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Music Cassie Is Reportedly Ready To Testify Against Diddy "In Very Short Order" Cassie was mentioned numerous times during Day 1 of the Diddy Trial on Monday and now, she seems ready to give her side of the story. By Alexander Cole May 12, 2025
Music Wale Shuts Down Rumor Diddy Dangled Him Over A Balcony The rumor about an alleged altercation between Wale and Diddy surfaced as the Bad Boy mogul's criminal trial gets started. By Cole Blake May 12, 2025
Music Ali Siddiq Claims He Never Saw 2Pac As A “Thug” Ali Siddiq made some interesting revelations during his recent appearance on Shannon Sharpe's "Club Shay Shay" podcast. By Caroline Fisher May 08, 2025
Music Diddy's Alleged Victim Reportedly Never Wanted To Testify In His Trial There's already plenty of drama surrounding Diddy's criminal trial after the process of jury selection began on Monday. By Cole Blake May 08, 2025
Relationships Nelly & Ashanti Playfully Shut Down Hair Loss Rumors Nelly and Ashanti welcomed their first child, Kareem Kenkaide Hayes, in July of last year and appear to be doing great. By Cole Blake May 05, 2025
Music Beyonce Brings Out Her Mom Tina Knowles During Tour To Celebrate Her New Book's Success Beyonce and Tina Knowles also took the stage with the former's daughters Blue Ivy and Rumi during the "COWBOY CARTER" tour. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 04, 2025
Music Andre 3000 Asks Fans To Help Find His Missing Notebook In Amsterdam Andre 3000 has addressed rumors of a hip-hop solo album time and time again, and not even the quality of "New Blue Sun" can suppress them. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 04, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Ranks Every Song From Drake & Kendrick Lamar’s Explosive Feud According to DJ Akademiks, his ranking of the songs from Drake and Kendrick Lamar's battle is "based off quality, bars, not impact." By Caroline Fisher May 03, 2025
Music Jim Jones Doubles Down On His Pessimistic View Of His Beef With Cam'ron Dipset's Jim Jones and Cam'ron started feuding earlier this year due to some comments Cam made about Jim performing at a 50 Cent show. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2025
Music Lil Yachty Blasts KARRAHBOOO For “Playing Victim” Amid Record Deal Dispute KARRAHBOOO continues to accuse Lil Yachty of blocking her from dropping new music, which he continues to deny. By Caroline Fisher May 02, 2025
Viral Kanye West Shades Kai Cenat & Adin Ross For Wanting A "Safe" Collab After Rants Kanye West has praised Kai Cenat, trashed Adin Ross, and the other way around on multiple occasions now, and they've returned the favor. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2025
Music Diddy Granted Permission To Wear Nice Clothes During Sex Trafficking Trial During all of his latest appearances in court ahead of trial, Diddy has been spotted wearing his prison jumpsuits. By Caroline Fisher May 01, 2025