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Music R Kelly’s Team Readies “Bombshell” New Evidence Amid Alleged Prison Assassination Plot Allegedly, R Kelly recently overdosed after accusing authorities of trying to bribe an Aryan Brotherhood gang leader into killing him. By Caroline Fisher June 18, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs Trolls Wale For Handicap Sign In His Car Wale's response to Freddie Gibbs was pretty cut and dry, although he didn't really explain much for confused fans. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 31, 2025
Music Daylyt Points Out Drake's Biggest Mistake In His Kendrick Lamar Beef Daylyt says the beef with Kendrick Lamar isn't necessarily over for Drake yet, as "there is no die in the internet world." By Cole Blake March 30, 2025
Music Mariah Carey Pays Respects To Muni Long & Tori Kelly Amid Viral iHeartRadio Tribute Backlash Mariah Carey's iHeartRadio attendance has sparked rumors about her possible romance with recording artist Anderson. Paak. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 22, 2025
Music Dude, Where's My Car: Singer Pearl Energyy Claims LiAngelo Ball Bought Her G-Wagon & She Wants It Back LiAngelo Ball has been called a "Deadbeat," "Cheater," and "Theft" by women since he signed his deal with Def Jam Recordings in late 2024. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 16, 2025
Music Joe Budden Thinks Doechii Messed Up By Calling Straight Men Her “Red Flag” A comment Doechii made about straight men in an episode of "Hot Ones Versus" has earned mixed reactions from social media users. By Caroline Fisher March 12, 2025
Music Alleged Diddy Lawsuit Accuses Jaguar Wright Of Aiding In Sex Trafficking This alleged sex trafficking lawsuit against Jaguar Wright – despite her previous claims – also named Diddy, Druski, and more as defendants. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 10, 2025
Music T-Pain Introduced Auto-Tune To The 2000s But Credits Snoop Dogg For Making It Acceptable To Use In Hip-Hop After T-Pain reached the top of the charts with "I'm Sprung" in 2005, Snoop Dogg joined the trend with "Sexual Eruption" in 2007. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 08, 2025
Music Diddy Hit With Nightmarish Sexual Assault Allegation Stemming From Jay-Z's 40/40 Club Jay-Z nor his exclusive club were named as defendants. Diddy is the only person or entity that this Jane Doe is after. By Zachary Horvath March 04, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Sets Bold Expectations For New Album "I AM MUSIC" And Fans Are Almost Convinced Some Playboi Carti fans think that he hasn't dropped his new album "I AM MUSIC" yet because of A$AP Rocky's own rollout struggles. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 03, 2025
Music Sexyy Red Hilariously Reacts To Her Viral Lookalike Recently, a woman went viral for her striking resemblance to Sexyy Red, prompting a reaction from the rapper. By Caroline Fisher March 01, 2025
Music 50 Cent Sends Joe Budden Cryptic Message After “Spooky” Strip Club Incident Recently, 50 Cent took to Instagram to continue trolling Joe Budden after he suggested he could use therapy. By Caroline Fisher February 23, 2025