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Music "Empire" Cast Reportedly Thinks Lee Daniels Inspired Jussie Smollett "Hoax" The producer had opened up about his cousin's own victimization. By Zaynab February 24, 2019
Music Solange Gets Sexy & Shows Off Those Legs In Her All Black Everything The singer rocks the cover of "Office." By Erika Marie March 14, 2019
Music 50 Cent Reacts To Winning $1 Billion “Power” Lawsuit From Former Drug Kingpin 50 Cent never had any doubts. By Caroline Fisher August 04, 2024
Music Doja Cat Ignores Controversy, Performs "Say So" On BBC Radio 1 Despite recent calls to cancel her after videos surfaced of her engaging in racist behaviour with alt-right incels, Doja Cat still performed her #1 hit "Say So" on BBC Radio 1. By Lynn S. May 24, 2020
Music Drake & Diddy Reportedly Bonded At Miami Restaurant Way Past Closing Diddy and Drake may be cookin' something up. By Chantilly Post December 27, 2017
Music Ashanti Performs With Ja Rule Amid Pregnancy Rumors, Keeps Fans Guessing Fans speculate that Ashanti opted to perform in an oversized t-shirt to hide her growing bump. By Caroline Fisher January 27, 2024
Music Lil Wayne Concert In Charleston Postponed Hours Before Its Scheduled Start Lil Wayne has often faced issues with canceled or postponed concerts before, and a lack of clear explanation led to questions from fans. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 17, 2026
Music Beyonce & Jay Z Were Waiting To Meet 6lack After His Coachella Set Beyonce & Jay Z had their eye on 6lack. By Chantilly Post April 22, 2018
Music Rick Ross Responds To Drake: Listen To His Diss Track Rozay wasted absolutely no time in returning fire. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 13, 2024
Original Content Who Is SMILEZ? Yellow-Wearing Artist On 6ix9ine Friendship, Name Change & More EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: SMILEZ, formerly known as Jack Bruno, introduces himself to the world following his high-profile feature on Tekashi 6ix9ine's new album "TattleTales." By Alex Zidel September 11, 2020
Pop Culture Raphael Saadiq Apologizes For Posting Picture With Marilyn Manson Raphael Saadiq distances himself from Marilyn Manson's sexual assault allegations, but he also takes a moment to address people who have been flooding his Instagram with negative and hurtful comments. By Joshua Robinson August 27, 2021
Music 6ix9ine Sued By Danish Rapper Claiming He's Blocked From Dropping Collab: Report Danish rapper Sleiman claims 10K Projects is preventing him from releasing his 6ix9ine collaboration. By Aron A. April 18, 2019