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Music Cardi B Reveals When She Will Be Dropping Rumored Offset Diss "Outside" Cardi B may actually be readying her sophomore album now as "Outside," her hotly anticipated single, is coming out very soon. By Zachary Horvath June 17, 2025
Music Lil Wayne's Son Lil Novi Claims His Dad Wrote Most Of Drake's Music Lil Novi was asked whether Lil Wayne or Drake is the better rapper during a recent interview that's circulating online. By Cole Blake June 17, 2025
Music Yak Gotti's Attorney, Doug Weinstein, Alleges Young Thug Risked Prison To Protect His Crew By Declining A "Blind Plea" Like Gunna In an interview with It's Up There, Doug Weinstein reveals Lil Woody was coerced by the DA and forced to testify under pressure. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 21, 2025
Music The Alchemist Taunts The Internet Over Their Heated Reactions To His & Erykah Badu's AI Cover Art Fans of The Alchemist were wildly disappointed in the producer after it was learned that the artwork for "Next To You" wasn't authentic. By Zachary Horvath June 21, 2025
Music Ashanti Reacts To SZA Paying Homage To One Of Her Iconic Looks At The BET Awards SZA stunned in a yellow leopard print Versace dress at the BET Awards this year, which Ashanti rocked back in 2002. By Caroline Fisher June 12, 2025
Music Xzibit Claims DMX’s “Party Up” Was A Kurupt Diss Track During a recent interview, Xzibit shared the interesting backstory behind one of the late DMX's biggest hits. By Caroline Fisher June 11, 2025
Music "Jane" Recalls When She Allegedly Began To Assume That Diddy Was Bisexual The "Jane" in Diddy's ongoing federal trial has continued to drop one bombshell allegation after another these last few days. By Zachary Horvath June 10, 2025
Music Reginae Carter Defends Her Dad Lil Wayne Amid "Tha Carter VI" Criticism Reginae Carter also defended her father Lil Wayne when fans clowned his "SNL 50" performance back in February. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 15, 2025
Relationships Latto Reignites 21 Savage Dating Rumors With Her Verse On New Nemzzz Track The Latto and 21 Savage relationship rumors were recently allegedly perpetuated by Young Thug late last month. By Zachary Horvath June 14, 2025
Music Diddy’s Team Raises Concerns About Diversity After Juror Gets Disqualified Recently, one juror was removed from Diddy's trial after the prosecution accused him of being dishonest about his living situation. By Caroline Fisher June 14, 2025
Music Former Diddy Assistant's Testimony Fuels Speculation About Kim Porter Capricorn Clark took the stand in Diddy's trial last month and alleged that she was often in charge of booking hotels for "freak-offs." By Caroline Fisher June 22, 2025
Music GloRilla Fights Back Amid Legal Battle Over Viral “No BBL” Catchphrase Earlier this year, GloRilla was sued by influencer Natalie Henderson over lyrics in her track "Never Find." By Caroline Fisher September 09, 2025