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Music Lil Nas X Under Inpatient Treatment For Undisclosed Reason Following His L.A. Arrest Lil Nas X was arrested in late August after walking around Los Angeles late at night in his underwear and then eventually in the nude. By Zachary Horvath September 15, 2025
Music Ice Spice Reveals Her Weight Gain Secret And How She Feels About Pressure In Rap Ice Spice had the internet kind of furious after dropping some noticeable weight last year, with some claiming she was using Ozempic. By Zachary Horvath September 13, 2025
Relationships Young Thug Talks To Alleged Side Chick About Having Kids In New Leaked Call A new alleged audio clip of a Young Thug jail call has leaked, where he reportedly speaks to his side chick about having kids. By Devin Morton September 07, 2025
Music Drake's "Marvin's Room" Reaches RIAA's Diamond Eligibility, His 16th Song To Do So Drake's "Marvin's Room" included a voicemail from a former friend of the rap star that would actually file a lawsuit over the song. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 07, 2025
Music The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" Becomes The First Song In Spotify History To Crack 5 Billion Streams The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" has become the first song to reach 5 billion Spotify streams, extending its lead for the most streamed song. By Devin Morton August 31, 2025
Music iLoveMakonnen Reveals He's Working At A Restaurant Kitchen iLoveMakonnen retired from music last year, and it looks like he's very happy with his new chef gig after a pretty curious career. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 28, 2025
Music MoneyBagg Yo And Roc Nation Sued By Former Manager For $100 Million Sherry Jackson-Floyd is accusing MoneyBagg Yo and Roc Nation of cutting her out of the artist's success after investing millions. By Alexander Cole June 23, 2026
Music Fivio Foreign Reacts To Alicia Keys & Yung Miami Performing At Knicks Parade Fivio Foreign hoped to see the New York Knicks' NBA championship parade this week, but he's not hating on Alicia Keys and Yung Miami's slots. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 19, 2026
Music Chris Brown's Civil Dog-Mauling Case Declared A Mistrial, But It's Not Over Yet A juror's poor decisions led to a mistrial in the Chris Brown dog-mauling case, although the case is far from over. By Alexander Cole June 17, 2026
Music Diddy Catches A Break With Yet Another Sentence Reduction Diddy is currently serving a 50-month prison sentence following his transportation to engage in prostitution conviction. By Alexander Cole June 16, 2026
Pop Culture Bhad Bhabie Issues Strong Response To Those Accusing Her Of Cultural Appropriation Bhad Bhabie been bashed mercilessly online for years for a lot of different reasons, but she's standing up for herself here. By Zachary Horvath May 28, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Disses Ab-Soul And Tells Him He'll Never Be Loved Like Nipsey Hussle DJ Akademiks did not take kindly to having his name mentioned by Ab-Soul on Soulo's long-awaited response to the East Coast. By Devin Morton May 27, 2025