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Music Benzino Claims To Need Surgery After Diamond Allegedly Hit Him With Car During a recent interview, Benzino claimed he hurt his back, neck, head, and arm during an alleged incident involving his ex and her friend. By Caroline Fisher March 03, 2026
Music Freddie Jackson, Quiet Storm Favorite And R&B Hitmaker, Dies At 69 Known for “You Are My Lady” and “Rock Me Tonight,” Freddie Jackson leaves behind one of R&B’s most enduring romantic catalogs. By Erika Marie October 06, 2026
TV "The Vince Staples Show" Finally Gets A Season 2 Premiere Date Vince Staples shared an update on his popular Netflix series on Instagram on Tuesday as fans await season two. By Cole Blake August 19, 2025
Music Diddy Confessed to Blocking Wu-Tang Clan From The Radio, Claims Ghostface Killah Ghostface Killah spoke with Bootleg Kev ahead of "Supreme Clientele 2" and discussed Diddy's alleged role in blocking Wu-Tang from NYC radio. By Devin Morton August 19, 2025
Music Consequence Slams “Liar” Pusha T Again After Exposing Alleged Kanye West Texts Recently, Consequence accused Pusha T of stabbing Kanye West in the back for "clout" after sharing their alleged texts. By Caroline Fisher August 19, 2025
Music Drake Targets UMG Executives Directly As Discovery Requests Continue To Pile Up Drake has been suing Universal Music Group for defamation over the company's alleged promotion of Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." By Cole Blake August 19, 2025
Music Kehlani Issues Stern Message To Scammer Messing With Their Producers Kehlani fans have also weighed in on the issue at hand and they believe someone who the singer's had problems with recently is behind this. By Zachary Horvath August 18, 2025
Music Mickey Factz Claims Cardi B Should've Called Him To Help “Kill” Her Jay-Z-Sampled “Imaginary Players” Mickey Factz recently made the claim that Chicago rap legend Lupe Fiasco is a better lyricist than Kendrick Lamar. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 16, 2025
Music Chance The Rapper Fans Call New Album “Star Line” The Ultimate Comeback Today, Chance The Rapper dropped his first studio album in more than five years, and listeners can't get enough. By Caroline Fisher August 15, 2025
Music DDG’s New Dating Show Draws Wild Audition Tapes DDG is gearing up to launch his new dating show "Are You My Ball?," which fans will be able to watch live on Twitch. By Caroline Fisher August 15, 2025
Music T-Hood Allegedly Assaults Kelsie Frost In Disturbing Leaked Video Before Fatal Shooting Earlier this month, T-Hood passed away at the age of 33 after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds outside of his Snellville, Georgia home. By Caroline Fisher August 15, 2025
Music Offset Says Quavo Joint Album To Honor Takeoff Isn’t Off The Table According to Offset, he and his former Migos groupmate Quavo are on much better terms than they have been in the past. By Caroline Fisher August 14, 2025