole Blake September 29, 2025