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Music Tory Lanez's Team Claims That He Will Be Freed "Later This Year" Representation for Tory Lanez also revealed who they are actually fighting in court as his legal team has yet to file their new evidence. By Zachary Horvath June 14, 2025
Music Kai Cenat x Drake Stream: How To Watch Live Many fans submitted music video treatments for "SOMEBODY LOVES ME," and Drake and Kai Cenat will bring 20 of them to life. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 12, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Gets Mixed Reviews On His BET Awards Performance Playboi Carti has an Album of the Year contender with "MUSIC," and on Monday, he performed some of those songs at the BET Awards. By Alexander Cole June 10, 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
Politics The Game Voices Support For LA Protesters As Tensions Escalate People in Los Angeles have been protesting for days in response to recent ICE's recent immigration raids in the city. By Cole Blake June 09, 2025
Music Lil Wayne & Bono’s Unreleased “Tha Carter VI” Track Featured In NBA Finals Commercial Lil Wayne is gearing up to drop his eagerly anticipated new album "Tha Carter VI," which is slated for release tomorrow. By Caroline Fisher June 05, 2025
Music Kanye West's Offensive Tweets May Be Used Against Him In Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Kanye West has made numerous offensive and vulgar posts on X (formerly Twitter) in recent months that may come back to bite him. By Cole Blake June 05, 2025
Music Woman Who Screamed Out During Diddy's Trial Breaks Silence Judge Arun Subramanian had officers remove the woman from the courtroom after she screamed out to Diddy, earlier this week. By Cole Blake June 04, 2025
Music Cam'ron Asks The Punisher NSFW Questions About Cassie & Diddy's Alleged "Freak-Offs" The Punisher previously testified in Diddy's ongoing criminal trial about having allegedly had sex with Cassie. By Cole Blake June 03, 2025
Music Bradford Cohen Has Grim Outlook On YNW Melly's Case As He Awaits Retrial YNW Melly's future still hangs in the balance, but federal and state lawyer Bradford Cohen suggests that the end result could be bad. By Zachary Horvath June 03, 2025
Music Drake Announces First UK & EU Tour In Six Years Drake and PartyNextDoor are fresh off the success of "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U," and now, they are going to tour Europe. By Alexander Cole June 03, 2025
Music Brian McKnight Jr. Shares Heartfelt Tribute To His Brother Niko After His Tragic Passing Brian McKnight's son, Niko McKnight, passed away at the age of 32, last week, after a lengthy battle with cancer. By Cole Blake June 02, 2025