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Music Diddy Forced Cassie To Use NSFW Terms While Searching For "Freak Off" Participants, Lawsuit Claims Diddy allegedly instructed Cassie to search "large Black penises" while finding male sex workers, according to her recent lawsuit. By Cole Blake November 19, 2023
Music Cassie’s Lawyer Speaks Out After Diddy's Not Guilty Verdict Cassie served as a key witness in Diddy's criminal trial and spoke on the stand about their relationship for several days. By Cole Blake July 02, 2025
Music Kanye West Makes Beats Live During DJ Akademiks Stream According to a tweet by DJ Akademiks, Kanye West plans to drop a new album at some point today called "WW3." By Caroline Fisher April 03, 2025
Music Dismembered Body Found In D4vd's Car Identified By Police Authorities discovered the body in a car registered to D4vd while he was performing on his "Withered" world tour. By Cole Blake September 16, 2025
Music Lil Wayne's "The Carter VI" Falls Short Of The No. 1 Spot With Lowest Debut In The Series Lil Wayne's The Carter series began in 2004, with the album including the hit songs "Bring It Back," "Go DJ," and "Earthquake." By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 15, 2025
Music Clipse Unleash Striking Trailer For Upcoming Album “Let God Sort Em Out” Today, Clipse confirmed the release date for their eagerly anticipated first album in 15 years, "Let God Sort Em Out." By Caroline Fisher May 29, 2025
Music Cardi B Expresses Paranoia Over Conspiracy Theory That Cell Phones Can "Read Our Minds" While Cardi B is putting her tinfoil hat on to question our surveillance age, fans' conspiracies are all about her pregnancy rumors. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 29, 2025
Music DJ Hed Checks Tommy Richman After He Tweets He's "Not A Hip-Hop Artist" And so, the culture vulture debate floodgates opened... And closed after some back-and-forth tweets. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 03, 2024
Music Breaking Down TikTok’s Songs Of The Summer: Kendrick Lamar, GloRilla, Tinashe & More These songs had TikTok in a chokehold this summer. By Aron A. August 20, 2024
Music Playboi Carti Pays Tribute To Rich Homie Quan During Award Acceptance Speech Carti paid his respects. By Elias Andrews September 05, 2024
Relationships Kanye West & Bianca Censori Spotted At Tokyo Airport After Break From The Public Eye Ye and Bianca Censori have been keeping a low profile lately. By Caroline Fisher January 30, 2025
Politics Lizzo Demands "Real Change" After The White House's Controversial Social Media Posts Lizzo previously endorsed former Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential election cycle. By Cole Blake April 21, 2025