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Music Police Identify Suspect In The Murder Of G$ Lil Ronnie And His Five-Year-Old Daughter Fans have been paying tribute to G$ Lil Ronnie and his daughter on social media following the attack on Monday. By Cole Blake March 04, 2025
Music Drake Doubles Down On UMG Payola Claims With New Motion For Discovery Drake may have played nice with iHeartMedia, but the rapper is adamant about learning the truth with UMG's marketing tactics. By Elias Andrews March 03, 2025
Music Joe Budden Warns Reason About What Could Happen If He Keeps Feuding With TDE Joe Budden isn't a fan of how Reason handled his departure from TDE, but understands the difficulty in dealing with labels. By Cole Blake March 02, 2025
Music Rick Ross' Ex Justice Williams Cheekily Dances To Drake's "NOKIA" One of Rick Ross' three girlfriends in 2024 is taunting him by getting down to Drizzy's newest hit off of "$$$4U." By Zachary Horvath March 01, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Posits Curious Theory About Kendrick Lamar & SZA's Allegedly Low Tour Sales While this conversation around Kendrick Lamar and SZA's tour isn't even confirmed, DJ Akademiks threw shade at his fanbase to explain it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 01, 2025
Music New Diddy Lawsuit Accuses Him Of Sexual Assault At White Party While Others Watched The latest lawsuit against Diddy suggests his alleged sexual assault of a woman at a White Party was falsely seen as consensual by guests. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 01, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Seemingly Threatens To Expose Jay-Z, Roc Nation & Its CEO Desiree Perez Nicki Minaj most recently took purported shots at Jay-Z, Desiree Perez, Roc Nation, and the NFL on her "Banned From NO" remix. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 20, 2025
Music Dismissed Diddy Juror Wasn’t Fazed By Mogul’s Celebrity Status The judge overseeing Diddy's trial decided to dismiss a juror last week after prosecutors accused him of being dishonest. By Caroline Fisher June 18, 2025
Music Diddy Will Not Testify In His Alleged Sex Trafficking Trial Diddy's trial will continue on Friday, after court was adjourned due to one of the jurors called out sick. By Cole Blake June 18, 2025
Music Reneé Rapp Feels No Remorse For Tory Lanez Or Drake With Viral Comment, "Maybe We Should Be Stabbing More" Reneé Rapp has been a Megan Thee Stallion advocate following the rapper allegedly being shot by Tory Lanez. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 14, 2025
Music Diddy Accused Of Sending Associates To Take Pictures Of Alleged Victim's House This lawsuit update against Diddy comes amid his federal criminal trial for alleged sex trafficking and racketeering. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 09, 2025
Music Sly Stone, Frontman Of Sly & The Family Stone, Dies At 82 Sly Stone's family confirmed the news of the legendary musician's passing in a statement on Monday. By Cole Blake June 09, 2025