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Music Diddy's Alleged Sex Worker "The Punisher" Reflects On His Shocking Trial Testimony The supposed sex worker who allegedly participated in Diddy's "freak-off" parties thinks he helped the mogul more than he hurt him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 26, 2025
Music 50 Cent Taunts Diddy By Predicting His Fate Amid Sex Trafficking Trial Unsurprisingly, 50 Cent hasn't stopped trolling Diddy since his long-awaited sex trafficking trial began this month. By Caroline Fisher May 25, 2025
Music Rod Wave's Attorneys Allege He Was The Victim Of A Burglary Rod Wave was arrested yesterday, May 21, in Fulton County and was hit with 14 felony counts. However, he's since posted bond. By Zachary Horvath May 21, 2025
Music Kerry Morgan Recalls Allegedly Hiding From Diddy With Cassie After Violent Assault In Trial Testimony Diddy's criminal trial has been continuing with witness testimony on Monday with both Dawn Richard and Kerry Morgan taking the stand. By Cole Blake May 19, 2025
Music Bow Wow Rallies For Chris Brown's Freedom After U.K. Arrest Bow Wow and Chris Brown have created a list of hit songs together such as "Shortie Like Mine" and "Ain't Thinkin' Bout You." By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 19, 2025
Music Kelsey Harris' Bodyguard Claims Harris Shot Megan Thee Stallion, Not Tory Lanez Tory Lanez's legal team held a press conference to share new evidence in the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion on Wednesday. By Cole Blake May 14, 2025
Music Big U Finally Gets A Trial Date As Prosecutors Plead For More Time To Review Evidence Big U is facing a litany of alleged crimes stemming from a massive indictment that authorities unsealed, earlier this year. By Cole Blake May 14, 2025
Music Cassie Alleges Diddy Demanded She Call Him By Her Grandfather's Nickname In Trial Testimony Cassie spent the majority of the day, Tuesday, on the stand testifying in Diddy's criminal trial and the process will continue tomorrow. By Cole Blake May 13, 2025
Music The Weeknd Considers Switching Course & Keeping His Stage Name The Weeknd says that his new film, "Hurry Up Tomorrow," might actually be more of a "rebirth" than a death. By Cole Blake May 13, 2025
Music Wack 100 Puts An End To The Debate Around Floyd Mayweather's Alleged Bankruptcy Floyd Mayweather is in the process of suing "Business Insider" for shutting down a claim he made about investing in real estate. By Cole Blake May 13, 2025
Music The Weeknd Shows Immense Love To Fans In Emotional Speech At "Hurry Up Tomorrow" Screening The Weeknd's accompanying film for his "Hurry Up Tomorrow" album is going to make its premiere in theaters on May 16. By Zachary Horvath May 10, 2025
Music FNG Shugga Confirms Finesse2tymes Beat Both His Legal Cases Finesse2tymes' girlfriend took to Instagram to comment on the rapper's dismissed threat case and his alleged probation violations. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 10, 2025