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Music Akon Shuts Down Reports That “Akon City” Plans Have Been Scrapped Recently, it was reported that the Senegalese government abandoned Akon's proposal for a futuristic, crypto-powered city. By Caroline Fisher July 16, 2025
Music Drake Allegedly Hired Two Private Investigators To Subpoena Kojo Menne Asamoah In UMG Lawsuit Drake's legal team alleges that Kojo Menne Asamoah helped artificially inflate the success of Kendrick Lamar's hit, "Not Like Us." By Caroline Fisher July 15, 2025
Music Kodak Black Raps About Desires Of Dinner With Kendall & Kylie Jenner On Travis Scott’s “Jackboys 2” Track In the past, Kodak Black has been involved in controversy over attempts to lust over high-profile women such as Lauren London and Cardi B. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 13, 2025
Music Kanye West's Representative Denies Former Assistant's Disturbing Allegations Against Ye Milo Yiannopoulos alleged that Lauren Pisciotta is fabricating her amended lawsuit against Kanye West for alleged sexual misconduct. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 13, 2025
Music Biggie's Son CJ Accused Of Facilitating Alleged Diddy Assault This lawsuit comes from an anonymous man who claimed Diddy allegedly masturbated into a shirt Biggie once owned. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 12, 2025
Music Jay-Z Fires Back At Man Alleging He’s His Secret Son Amid New Lawsuit A man named Rymir Satterthwaite has been alleging that he's Jay-Z's illegitimate son for years, and the mogul has had enough. By Caroline Fisher July 11, 2025
Music Charlamagne Tha God Is Afraid People Won't Learn From Diddy's Case The jury in Diddy's criminal trial found him not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering, earlier this month. By Cole Blake July 10, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy & Mellow Rackz Link Up In Paris Amid Kodak Black Drama Kodak Black was previously engaged to Mellow Rackz, and this is seemingly fueling his beef with NBA YoungBoy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 10, 2025
Music 50 Cent Flaunts Sold-Out London Show After Ja Rule Trolled Him Over Alleged Low Ticket Sales Recently, Ja Rule mocked 50 Cent over rumors that he was struggling to sell tickets to his "Legacy" tour, prompting a shady response. By Caroline Fisher July 02, 2025
Music T-Pain's Old Drake Tweets Resurface As Feud Ignites T-Pain kicked off a feud with Drake by dissing him during a recent appearance on the "Crash Dummies" podcast. By Cole Blake June 30, 2025
Relationships Ashanti’s Mother Was Horrified About Nelly Performing At Donald Trump's Inauguration In a new episode of Ashanti and Nelly's reality show, the songstress' mother shares her concerns about Nelly's Donald Trump performance. By Caroline Fisher June 30, 2025
Music Drake's Renting Out His Beverly Hills Mansion And It's For An Absurd Six-Figure Amount Drake has been looking to sell his Cali house for a little bit now. By Zachary Horvath January 20, 2025