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Streetwear Diddy's Prison Wardrobe From "Monster's Ball" Goes Up For Auction Amid Federal Trial Diddy played a character named Lawrence Musgrove in the 2001 film "Monster's Ball" alongside Halle Berry, Yasiin Bey, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 31, 2025
Music Kanye West Says He's "Proud" Of Lizzo During Latest Twitter Rant Kanye paused the weeks-long tweet storm to shoutout Lizzo for her weight loss. By Devin Morton February 21, 2025
Music Offset Hit With Assault & Battery Lawsuit From Security Guard Law enforcement allegedly maced Offset and his entourage when they got in an altercation with a Los Angeles weed dispensary's security guard. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 02, 2025
Music Al Sharpton Says Hip-Hop Shouldn't Be Blamed For Takeoff's Death Rev. Al Sharpton says hip-hop shouldn't be blamed for gun violence. By Aron A. November 10, 2022
Society Kool A.D. Accused Of Sexual Assault By Four Women He believes each encounter was consensual. By Zaynab December 17, 2018
Music Taraji P. Henson Says Beyonce’s Birthday Plans Ruined Her Renaissance Outfit Idea Taraji P. Henson recently explained to Jimmy Fallon why she ended up having to come up with a new outfit for Beyonce’s "Renaissance World Tour." By Cole Blake October 04, 2023
Music Usher Unveils Why He Had To Postpone His Early Tour Stops USHER made a lot of fans upset, but they may want to walk back their frustrations. By Zachary Horvath August 15, 2024
Music Travis Scott Will Perform At Super Bowl Pre-Party Days Before Kick Off Travis Scott has more than one Super Bowl event on his docket. By Chantilly Post January 22, 2019
Music Megan Thee Stallion Comments On Potential Coachella Delay Megan Thee Stallion would be distraught if Coachella (or as she refers to it, "Hot Girl Chella") gets cancelled. By Noah C March 10, 2020
Wrestling Cardi B Previews New Music While Hosting First Night Of WWE SummerSlam 2025 Cardi B hosted the first night of WWE SummerSlam at MetLife Stadium and used the opportunity to preview a single from her upcoming album. By Devin Morton August 03, 2025
Music Goodie Mob Reflects On Hearing Tupac's "Hit Em Up" Before Its Release “Everything about that record was true,” Big Gipp said. By Tallie Spencer December 27, 2023
Music Boosie Badazz Says DMX Made Him Cry Boosie Badazz recently shared his emotional experience seeing DMX live. By Caroline Fisher June 07, 2023