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Music Diddy's Prosecutors Allege He Is "Desperate" To Exclude Cassie Footage From Trial Federal authorities claim Diddy's legal team wants to prevent jurors from seeing "powerful proof" of the mogul's alleged crimes. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2025
Music TDE's Punch Shares His Perspective On How Kendrick Lamar & Drake Beef Began While TDE president Punch could've mentioned other inflection points, the tension between Drake and Kendrick Lamar comes down to a few bars. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Admits He Can "Barely Breathe" As Chest Pains Linger From Recent Car Crash Boosie Badazz says the doctors he's seen have downplayed the seriousness of his medical concerns after the accident. By Cole Blake April 17, 2025
Relationships Offset Claims He's Happy For Cardi B & Stefon Diggs Following Their Viral Nightclub Antics Cardi B and Stefon Diggs made headlines for hitting a nightclub in New York City together over the weekend. By Cole Blake April 14, 2025
Music Mo3’s Estate Secures Legal Victory In Copyright Lawsuit Against Sound Engineer In 2023, Mo3's estate sued sound engineer Ray G. Bollin Jr. for alleged copyright infringement, conversion, and tortious interference. By Caroline Fisher June 04, 2025
Music Westside Gunn Announces New Project, "Heels Have Eyes 2" Westside Gunn is dropping another album after already putting out "12" and "Heels Have Eyes," earlier this year. By Cole Blake June 02, 2025
Music Diddy's Defense Lawyer Is Pregnant Amid Criminal Trial Mark Geragos confirmed his daughter Teny is pregnant amid the Diddy trial, revealing the news to TMZ's Harvey Levin on their podcast. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 31, 2025
Music The Game Calls Leaking Phone Calls The "New Snitching" Amid Young Thug Controversy The Game took to Instagram to deliver a post that doubled as both a minor defense of Young Thug and a callout of whoever's leaked his calls. By Devin Morton September 07, 2025
Music Lawyer Asks If Cardi B's Hair Is Real & If She's Affiliated With A Gang During Assault Trial The second day of Cardi B's assault trial stemming from an alleged encounter with Emani Ellis in 2018 got underway yesterday, August 26. By Zachary Horvath August 27, 2025
Sports Snoop Dogg To Serve As Community Chairman For Los Angeles In 2026 World Cup Snoop Dogg's hometown of Los Angeles will be hosting a number of matches during the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026. By Cole Blake August 14, 2025
Music Lil Yachty & PlaqueBoyMax Cook Up "In The Booth" On Stream With The Concrete Boys Lil Yachty and PlaqueBoyMax also hosted Dc2trill, Draft Day, and Camo! for their "In The Booth" livestream. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 14, 2025
Music Cold Feet? One Of Diddy's Lawyers Reportedly Recuses Himself Months Before Trial One of Diddy's lawyers reportedly spoke to lead counsel Marc Agnifilo in order to ensure this decision wouldn't affect the trial's progress. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 21, 2025