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Music D’Angelo’s Son Swayvo Twain Opens Up About Their Final Moments Together Rest in peace, D'Angelo! By Tallie Spencer November 13, 2025
Music Kirk Burrowes Targets Diddy's Mom Janice Combs Again Over Bad Boy Stock Bad Boy cofounder Kirk Burrowes alleges that Diddy's mother Janice Combs falsely took over Burrowes' company shares and lied about repayment. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 09, 2025
Music Tory Lanez To Sit Through Third Megan Thee Stallion Deposition Tory Lanez filed a Protective Order in late September to try and avoid any sort of involvement with Megan Thee Stallion's defamation suit. By Zachary Horvath November 03, 2025
Music Offset Takes A Petty Shot At Cardi B & Stefon Diggs On "Haunted By Fame" Offset claimed he wanted to "move on in peace" on his last album "KIARI," but that plan didn't last long it seems. By Zachary Horvath October 31, 2025
Music Hit-Boy & Mike Will Made-It To Face Off On "Verzuz" "Verzuz" has a new battle between Hit-Boy and Mike Will Made-It after making its return at ComplexCon, last year. By Cole Blake January 21, 2026
Politics Nicki Minaj Blasts Don Lemon In Homophobic Rant Over Church Protest Nicki Minaj's post about Don Lemon comes as protests have continued in Minneapolis following the shooting of Renee Good. By Cole Blake January 19, 2026
Sports Lil Wayne & Caleb Williams Make Amends After Trading Shots Over The Bears-Packers Game Caleb Williams and the Bears advanced to the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs with their win over the Packers. By Cole Blake January 14, 2026
Music Pras Files Appeal To Reverse 14-Year Prison Sentence For Money Laundering Federal authorities accused Pras of accepting over $100 million from a Malaysian businessman to sway U.S. politics and prevent extradition. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 05, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Warns Maino That He's Dealing With The "Drake & Jay-Z" Of The Talking Realm Maino responded to DJ Akademiks' comments about his podcast co-host Fabolous and now it seems we are in for a back-and-forth roast session. By Zachary Horvath December 05, 2025
Music Kirk Burrowes Alleges He Saw Diddy Slap His Mother Allegedly, Janice Combs questioned her son Diddy shortly after the deadly 1991 City College crowd crush, and he had an extreme reaction. By Caroline Fisher December 02, 2025
Music Max B Says He Didn't Approve Of Jim Jones Diss Track Playing During Show Max B got a call about performing "We Sip Grand Cru," and he said he didn't intend to specifically allude to its Jim Jones disses. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 30, 2025
Music Diddy Pays Off $500K Federal Fine Amid Prison Stay Recently, Diddy was able to settle a huge legal obligation just weeks after getting transferred to Fort Dix. By Caroline Fisher November 27, 2025