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Music Boosie Badazz Is Convinced Donald Trump Will Pardon Him In Federal Gun Case Boosie Badazz is scheduled to receive a sentence in his federal gun case in two weeks, and he's feeling "confident." By Caroline Fisher November 13, 2025
Music Kanye West Reportedly Apologizing To Jewish Collaborators For Past Antisemitism Recently, Kanye West decided to turn over a new leaf, meeting with Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto and expressing remorse for his behavior. By Caroline Fisher November 13, 2025
Music Ja Rule Explains Why He's A "Better Rapper" Than 50 Cent Ja Rule also said that he wishes nothing but "luck" for 50 Cent and isn't interested in focusing on negativity. By Cole Blake November 11, 2025
Music Blueface Rejects Chrisean Rock & Jaidyn Alexis, Says He "Back On The Prowl" Blueface returned from prison earlier this week, and it was already met with drama as his two exes have been vying for his attention. By Zachary Horvath November 06, 2025
Music Diddy Is Allegedly Boasting About Potential Donald Trump Pardon In Prison It looks like Diddy is feeling pretty confident that he'll be released from prison long before serving his full sentence. By Caroline Fisher November 04, 2025
Music "Big Cap:" Drake Responds To Gracie Bon's Allegations After Gracie Bon made all sorts of allegations about Drake, the megastar has officially clapped back with help from Adin Ross. By Alexander Cole November 03, 2025
Music Diddy Receives Amended Assault Lawsuit From Bryana Bongolan As Prison Sentence Begins Bryana Bongolan, a friend of Cassie Ventura, testified against Diddy during his federal trial this summer. She sued him in 2024. By Zachary Horvath October 31, 2025
Music Sean Paul Calls For Help After Hurricane Melissa Destroys Parts Of Jamaica Sean Paul will personally match every dollar donated to Food for the Poor Jamaica, up to $50,000. By Tallie Spencer October 30, 2025
Music Jay-Z Reveals Who Could Defeat Him In A Verzuz Battle There’s been plenty of debate about who could take Jay-Z in a Verzuz battle over the years, and now, his own take has resurfaced. By Caroline Fisher October 29, 2025
Music DDG Reveals He Made More Money In 30 Days Of Streaming Than From His Entire Record Deal DDG discussed the financial side of his streaming career as well as his record contract at ComplexCon on Sunday. By Cole Blake October 27, 2025
Music Turk Reacts To Birdman's Brutal Verzuz Diss The return of Verzuz at ComplexCon was a fiery one as Birdman took the opportunity to put Turk on blast amid their dispute. By Zachary Horvath October 27, 2025
Music Young Thug Issues Emotional Tweets After Mixed Fan Reaction To "UY Scuti" Young Thug took to X to deliver some emotional tweets about where he is amid "UY Scuti"'s mixed reception and surrounding drama. By Devin Morton September 28, 2025