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Music Wale Admits His Run-In With Kai Cenat Affected His Mental Health Kai Cenat famously did not recognize Wale when they ran into each other at the BET Awards, earlier this year. By Cole Blake December 17, 2025
Music 21 Savage Asks Young Thug To Forgive Gunna And End Their Beef Young Thug has been at odds with Gunna ever since he accepted a plea deal to get out of jail in the YSL RICO case. By Cole Blake December 17, 2025
Music Maury Povich Wants To Squash Drake & Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj & Cardi B Beef According to Maury Povich, he might actually consider coming out of retirement under the right circumstances. By Caroline Fisher December 17, 2025
Music Dr. Umar Claims 50 Cent Made Diddy Docuseries Out Of “Self-Hatred” Netflix's new 50 Cent-produced doc, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning," continues to elicit mixed reactions from viewers. By Caroline Fisher December 16, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Continues Roasting Ebro Over Canceled Hot 97 Show Ebro confirmed that Hot 97 canceled his long-running radio show, "Ebro in the Morning.," in a post online, last week. By Cole Blake December 15, 2025
Music Nas Reveals Eminem Shot Down His Feature Request For "Daughters" Nas' interview with Joe Budden comes after he and DJ Premier released their new album, "Light-Years," last week. By Cole Blake December 15, 2025
Music Pooh Shiesty Says Gucci Mane’s Transformation Inspired Him After Prison: “He Showed Me How It’s Done” By Tallie Spencer December 11, 2025
Music Prosecutors Fight To Stay On Lil Durk Case As They Unveil Another Violent Threat In April, a lead attorney in Lil Durk's case received a phone call from someone threatening to "shoot that motherf*cker up." By Caroline Fisher December 11, 2025
Music Method Man Reveals Why He Didn't Appear On Drake's "Wu-Tang Forever" Method Man says he still likes Drake and thinks that he's a "dope artist" despite turning down the song back in 2013. By Cole Blake December 08, 2025
Music Gene Deal Claps Back At Misa Hylton For Calling Him Out Over New Diddy Documentary The back and forth comes in the wake of Netflix putting out the new documentary about Diddy, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning." By Cole Blake December 08, 2025
Music Cam’ron Responds To Big L Family Criticism: “You Not Gonna Tell Me What I Seen Growing Up” Cam’ron responds to Big L’s family over alleged fabricated stories, explaining why he won’t stop speaking on what he witnessed growing up. By Tallie Spencer December 04, 2025
Music D4vd Named The Most-Googled Person Of 2025 Amid Celeste Rivas Investigation The remains of missing teenager Celeste Rivas were discovered in the trunk of an impounded Tesla registered to D4vd in September. By Caroline Fisher December 04, 2025