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Music Diddy's Alleged Victim Reportedly Never Wanted To Testify In His Trial There's already plenty of drama surrounding Diddy's criminal trial after the process of jury selection began on Monday. By Cole Blake May 08, 2025
Music Kanye West Walks Out On Piers Morgan Interview While Sitting Next To Sneako Piers Morgan recently had on Kanye West and Sneako for an interview but it did not exactly go as planned, unfortunately. By Alexander Cole May 06, 2025
Music Kodak Black’s Lawyer Fires Back At Maranda Johnson’s Abuse Allegations According to Kodak Black's lawyer Bradford Cohen, they're willing to take legal action against Maranda Johnson. By Caroline Fisher May 04, 2025
Sports Terence Crawford Admits He Once Wanted To “Choke” Trey Songz Over A Bet According to Terence Crawford, 50 Cent intervened before his tense encounter with Trey Songz got out of hand. By Caroline Fisher April 24, 2025
Music JID Recalls Taking Control Of His Sound To Create Upcoming "WRK" After The Forever Story's Disappointment JID recently appeared on TDE's Ab-Soul's new album, Soul Burger, on the lyrically-driven lead single "Crazier." By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 17, 2025
Music Jessie Reyez Has Something For Everyone On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update Jessie Reyez, 6LACK, Naomi Sharon, Ari Lennox, and Emotional Oranges brought some bops on "R&B Season" this week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 30, 2025
Politics 50 Cent Tries To Prove That Diddy Doesn't Like Donald Trump Amid Rumors Of A Possible Pardon 50 Cent, like many others, expressed shock when U.S. President Donald Trump responded to requests to pardon Diddy if he's found guilty. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 02, 2025
Music Kevin Liles Claims To Have Received $30 Million Lawsuit From Former Def Jam Signee Kevin Liles has not been having the easiest go of it lately as this is not the only lawsuit he's dealing with. By Zachary Horvath May 27, 2025
Music Kid Cudi Breaks Silence On Bombshell Diddy Trial Testimony Kid Cudi spoke about his relationship with Cassie and Diddy's alleged reaction while testifying on Thursday. By Cole Blake May 22, 2025
Viral DDG Celebrates Surpassing One Million Twitch Followers Amid Halle Bailey Allegations DDG has grown his platform a lot through his music career and viral crossovers, although the Halle Bailey allegations are hanging over him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 18, 2025
Music Drake Believes He "Bonded" With DDG Following Their Friendly Games Of Basketball Conversely, DDG believes he lost his opportunity to develop a closer relationship with Drake based on how he played his cards. By Zachary Horvath March 29, 2025
Music Lefty Gunplay Allegedly Arrested Just Minutes Before Hitting Rolling Loud Stage Lefty Gunplay has already had his run-ins with law enforcement in 2025 and it seems the struggles to stay out of trouble are continuing. By Zachary Horvath March 17, 2025