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Music Diddy & Biggie's Son's Horrifying Sexual Assault Lawsuit Receives Major Update Diddy and Biggie's son, CJ Wallace were both accused of sexual assault by Jonathan Hay in a lawsuit filed back in July 2025. By Zachary Horvath February 06, 2026
Music NLE Choppa Apologizes For Dragging Blueface's Son Into Their Feud Blueface has been feuding with NLE Choppa on social media since he dissed him on one of his recent singles. By Cole Blake February 04, 2026
Music R. Kelly Victim Breaks Silence In Her First TV Interview The victim of R. Kelly is releasing a memoir titled "Who’s Watching Shorty?: Reclaiming Myself from the Shame of R. Kelly’s Abuse." By Cole Blake February 03, 2026
Music Kevin Gates Claims He Once Shot Himself Amid Bout With Depression Kevin Gates spoke candidly about his struggles with drug addiction on the latest episode of Shannon Sharpe's "Club Shay Shay" podcast. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 30, 2026
Music How To Listen To Don Toliver's "Octane" Album Don Toliver is drumming up a lot of excitement for "Octane" and we're going to tell you where you can spin it when 12 a.m. hits. By Zachary Horvath January 29, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Thinks Drake Threw J. Cole Under the Bus, DJ Akademiks Tells Drizzy's Alleged Side Of Rocky Beef After his new interview with A$AP Rocky in which Rocky defended J. Cole, DJ Akademiks proposed a theory about Drake's side of the Rocky beef. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 25, 2026
Music Clipse & Pharrell To Take The Stage At The 2026 Grammys Clipse are in the running for five Grammy Awards this year, including album of the year, best rap performance, and more. By Caroline Fisher January 22, 2026
Music NBA YoungBoy Professes His Allegiance To Donald Trump According to NBA YoungBoy, his "MASA" album title simple means to follow and enforce "whatever Trump applying." By Caroline Fisher January 20, 2026
Relationships Ariana Grande Reveals An Untold Moment She Shared With Mac Miller After Her Nickelodeon Career Ariana Grande and Mac Miller were a celebrated musical couple in the late 2010s as their love for each other remained even after their split. By Zachary Horvath January 19, 2026
Music The Game Announces Another Gangsta Grillz Project Featuring Boosie Badazz, Conway The Machine, & More The Game's next Gangsta Grillz mixtape is dropping on Friday, joining several other highly anticipated albums scheduled to drop this week. By Cole Blake January 13, 2026
Music Dave Chappelle Chastises DJ Khaled For His Silence On Gaza War Dave Chappelle slammed DJ Khaled for his continued silence on what's happening in Gaza, despite being Palestinian. By Devin Morton July 02, 2025
Original Content Eminem, Split Three Ways: The Persona, The Performer, The Survivor Eminem built three distinct personas. Slim Shady, Eminem, and Marshall each reveal how identity, pain, & performance shaped his legacy. By Erika Marie July 04, 2025