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Music Diddy's Ex Lawyer Mark Geragos Believes In "Potential" Early Release Contrary to what prosecutors are trying to maintain, Mark Geragos believes Diddy has a strong case to secure immediate release in his appeal. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 28, 2025
Music J. Cole Claims He's The Best Rapper Of The Century J. Cole has flashed some braggadocio throughout his career, but he really takes it there on "The Fall-Off." By Zachary Horvath February 06, 2026
Music NBA YoungBoy's Friends Allegedly Threaten YouTuber With A Gun Over Spider-Man Prank While YoungBoy himself wasn't there to see this go down and react, apparently his crew isn't very fond of YouTube prank channels. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 09, 2024
Music Charlamagne Tha God Called Birdman To Squash Beef, Radio Host Claims The two had been beefing since 2016. By Ben Mock October 07, 2023
Music Diddy Prosecutors Explain How Jury Can Convict Him Of Racketeering The prosecutors in Diddy's trial are presenting their closing argument today, and it's the defense's turn tomorrow. By Caroline Fisher June 26, 2025
Music Coi Leray Gives Stunning Performance Of "Players" On Jimmy Kimmel "Players" recently became Leray's first top 20 hit on Billboard. By Thomas Galindo March 01, 2023
Music Young Chris Explains Signing With Jay-Z Over Dame Dash Young Chris recently reflected on choosing to stay with Jay-Z amid the Roc-A-Fella split. By Cole Blake February 22, 2023
Music Travis Scott & Alexander "AE" Edwards Are "All Good" Following Viral Fight, Latter Confirms According to Alexander "AE" Edwards, Travis Scott "got the message." By Caroline Fisher May 29, 2024
Sports Beyonce To Headline Halftime Show Of Ravens-Texans' Christmas Day Game Netflix has landed Beyonce for the Christmas Day game. By Cole Blake November 18, 2024
Music Young Dro Drops Bars About Tory Lanez & Megan Thee Stallion Case In New Song The Atlanta trap artist actually came off as quite unbiased in his remarks, which speak more from a fan perspective than from an industry peer one. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 15, 2023
Music Killer Mike Shares Surprising Revelation About JAY-Z's "Poppin’ Tags" Collaboration Killer Mike says his verse on JAY-Z's "Poppin Tags" was pushed further in the song because he was "rapping his ass off.” By Cole Blake August 15, 2023
Music Fat Joe Defends Use Of The N-Word On Talib Kweli's Podcast Fat Joe recently discussed his use of the n-word with Talib Kweli. By Cole Blake June 27, 2023