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TV Bad Bunny & Doja Cat Tease Awkwardly Funny ‘SNL’ Season Premiere Promo Bad Bunny and Doja Cat star in a quirky new SNL promo with Chloe Fineman ahead of the Oct. 4 season premiere. By Tallie Spencer October 02, 2025
Music Prosecutors Reveal Their Lengthy Demand For Diddy's Prison Sentence Diddy will return to the courtroom for his sentencing hearing on Friday, October 3, where he'll face 20 years behind bars. By Cole Blake September 30, 2025
Music Sean Kingston & His Mother Must Pay Fraud Victim Almost $40K Sean Kingston and Janice Turner were convicted of a $1 million fraud scheme and will now serve their respective sentences. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 29, 2025
Music Cardi B Fans Speculate About Her Diss Target On Young Thug’s “UY SCUTI” Cardi B has been getting a lot of praise for her guest verse on Young Thug's new album, and her bars are potentially for multiple targets. By Zachary Horvath September 27, 2025
Music Drake Reportedly Drops Longtime Agent That Also Represents Kendrick Lamar Drake worked with Brent Smith at Wasserman Music for over ten years, and Kendrick Lamar's role in this split is a subject of speculation. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 15, 2025
Music Akon Sets The Record Straight Amid Arrest Reports Earlier this week, it was reported that Akon was arrested in Georgia on an outstanding bench warrant and booked into the Smyrna City Jail. By Caroline Fisher November 13, 2025
Music Diddy Looks Weary In His First Prison Photo Since His Arrest Diddy was previously held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, but now he's at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 01, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Fans Claim NLE Choppa's Using Bots After Dropping His Diss Track NLE Choppa shocked folks yesterday by dissing NBA YoungBoy on a new single titled "KO." Now the latter's fans are trying to expose him. By Zachary Horvath October 31, 2025
Music Finesse2tymes Arrested In Dallas For Alleged Drug Possession Finesse2tymes has been charged with possession of controlled substances, tampering with evidence, and more. By Caroline Fisher October 21, 2025
Politics Cardi B Spearheads Maternal Health Campaign For Black & Brown Moms Cardi B, being a black mother of three, was a great choice to speak up mothers of color and the maternal health issues that they face. By Zachary Horvath October 20, 2025
Music Tyler, The Creator's Past Comments About R. Kelly & Diddy Come To Light Tyler, the Creator is being called out because of his old tweets, and it seems like R. Kelly and Diddy were part of the leak. By Alexander Cole October 20, 2025
Music Latto Celebrates Earning Her First Apple Music No. 1 With “Sugar Honey Iced Tea” Fans can't get enough of Latto's new album. By Caroline Fisher August 10, 2024