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Music Skepta Appears In Court For Drug Driving & Speeding Charges Skepta was hit with these two charges on separate occasions spanning over two years. His trial won't start until late 2025, early 2026. By Zachary Horvath October 06, 2025
Music AI 2Pac Video Has Social Media Extremely Concerned For The Future In addition to the video of 2Pac, AI-generated videos of other celebrities have been emerging online as well. By Cole Blake October 06, 2025
Music Suge Knight Drags Diddy Through The Mud While Reacting To His Sentence Suge Knight recently spoke from behind bars to blast Diddy and his team's publicity and narrative efforts to accompany his 50-month sentence. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 05, 2025
Music Social Media Stunned As Diddy Is Sentenced To 50 Months In Prison Judge Arun Subramanian said it was necessary to sentence Diddy to more jail time in order to deter criminal activity and for accountability. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 03, 2025
Music 50 Cent Reacts To Taylor Swift's Surprising Shoutout On Her New Album 50 Cent became a big fan of Taylor Swift's new album "The Life Of A Showgirl," which is about her superstardom. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 03, 2025
Music Latto Reflects On Beef With Nicki Minaj While the "777" rapper expressed disappointment in the conflict, she's at least trying to keep her head high. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 25, 2023
Music Cardi B Gives Surprise Performance At GloRilla Tour Stop In New York While the New York rapper's been busy working on her second album and doing community service hours, she had to pop out for Glo's show. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 23, 2023
Music R. Kelly To Be Sentenced Today In Chicago Case The disgraced R&B singer is already serving a 30-year sentence from his New York case conviction. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 23, 2023
Music YoungBoy Never Broke Again Reflects On Friendship With Birdman YoungBoy reflected on his relationship with Birdman while appearing on "Rap Radar." By Cole Blake February 20, 2023
Music 50 Cent & DMX Were Bigger Artists Than Jay-Z, According To Big Gipp Big Gipp argues that Jay-Z didn't have the same crossover appeal as DMX or 50 Cent. By Aron A. February 16, 2023
Music GloRilla Snaps On Fan Who Throws Jacket In Her Face GloRilla stopped her concert to address a fan that threw a jacket at her during her performance. By Aron A. February 16, 2023
Music XXXTentacion Case: Woman Who Rented Killer's Car Says Defendant Apologized To Her After using the vehicle in the rapper's murder, the woman claims one of the men apologized for getting her "caught up." By Erika Marie February 15, 2023