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Music Diddy’s Ex-Employee Alleges He Set Up Hotel Rooms With “Freak Off” Essentials Diddy's long-awaited sex trafficking trial continued today, and his former employee George Kaplan took the stand. By Caroline Fisher May 21, 2025
Music DaBaby Gets $4 Million Bowling Alley Case Thrown Out, But There's A Catch DaBaby has been fighting off these assault allegations since 2022, but he finally is off the hook thanks to Brandon Bills' "lack of urgency." By Zachary Horvath May 21, 2025
Music Rod Wave's Attorneys Allege He Was The Victim Of A Burglary Rod Wave was arrested yesterday, May 21, in Fulton County and was hit with 14 felony counts. However, he's since posted bond. By Zachary Horvath May 21, 2025
Music Hitta J3 Joins The Joey Bada$$ Rap Battle As He Raps Over Iconic Kendrick Lamar Beat Joey Bada$$ started a hip-hop world war of sorts in January and it's got everyone from the West popping out to prove their worth. By Zachary Horvath May 20, 2025
Relationships Justin Bieber Recalls "Huge Fight" With Hailey Bieber In Strange Response To Her New "Vogue" Cover Hailey Bieber appeared on the cover of the latest issue of Vogue and spoke about her marriage to Justin Bieber, and more. By Cole Blake May 20, 2025
Music 50 Cent Reacts After Cassie's Mom Alleges Diddy Forced Her To Pay $20K For A Cassie Sex Tape Cassie's mom is the latest person to testify in Diddy's ongoing criminal case as witnesses continue to take the stand. By Cole Blake May 20, 2025
Music Kanye West's South Korea Listening Party Abruptly Canceled Over His Nonstop Controversies The drama comes after Kanye West released a controversial single from his "Cuck" album titled, "Heil Hitler." By Cole Blake May 19, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Accuses Cassie & Her Husband Alex Fine Of Planning Diddy’s Downfall Cassie took the stand in Diddy's trial last week, recalling several instances of abuse that she allegedly experienced. By Caroline Fisher May 18, 2025
Pop Culture Young Thug & Mariah The Scientist Go Viral For Family Photo With Mother Of Rapper's Child This graduation picture for the son of Young Thug is blowing up for a multitude of reasons and fans can't get enough of it. By Zachary Horvath May 17, 2025
Music Pusha T Proclaims That New Clipse Album Will Be A "Groundbreaking" Experience Pusha T spoke about the new Clipse album "Let God Sort Em Out" during a GQ interview about selling his clothing grails. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2025
Music Ex-Wife Of Diddy's Alleged "Sex Slave" Claims He's Still Afraid Of The Bad Boy Mogul Tonia Troutwine alleges that her former partner Jonathan Oddi is still afraid of retaliation from Diddy, even when both are behind bars. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2025
Music Diddy Supporters Are Allegedly Being Paid To Protest For Him Outside Trial's Courthouse Folks are allegedly paying people to wear "Free Diddy" T-shirts outside the federal courthouse and promote his mid-trial cryptocurrency. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2025