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Music Tyler The Creator Mourns D'Angelo In Heartfelt Tribute D'Angelo's family confirmed that the 51-year-old singer passed away after a private battle with cancer on Tuesday. By Cole Blake October 14, 2025
Pop Culture Drake And Sophie Brussaux Throw Western-Themed Bash For Adonis' 8th Birthday Drake and Sophie Brussaux keep their relationship private, but it seems their co-parenting journey is going well. By Zachary Horvath October 13, 2025
Music Drake’s Team Responds After Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Universal Music Group: “We Intend To Appeal” Drake’s spokesperson confirms the rapper plans to appeal after a judge dismissed his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” By Tallie Spencer October 09, 2025
Music YK Osiris Slams DDG Amid Jay Cinco Beef Jay Cinco recently accused DDG of feeling like he "ran the program" in their Capaholics group, prompting a heated response. By Caroline Fisher October 08, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj’s Mother Rushes To Papa Bear’s Defense After Cardi B Alleges He’s Disabled Nicki Minaj and Cardi B traded some fiery insults on X recently, and their small children even got dragged into the feud. By Caroline Fisher October 08, 2025
Music Numerous Kendrick Lamar Songs Leak Online, Including Baby Keem Reference Tracks Some unreleased Kendrick Lamar songs have surfaced online, including reference tracks from Baby Keem's "The Sound Of Bad Habit" era. By Caroline Fisher October 08, 2025
Music Lil Durk’s Lawyers Call Out Prosecutors In New Motion To Dismiss Murder-For-Hire Case Lil Durk remains behind bars after being arrested for an alleged murder-for-hire plot back in October 2024. By Caroline Fisher October 07, 2025
Music Diddy Hit With Two Shocking Sexual Assault Lawsuits After Receiving Prison Sentence Diddy has two more sexual assault lawsuits as he faces more legal trouble on top of getting hit with a 50-month prison sentence last week. By Zachary Horvath October 06, 2025
Sports Stefon Diggs & The New England Patriots Get Rowdy To NBA YoungBoy Much To The Chagrin Of Team Staff New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs was turnt up after last night's win against the Buffalo Bills, leading to a locker room party. By Alexander Cole October 06, 2025
Pop Culture xQc Allegedly Crashed Out On DDG And Said His Music Sucks N3on shared some spoilers from an upcoming MrBeast video that DDG and xQc participated in and allegedly, they got into it. By Zachary Horvath March 02, 2026
Music NBA YoungBoy Says Jay-Z's "The Blueprint" Made Him Realize He's Ahead Of The Game NBA YoungBoy dropped his ninth studio album, "Slime Cry," back in January, featuring Burna Boy and Jelly Roll. By Cole Blake March 02, 2026
Music Lil Pump Trashes Lil Tracy As The SoundCloud Era Debate Rages On Lil Pump was one of the biggest rappers in the world in 2017, and now, he is going off about his place in the music world. By Alexander Cole February 25, 2026