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Music Kanye West Reminisces On His Meet-Up With Fellow "GOATs" Drake & J Prince For those unaware, J Prince is who squashed the beef between Kanye West and Drake earlier this decade, although that didn't last long. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 05, 2025
Music Diddy's First Day On Trial Has A Massive Crowd Of People Lining Up Outside The Courtroom Jury selection in Diddy's trial kicked off today, a process that the defense predicts will be difficult due to the inevitability of bias. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 05, 2025
Music Kanye West Makes Controversial Lewd Remarks About His Female Employees & Friends This follows various sexual misconduct allegations against Kanye West from various women, which remain unresolved at press time. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 04, 2025
Music 2Pac Murder Suspect Keefe D Requests Trial Delay After New Witnesses Are Identified Keefe D's defense team says more time is necessary to ensure he gets a fair trial. By Caroline Fisher February 16, 2025
Music Judge Reveals Whether Or Not Lil Durk Will Face The Death Penalty Lil Durk has received some positive news ahead of the hearing to determine whether he can get out of jail on bond. By Cole Blake June 03, 2025
Music Lawyers Warn Prosecutors That They're Still Nowhere Close To A Conviction In Diddy's Trial Diddy is facing charges of alleged sex trafficking and racketeering in the ongoing criminal trial, which will continue on Tuesday. By Cole Blake May 26, 2025
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 Playboi Carti Fuels Gio Ramos Dating Rumors With $60K Luxury Gift Amid demands for his eagerly anticipated album "I AM MUSIC," it looks like Playboi Carti could be focused on something else entirely. By Caroline Fisher March 05, 2025
Music Destroy Lonely Shoots Down Domestic Abuse Allegations In Since-Deleted Rant Destroy Lonely says he was the victim of violence in the relationship. By Cole Blake June 24, 2024
Music Pi'erre Bourne Admits That "Made In Paris" Album Delay Is His Fault The producer owned up. By Elias Andrews October 17, 2024
Relationships Freddie Gibbs’ New Girlfriend Revealed On Valentine’s Day Freddie Gibbs and Jasmine Grenaway are officially dating. By Cole Blake February 14, 2024
Music DJ Akademiks Reveals His Current Top 10 Rappers, And There Is One Notable Omission DJ Akademiks is easily one of the most opinionated commentators in all of rap media, and his top 10 is certainly something to behold. By Alexander Cole April 23, 2026