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Music Big U Pleads Not Guilty To Massive List Of Alleged Crimes Big U's trial will be kicking off on May 20th as he faces life in prison for a number of alleged crimes. By Cole Blake April 09, 2025
Music Frank Ocean Hints At Plans For 2025 With Mysterious Billboard Outside Of Coachella Frank Ocean hasn't released a new album since dropping "Blonde" back in 2016 and fans think it might be time for a follow-up. By Cole Blake April 09, 2025
Music Sada Baby Arrested On Felony Drug Charge Stemming From Traffic Stop Last month, Sada Baby pleaded guilty to failure to display a valid license, and was ordered to pay $200 in fines. By Caroline Fisher April 09, 2025
Music Lil Rod Wants To Serve Diddy’s Son Justin Combs & Cuba Gooding Jr. Through Newspaper Ads Justin Combs and Cuba Gooding Jr. are listed as co-defendants in Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones' lawsuit against Diddy. By Caroline Fisher April 09, 2025
Pop Culture Rihanna Floors Kai Cenat After Sending Him Sweet DM Mid-Stream Kai Cenat has become a very likable pop culture figure thanks to his acts of kindness, something that Rihanna wanted to shout him out for. By Zachary Horvath April 08, 2025
Music Travis Scott Reveals How He Really Feels About Kanye West These Days Kanye West has not had the most glowing things to say about Travis Scott lately, so how does La Flame feel about it? By Zachary Horvath April 08, 2025
Music Tyler The Creator Festival Set In Mexico City Canceled Following Deadly Crane Incident Tyler The Creator was set to perform outside of his ongoing "CHROMAKOPIA World Tour" this weekend, but an unthinkable tragedy occurred. By Zachary Horvath April 08, 2025
Music Baka Not Nice Reveals How Drake Prevented Him From Responding To Kendrick Lamar Baka Not Nice was one of the many subjects of the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef and he wasn't enthusiastic about it. By Alexander Cole April 08, 2025
Music Quavo Formally Announces First Single With Lil Baby In Nearly Seven Years Believe it or not, it's really been that long since these two Atlanta luminaries have hopped on a track, but the drought is going to be over. By Zachary Horvath April 07, 2025
Music Melyssa Ford Checks "The Joe Budden Podcast" For Criticizing Her Response To Drake's Shoutout Melyssa Ford stood firm on "The Joe Budden Podcast," sticking up for her independence and calling out a double standard in the Drake debacle. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 07, 2025
Music Swamp Izzo Addresses Young Thug & Rich Homie Quan's Fallout Over Alleged Industry Politics Rich Homie Quan is sadly no longer here to add to DJ Swamp Izzo's comments about Young Thug's rise and Rich Gang's fall. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 07, 2025
Music Ciara Flies High On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update This week's "R&B Season" playlist update is brought to you by Ciara, Rod Wave, SAILORR, and SiR. Which release was your favorite? By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 06, 2025