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Music Jaguar Wright Arrested For Alleged Domestic Dispute The R&B singer allegedly dumped her son's ashes during a dight with her husband. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 15, 2023
Music Nikki D Blasts Ice Spice For Betty Boop Performance, Calls This The "Prostitution Era" Of Female Rap Nikki D was no impressed. By Alexander Cole October 30, 2023
Music G Herbo Gets New Veneers Before Five-Year Prison Sentence It looks like the Chicago rapper wanted to put on a cleaner and brighter smile before serving his time for wire fraud. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 21, 2023
Music Usher's "Good Good" Hits Billboard Top 30, His First Song To Do So In Eight Years The R&B superstar's last high-charting hit was 2015's Juicy J collab "I Don't Mind," which peaked at number 11. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 13, 2023
TV What Happened To Original TV Theme Songs? From "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" to "The Proud Family," where has original theme music for TV disappeared to? By Kemet High March 01, 2020
Music Kodak Black Credited By Fans For Starting "WAP" Kodak Black's fans are going to bat for him, claiming that he popularized the term "WAP," pointing to his song "Already" as the proof. By Alex Zidel August 19, 2020
Music Peewee Longway Agrees To Plea Deal Amid Federal Drug & Gun Charges Following a long Federal legal battle, Peewee Longway has chosen to take a plea deal, and will be sentenced on July 9. By Alexander Cole May 06, 2026
Music D4vd Pleads Not Guilty To Murder Of Celeste Rivas Due to “special circumstances” surrounding the charges, D4vd could face the death penalty for allegedly killing Celeste Rivas. By Cole Blake April 21, 2026
Music Kanye West Adds Yet Another Southern European Show To His World Tour Kanye West has proven so far that he's still an industry titan and he's seeing no reason to stop adding more shows to his world tour. By Zachary Horvath March 20, 2026
Music Snoop Dogg's Cousin Is At The Center Of Spotify Lawsuit That Implicates Drake Drake is not listed as a defendant in this federal class action lawsuit against the streaming titan, but it's just another thing on his plate. By Zachary Horvath November 03, 2025
Music Gracie Bon Alleges She Cut Drake Out Of Her Life For Doing "Weird Things" At His Parties Gracie Bon has been going viral for her comments on "La Casa De Alofoke," which were mainly centered on Drake. By Alexander Cole November 03, 2025
Music Cardi B Explains Why She Belongs In Rap's "Big Three" With Nicki Minaj & Megan Thee Stallion Cardi B spoke on Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion while promoting her long-awaited upcoming album, "Am I The Drama?" By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 04, 2025