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Music Drake Believes He "Bonded" With DDG Following Their Friendly Games Of Basketball Conversely, DDG believes he lost his opportunity to develop a closer relationship with Drake based on how he played his cards. By Zachary Horvath March 29, 2025
Music Fake Drake Coffin Arrives On DJ Khaled’s Doorstep After Eerie 6ix9ine Incident Recently, a fake coffin with "RIP Drake" written on it was dropped off at DJ Khaled's house after something similar happened to 6ix9ine. By Caroline Fisher February 21, 2025
Music Kanye West Claims He Made $40 Million In 24 Hours After Shopify Ban Over Swastika Scandal Kanye West says the move didn't impact his finances all that much. By Cole Blake February 18, 2025
Music Cardi B Throws Pen After Paparazzi Ask About Her Pregnancy Rumors With Offset & Stefon Diggs Cardi B was peppered with questions outside of the Los Angeles courthouse where her assault trial was held on Tuesday. By Cole Blake September 02, 2025
Music Key Glock Scathingly Reacts To Young Dolph's Alleged Murderer's Not Guilty Verdict Hernandez Govan was accused of allegedly masterminding Young Dolph's murder, and Dolph's collaborator Key Glock wanted a conviction. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 22, 2025
Music Doechii Concert Scam Leads To $180K Lawsuit Against Booking Agent An Atlanta-based event firm accused a New Jersey booking agent of never fulfilling his promise to book Doechii for a festival and repay them. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 15, 2025
Music Drake Looks Terrified As He Mistakes Fan For His Ex In Manchester Drake recently mistook a fan for one of his exes, and social media users suspect that the fling didn't end well. By Caroline Fisher July 29, 2025
Music Drake Fans Implode On One Another In Heated Spaces Chat Following UMG Loss Drake filed his lawsuit against Universal Music Group, earlier this year, accusing the company of defaming him. By Cole Blake October 14, 2025
Music R Kelly's Lawyer Explains Why More Celebrities Haven't Testified In Diddy Trial The Diddy trial has featured a few high-profile names on the stand, namely Kid Cudi and Sean Combs' former partner Cassie Ventura. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Checks Off Another Record For Highest-Grossing Concert By A Black Man Kendrick Lamar's "Grand National" tour alongside SZA and Mustard has 16 North American shows left to dazzle fans with. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 09, 2025
Music Tevin Campbell Recalls Getting Drunk & Being Rude To Wyclef Jean In The Studio It was back in the R&B icon's younger days, and things became so uncontrollable that Wyclef called Tevin's mom. Apparently, it didn't help. By Erika Marie June 30, 2022
Original Content YSL RICO Indictment: Everything We Know With Young Thug and his entire organization facing upwards of 56 counts of criminal activity, we break down everything we've learned about the RICO case so far. By Robert Blair May 12, 2022