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Music Akon Wants To Fight Someone In A Celebrity Boxing Match The news comes after Akon shut down rumors about his "Akon City" project getting scrapped by the Senegalese government. By Cole Blake July 24, 2025
Music Cardi B’s Attorney Slams Lawsuit Over Microphone Throwing Incident In 2023, an overzealous fan splashed Cardi B with a drink while she was performing, prompting her to hurl her microphone into the crowd. By Caroline Fisher July 24, 2025
Music Fat Joe Says Doctors Can’t Stop Him From Drinking 40 Diet Sodas Per Day According to Fat Joe, he won't let anything get in between him and his Diet Pepsi, including health concerns. By Caroline Fisher July 23, 2025
Music Clipse’s Manager Reveals How Swizz Beatz Saved “So Be It” With A Trip To Saudi Arabia During a recent interview, Steven Victor reflected on one of the obstacles Clipse faced ahead of the release of "Let God Sort Em Out." By Caroline Fisher July 23, 2025
Music Tyson Beckford Reflects On Alleged Fight With Diddy And His Entourage According to Tyson Beckford, he had to get six stitches after his alleged altercation with Diddy and his crew. By Caroline Fisher July 22, 2025
Music Ozzy Osbourne Dies At 76 Just Weeks After His Farewell Concert Ozzy Osbourne's death comes just weeks after he reunited with his original Black Sabbath bandmates for a farewell concert. By Cole Blake July 22, 2025
Music Sean Kingston’s Mother Seeks Light Prison Sentence In Fraud Case Earlier this year, Sean Kingston and his mother Janice Turner were found guilty of multiple fraud charges. By Caroline Fisher July 21, 2025
Music Raekwon Blames His Landlord After His Dispensary Gets Shut Down Over $500K Rent Dispute The news comes after Raekwon dropped his new album through Mass Appeal, "The Emperor's New Clothes," last week. By Cole Blake July 21, 2025
Music JID Shares New Details Regarding Next Album, "God Does Like Ugly" JID will be performing a series of concerts in preparation of the release of his next album, "God Does Like Ugly." By Cole Blake July 21, 2025
Music Tyler, The Creator Reveals His Intentions Behind New Album “Don’t Tap The Glass” Tyler, The Creator dropped off his ninth studio album "Don't Tap The Glass" today following a few days of teasing. By Caroline Fisher July 21, 2025
Music Nessa Diab Clarifies She Respects Jay-Z As An Artist, But Alleged Smear Campaign Against Her Husband, Colin Kaepernick, Was Wrong Nessa Diab joined Nicki Minaj in speaking out about Roc Nation after Minaj began tweeting about legal claims against Desiree Perez. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 19, 2025
Music Sexyy Red Vows To Never Switch Up On Drake Following Their London Hangouts Drake has maybe been Sexyy Red's biggest fan, and she's reciprocated his support by firmly planting her flag in his camp. By Zachary Horvath July 19, 2025