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Sports Donald Trump Plays Dumb When Asked About Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show Bad Bunny poked fun at fans upset with the NFL's decision to select him during an appearance on "Saturday Night Live." By Cole Blake October 07, 2025
Music Big30 To Be Released From Jail Ahead Of Gucci Mane Kidnapping Trial Big30 and Pooh Shiesty are set to go on trial for the alleged kidnapping and robbery of legendary artist Gucci Mane. By Alexander Cole June 04, 2026
Music Blueface's Father Pushes Woman During On-Stream Argument At Rapper's Home It's unclear what went down during Blueface's livestream, but he had to take a moment to calm the situation down. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2026
Music Akon Arrested On Outstanding Warrant In September, cops spotted Akon stranded in the middle of the road in his Tesla Cybertruck, and soon learned that his license was suspended. By Caroline Fisher November 12, 2025
Music Pharrell Refuses To Give Donald Trump Permission To Use His Music Pharrell's earlier comments towards Trump are resurfacing. By Tallie Spencer November 20, 2025
Music King Von's Cousin Reportedly Alleges Rapper Passed Away From Shock After Second Surgery Other relatives of King Von like his sister Kayla B have instead peddled narratives around his associates, such as his girlfriend Asian Doll. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 20, 2025
Music 50 Cent's Ex-Manager Chaz "Slim" Williams Passes Away: Condolences Flood Twitter Chaz "Slim" Williams had a bigger than life rep in the borough of Jamaica, Queens, NY. By Devin Ch July 14, 2019
Music Ebro Fires Back At Critics After Controversial Hot Take On Drake Ebro recently went viral and began receiving backlash for a comment he made about drake in an episode of "Rap Life Review." By Caroline Fisher March 12, 2026
Music Rihanna's Home Shot At With AR-15-Style Rifle: Everything We Know Police have already arrested a woman in her 30s as a suspect in the shooting at Rihanna's house from over the weekend. By Cole Blake March 09, 2026
Music J. Cole Achieves Rare Feat After "The Fall-Off" Goes Number One J. Cole's "The Fall-Off" has been an incredible success thus far, but more achievements are being made, and they are sure to keep coming. By Zachary Horvath February 16, 2026
Politics Andrew Cuomo Abruptly Hangs Up On "Ebro In The Morning" When Asked About Donald Trump's Endorsement Donald Trump voiced his support for Andrew Cuomo in a lengthy endorsement post on Truth Social on Monday night. By Cole Blake November 04, 2025
Music Missy Elliott Settles Lengthy Songwriting Credit Dispute Moments Before Trial Missy Elliott and producer Terry Williams have legally been at each other's throats for multiple years over two songs from the 1990s. By Zachary Horvath August 23, 2025