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Music Pat Stay's Killer Found Guilty In The Iconic Battle Rapper's Stabbing Death Pat Stay, who is from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, is wide regarded as one of the greatest battle rappers of all time. By Cole Blake June 18, 2025
Music Diddy’s Sex Trafficking Trial Faces Delay Due To Sick Juror The judge overseeing Diddy’s trial, Judge Arun Subramanian, canceled proceedings today because one juror was experiencing vertigo symptoms. By Caroline Fisher June 18, 2025
Pop Culture 50 Cent Defends Tyler Perry After Shocking $260 Million Sexual Assault Lawsuit An actor on Tyler Perry's popular TV series, "The Oval," is accusing him of alleged sexual assault in a massive lawsuit. By Cole Blake June 18, 2025
Music Mother Of 50 Cent's Son Accuses Him Of Allegedly Assaulting Daphne Joy Shaniqua Tompkins and 50 Cent share a son in Marquise Jackson, who recently made headlines for trolling the rapper on Father's Day. By Cole Blake June 17, 2025
Music Lil Wayne's Son Lil Novi Claims His Dad Wrote Most Of Drake's Music Lil Novi was asked whether Lil Wayne or Drake is the better rapper during a recent interview that's circulating online. By Cole Blake June 17, 2025
Music Lil Tecca Achieves A New Career High With Spotify Debut For New Album "DOPAMINE" Lil Tecca's new album "DOPAMINE" has a lot of variety across its 17 tracks, which is perfect for the summer season. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 16, 2025
Music Yung Filly Hit With Two New Sexual Assault Charges YouTuber and raper Yung Filly already faced various allegations in the past accusing him of sexual misconduct overseas. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 16, 2025
Music Diddy's Sons Justin And Christian "King" Combs Send Him Father's Day Well-Wishes Amid Trial Diddy's family has shown up in court to support him in his federal trial, and they have made that solidarity clear online as well. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 16, 2025
Music Diddy Juror Has Officially Been Dismissed From The Trial Due To Inconsistent Statements Diddy's legal team previously warned that if this juror dismissal happened, they would push for a mistrial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 16, 2025
Music Reginae Carter Defends Her Dad Lil Wayne Amid "Tha Carter VI" Criticism Reginae Carter also defended her father Lil Wayne when fans clowned his "SNL 50" performance back in February. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 15, 2025
Music Kanye West Shares Concerning Update On "Bully" Just Moments Ahead Of Its Release Kanye West has had a lot going on as of late and it seems that all has gotten in the way of "Bully" coming out in a timely manner. By Zachary Horvath June 14, 2025
Music Dave Blunts Slams 50 Cent For Trolling Kanye West After Diddy Trial Appearance 50 Cent was quick to weigh in on Kanye West's decision to support Diddy at his federal trial earlier this week. By Caroline Fisher June 14, 2025