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Music Silento Gets 30 Year Prison Sentence For Killing His Cousin The lengthy sentence comes after Silento pleaded guilty to several charges related to the killing on Wednesday. By Cole Blake June 11, 2025
Music JPEGMAFIA Calls Out Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist For Not Taking Enough Risks JPEGMAFIA spoke about being a "risk-taker" in hip-hop during a new interview with Billboard. By Cole Blake June 11, 2025
Music Lord Jamar & DJ Vlad Reflect On Their Fallout Over Louis Farrakhan Comments Lord Jamar explained how he took issue with how DJ Vlad misquoted and criticized Minister Louis Farrakhan and his comments on Jewish people. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 09, 2025
Music Quez2rr Receives Prison Sentence For Bringing Machine Gun Into Maternity Ward Quez2rr had previously pleaded guilty to a machine gun possession charge back in March of this year, which followed a raid on his home. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 08, 2025
Pop Culture Keyshia Cole Apologizes After Boldly Announcing That Ashanti Was Allegedly Pregnant Again Keyshia Cole thought she dropped one heck of a bombshell on "The Breakfast Club," but she fell for the Ashanti rumors that have been spread. By Zachary Horvath June 02, 2025
Music Diddy's Ex Assistant Recalls Dream In Which Mogul Saved Her From R. Kelly An anonymous alleged victim referred to as "Mia" faced more questions on the stand from Diddy's defense team during the mogul's trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 02, 2025
Music Dame Dash Believes Nas Won Jay-Z Beef, Says "Ether" Response Was "Terrible" The Roc-A-Fella cofounder recently blamed Irv Gotti for Hov fumbling the bag. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 20, 2023
Music NBA Youngboy Dancing With Fan On TikTok Again NBA Youngboy has his second viral TikTok of the week. By Lavender Alexandria July 19, 2023
Relationships DDG Slammed For Rapping About Halle Bailey Relationship Insecurities On New Song It seems Halle's work opposite Jonah Hauer-King in "The Little Mermaid" has the YouTuber in his feelings. By Hayley Hynes July 15, 2023
Music DeMar DeRozan Addresses Choosing Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Video Over Drake Friendship According to DeMar DeRozan, he has love for Kendrick Lamar and Drake. By Caroline Fisher September 13, 2024
Music Sexyy Red Honors Rich Homie Quan During Her Show Rest In Peace to an Atlanta icon. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 07, 2024
Music Big Sean's New Album Is Projected To Be Lowest-Selling Of His Career Sales continue to plummet in 2024. By Elias Andrews September 05, 2024