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Music Baby Tate Comes Under Fire For Admitting She Doesn't Watch "Madea" The hot take about Tyler Perry's character, Madea, has led to Baby Tate going back and forth with fans on social media. By Cole Blake July 22, 2025
Music Joe Budden Podcast Earnings Leave The Internet Stunned Joe Budden purposefully revealed his Patreon numbers from the podcast and that figure we saw is pretty spot on with the ones reported. By Zachary Horvath July 22, 2025
Music FKA twigs & Shia LeBeouf Settle $10 Million Abuse Lawsuit In 2020, FKA twigs sued Shia LeBeouf, alleging that he abused her physically and emotionally throughout their relationship. By Caroline Fisher July 22, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Alleges Kendrick Lamar Is The Reason Why Drake Isn't On Playboi Carti's "MUSIC" Similar accusations have been launched in the inverse concerning the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef, such as with the upcoming Clipse album. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025
Music Kanye West & King Combs Team Up On Seven-Track EP "NEVER STOP" Kanye West has been showing a lot of love to Diddy's family as of late, and that is culminating in a new EP with Diddy's son, King Combs. By Alexander Cole June 27, 2025
Pop Culture 50 Cent To Play Balrog In Upcoming Live-Action "Street Fighter" Movie 50 Cent will play disgraced boxer Balrog in the live-action "Street Fighter" movie, which has seemingly solidified its main cast. By Devin Morton June 26, 2025
Music T-Pain Calls Out Drake For Ignoring His Own Advice About Exiting The Music Industry In 2023, Drake told Lil Yachty that he'd like to make a graceful exit from the music industry when the time is right. By Caroline Fisher June 26, 2025
Music Will Smith Appears To Shade Chris Rock In Fiery New Freestyle Will Smith's freestyle comes after he put out a new single, earlier this month, titled, "Pretty Girls." By Cole Blake June 26, 2025
Music That Mexican OT Publicly Apologizes For His Comments On Using The N-Word That Mexican OT came under fire last week for his thoughts on who should be allowed to use the N-word. By Devin Morton June 26, 2025
Music Scott Storch Labels The Roots "Haters" For Their Reaction To His Work With Dr. Dre Scott Storch also spoke about his friendship with Diddy as the Bad Boy mogul remains on trial in New York City. By Cole Blake June 26, 2025
Sports Kevin Durant Shuts Down Cam'ron's Theory About Tyrese Haliburton's Injury Cam'ron had theorized that low-top shoes have played a role in the high number of Achilles injuries NBA stars are suffering. By Cole Blake June 25, 2025
Music Cardi B Explains Why She's Including "WAP" & "Up" On Her Sophomore Album Cardi B has been catching a lot of heat for including these older tracks on her next LP, but she feels they deserve to be there. By Zachary Horvath June 25, 2025