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Music Beyonce’s “Break My Soul” Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Dismissed Da Showstoppaz accused Beyonce and Big Freedia of copyright infringement in May. By Caroline Fisher August 08, 2024
Music Kehlani Is Not Alone As Vic Mensa Comes To Her Aid In Protest Backlash Kehlani was removed from Cornell University's upcoming concert over her anti-genocide comments. She supported Gaza during Tiny Desk. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 09, 2025
Music Key Glock Gives Beyoncé A New Nickname After The Singer Uses Rapper's Music Key Glock's Glockaveli is the Memphis rapper's first album with his new deal at Republic Records. He is still with P.R..E. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 09, 2025
Music Kanye West Brazenly Reacts To Streaming Services Removing His "Heil Hitler" Song Kanye West has had a lot to rant about when it comes to streaming services and recent releases like "DONDA 2" and the "CUCK" singles. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 08, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Dominates Nominations For 2025 BET Awards Kendrick Lamar is joined by Drake, Doechii, Future, and GloRilla as the most nominated rappers at the 2025 BET Awards. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 08, 2025
Music Usher Hilariously Apologizes To Sabrina Carpenter's Dad After Met Gala Cherry Photo Usher gave a surprise performance of several of his iconic songs alongside Stevie Wonder at the Met Gala on Monday. By Cole Blake May 08, 2025
Music Irv Gotti's Brother Believes Ashanti Should Give The Late Producer More Credit For "Making" Her Along with the rest of the hip-hop world, Ashanti deeply mourned the loss of Irv Gotti and revealed she wanted to make things right. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 08, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar, Future & Metro Boomin Hit With Lawsuit For Unpaid "Like That" Royalties Rodney O is suing Future, Metro Boomin, Kendrick Lamar, and the estate of Barry White for sampling his Joe Cooley collab "Everlasting Bass." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 08, 2025
Music UMG Issues Scathing Motion To Dismiss Drake's Defamation Lawsuit UMG and Drake have been locked in a fiery legal battle since the Toronto rapper accused them of defamation in January. By Cole Blake May 08, 2025
Pop Culture Sabrina Carpenter Participates In Usher's Seductive Cherry Feeding Tradition At The Met Gala The Met Gala this year was not as classy with several attendees breaking rules such as Usher and Sabrina Carpenter. By Zachary Horvath May 07, 2025
Music Sean Kingston In Trouble As Judge Denies Concert Opportunity Ahead Of Wire Fraud Sentencing Sean Kingston had a shot to make some money to pay off his debt, but the judge wasn't moved by him and his attorney's argument. By Zachary Horvath May 07, 2025
Music Diddy's Trial Crawls Forward As Possible Jurors Keep Getting Denied The process is expected to continue for the rest of the week before opening statements kick off on Monday, May 12th. By Cole Blake May 06, 2025