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Music Jussie Smollett Moves On From Infamous Chicago Battle With Official Statement Jussie Smollett is best known for his role as Jamal Lyons in the hit show Empire. Smollett co-stars includes Terrence Howard. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 25, 2025
Music Cassie Is Focused On Having Her Baby With Alex Fine After Shocking Diddy Trial Testimony Cassie testified for several days in Diddy's criminal trial, last week, recounting their relationship with one another. By Cole Blake May 18, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Is Recovering Well Following Brutal Prison Stabbing Recently, Tory Lanez was stabbed 14 times in the back, torso, head, and face by a fellow inmate, leaving him with two collapsed lungs. By Caroline Fisher May 16, 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 Kendrick Lamar Joins Forces With Gatorade For Massive Marketing Campaign One of the new Gatorade ads featuring Kendrick Lamar is now on YouTube, and the campaign will debut during the NBA playoffs this weekend. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Pop Culture 50 Cent Torments Floyd Mayweather Again Over Boxer's Bold Claims Of Owning "100 Buildings" In New York 50 Cent has been on Floyd Mayweather a lot over the last couple of weeks, and this commentary follows the boxer's Jimmy Fallon interview. By Zachary Horvath April 12, 2025
Music Travis Scott Sold Out Circus Maximus Tour In India, China, South Korea Within Minutes Travis Scott's Circus Maximus tour supports the rap star's chart-topping album, Utopia. The album includes "Fe!n" and "Meltdown." By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 10, 2025
Music Luce Cannon & Bricc Baby Reveal They Are Cellmates Amid Big U RICO Case Luce Cannon and Bricc Baby had both allegedly made comments supposedly connected to the Big U RICO case on the "No Jumper" platform. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 05, 2025
Music Kanye West Reveals The Only Thing That Would Make Him Stop His Bigoted Twitter Rants Kanye West's Twitter rants have also eviscerated multiple artists and fueled his war against his former in-laws, the Kardashians. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2025
Music Boi-1da Gives Massive Props To "Greatest Artist Of All Time" Drake During Juno Awards Speech Drake was one of the first artists Boi-1da ever worked with, producing for him at the age of 18 back in 2006. By Cole Blake March 31, 2025
Music Lil Durk Lyrics Barred From Murder-For-Hire Trial Going Forward Lil Durk scores a win in his tense murder-for-hire trial after it was previously reported that his lyrics were going to be off limits. By Zachary Horvath May 09, 2025
Music ASAP Rocky Admits To Having Major Concerns About His Elusive "DON'T BE DUMB" LP ASAP Rocky has run into some well-documented setbacks since his last LP, but time may be running out on "DON'T BE DUMB." By Zachary Horvath May 06, 2025