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Music China Walker Of Rap Duo Cam & China Dies At 30 Following Cancer Battle According to her twin sister Cam, China had been privately battling an aggressive form of ovarian cancer for two years. By Caroline Fisher July 04, 2025
Music 6ix9ine And DJ Akademiks Discuss The Diddy Trial Verdict On Livestream 6ix9ine does not believe that Diddy's legal woes will end anytime soon and that prosecutors will continue to bring new charges against him. By Devin Morton July 04, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Confronts Lil Rod About Diddy Allegations Involving Minors Producer Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones filed a lawsuit against Diddy last February, alleging that he was sexually assaulted, harassed, and more. By Caroline Fisher July 04, 2025
Music Tory Lanez’s Father Claims He’ll Be Released “Much Sooner” Than Expected Tory Lanez's father, Daystar Peterson, insists the powers that be know his son's case was an alleged "hatchet job." By Caroline Fisher July 04, 2025
Music Alternate Juror In Diddy Trial Claims "Freak-Offs" Looked Consensual In Video Evidence The alternate juror in the Diddy trial also explained how prosecutors and defense lawyers showed very different clips of "freak-off" parties. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 04, 2025
Music Armon Wiggins Apologizes For Baby Oil Antics Outside Of Diddy's Trial Armon Wiggins was among a crowd of supporters as the jury found Diddy not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering. By Cole Blake July 03, 2025
Music Mello Buckzz's Boyfriend Shot-&-Killed During Her Mixtape Release Party Four people were killed and 14 others were wounded in the drive-by shooting at the Artis Lounge in Chicago. By Cole Blake July 03, 2025
Music Cardo Claims Baby Keem Is Dropping His Next Album Soon On "Some Batman S**t" Baby Keem's last album was 2021's "The Melodic Blue," on which Cardo partially boasted the "family ties" and "gorgeous" beats. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 03, 2025
Music Funk Flex Claims Cassie Is Not A Victim After Diddy Verdict Funk Flex previously reacted to the Diddy verdict by hoping that Cassie and everyone else can "move on" from the case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 03, 2025
Music Offset Takes A Personal Turn On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update "Fire Emoji" has big albums for you from Offset, Earl Sweatshirt, and Ghostface Killah, plus another killer Joey Bada$$ single. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 23, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs Reveals 50 Cent & Scarface Were His Earliest Rap Inspirations Freddie Gibbs is one of the premier gangsta rap voices of our time and we have 50 Cent and Scarface to thank for his career existing. By Zachary Horvath August 23, 2025
Music Consequence Claims He's A Better Rapper Than "Pusha-TMZ" Consequence has been going at Pusha T since mid-August, slamming him for essentially fake hating on his former collaborator, Kanye West. By Zachary Horvath August 23, 2025