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Music Drake's UMG Lawsuit's Dismissal Shows Up In Fat Joe's Defamation Case Lawyer Tyrone Blackburn is representing Fat Joe's former hype man Terrance "T.A." Dixon in a defamation lawsuit not quite similar to Drake's. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 12, 2025
Music Blueface's Mother Claims He's Days Away From Prison Release Blueface's new girlfriend Angela also spoke about anticipating his release from prison, although it's unclear when it will happen. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 11, 2025
Music PlaqueBoyMax Jokingly Confronts Fivio Foreign Over Mafiathon 3 And Selling Weed With His Likeness PlaqueBoyMax and Fivio Foreign have been at odds since January, but it looks as if they are slowly making amends. By Zachary Horvath October 09, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Teases Several "DON'T BE DUMB" Snippets In Latest Puma Ad A$AP Rocky still doesn't have a release date for "DON'T BE DUMB," but we are hopefully closer than we've ever been with these new snippets. By Zachary Horvath October 09, 2025
Music Diddy Approved For Prison Drug Program But There's A Twist Diddy's team was pushing for him to be rehabilitated without the prison time, but the mogul will still be receiving the help he needs. By Zachary Horvath October 09, 2025
Music Former Escort Labels Cassie A "C** D*mpster" And Claims She Put Him In Danger Diddy was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and has begun his prison sentence. By Cole Blake October 08, 2025
Music Diddy's Team Puts Judge's Sentencing On Blast While Announcing Plan To Appeal Diddy's team is heading back to court next Monday, October 6. Their client received a four-year sentence on Friday. By Zachary Horvath October 04, 2025
Music 50 Cent Continues His Unrelenting Trolling Of Diddy Following His Prison Sentencing 50 Cent is one of many social media users to react to Diddy's sentencing, which has mostly been responded to with shock and disappointment. By Zachary Horvath October 04, 2025
Music Lil Wayne Fans Shocked By Preview Of New Guitar-Led Song Given the poor reception to Lil Wayne's last album "Tha Carter VI," maybe this rock-adjacent approach will fare better than it did in 2010. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 02, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Demanded $2 Million From 6ix9ine For A Feature During a recent livestream, DJ Akademiks recalled 6ix9ine's attempt to collaborate with NBA YoungBoy, revealing it didn't go as planned. By Caroline Fisher January 07, 2026
Music Kanye West's "Bully" Nears 500K Pre-Saves On Spotify It'll be interesting to see how folks react to Kanye West's "Bully" when it drops, but for now, the public seems intrigued. By Zachary Horvath January 05, 2026
Music North West Shows She's Got Star Potential With Her Newest Instrumental North West has been in the lab as of late and it seems like we may have something bigger coming from Kanye West's daughter this year. By Zachary Horvath January 05, 2026