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Music Biggie Smalls' Son CJ Wallace Sues Publicist For Diddy Sexual Assault Claim Jonathan Hay initially sued CJ Wallace and Diddy anonymously, claiming CJ lured him to a place where Sean Combs sexually assaulted him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 15, 2025
Music BigXthaPlug Fan Gets Angry After The Rapper Declined Taking A Picture With Him BigXthaPlug lives by the rule that if he takes a picture with one fan, he has to take a picture with everyone. This admirer wasn't having it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 01, 2025
Music Meek Mill Announces “Pizza Gate” Song Amid Jeffrey Epstein Files Controversy Meek Mill shared an interesting tweet amid public disappointment surrounding the release of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. By Caroline Fisher February 28, 2025
Music 21 Savage Secures Controversial Official First Week Sales For "WHTTS?" After a lot of debate around "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS?" concerning its first week sales projections, 21 Savage has the final tally. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 21, 2025
Music Lawyer Bradford Cohen Weighs In On Ja Rule's Paperwork That Allegedly Proves 50 Cent Filed Order Of Protection 50 Cent reignited the feud with Ja Rule with his disrespectful remarks about Irv Gotti's death, causing the latter to go off. By Zachary Horvath April 15, 2025
Music Lil Kim Predicted Nicki Minaj's Downfall Years Ago On "The Breakfast Club" Charlamagne That God resurfaced Lil Kim's issue with Nicki Minaj in the wake of his explosive social media posts. By Cole Blake October 02, 2025
Relationships Mariah The Scientist Appears To Address Young Thug's Cheating Apology In Instagram Story Young Thug admitted to cheating on Mariah The Scientist on a leaked jail call, and she responded to his apology. By Devin Morton September 07, 2025
TV Drake Returning To Acting For Cameo In This Canadian Comedy Series Drake has his place in Canadian TV lore already, but he's deciding to add to his credits with this quick but memorable cameo. By Zachary Horvath November 07, 2025
Music Drake Is Officially One Step Closer To Dropping "ICEMAN" Drake has been teasing "ICEMAN" for about a year, and it appears as though the album is closer than ever to being released. By Alexander Cole December 30, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Talks Drug Use Stigmas, Stance On Black Lives Matter He refused to answer questions about Trump. By Trevor Smith October 15, 2017
Music DJ Akademiks Responds To Rumors Of A New J. Cole Album: "I Need Some Sleeping Material" Rumors are circulating that J. Cole might drop something this week, and as it turns out, DJ Akademiks really couldn't care less. By Alexander Cole January 07, 2026
Music Polo G Settles Legal Dispute Over Canceled 2023 European Tour Polo G accused a booking agency of using his name without permission, whereas they accused him of breach of contract. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 21, 2025