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Music Diddy’s Alleged Sex Worker “The Punisher” Opens Up About Penis Implant Sharay Hayes, otherwise known as "The Punisher," testified in Diddy's federal sex trafficking trial last month. By Caroline Fisher June 20, 2025
Music Domani Harris Responds To 50 Cent's Diss With Another Of His Own Domani Harris has also been assisting his dad T.I. in the 50 Cent beef with some diss records and he's just come through with a second one. By Zachary Horvath March 06, 2026
Music Drake Allegedly Tried To Fly Out Summer Walker After Hearing Someone Else Liked Her DJ Akademiks mentioned Drake while speaking about how dating drama has caused issues for a number of rappers. By Cole Blake September 16, 2025
Music Joe Budden Says He "Jumped For Joy" When J. Cole's Car Broke Down J. Cole has been traveling across the country in his Honda Civic to sell CD copies of his new album, "The Fall-Off." By Cole Blake February 25, 2026
Music 50 Cent Goes Below The Belt By Mocking Benzino's Injury 50 Cent's trolling is already controversial, and mocking someone for getting badly hurt is not landing with everyone. By Zachary Horvath March 02, 2026
Streetwear Kanye West Drops New Yeezy Items For The Holidays But Fans Are Skeptical Considering how long Kanye West's Yeezy brand has allegedly taken to send out items to customers, some fans can't get too excited. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 27, 2025
Music North West Shares New Song Snippet Produced By Kanye West Amid North West's various new songs and snippets, plus her dad Kanye West's upcoming album "BULLY," the West family's very artistically busy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 16, 2026
Music Kodak Black Shouts Out Drake On New Album After Recent Song Leak Kodak Black's reflection on his friendship with Drake on the track "All Love" joins other recent hints at a collaboration cooking up. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 01, 2025
Music Police Shut Down Drake's "ICEMAN" Structure After Fans Built A Campfire On Top Of It Drake has a new "ICEMAN" installation in the middle of downtown Toronto, and fans are doing everything they can to melt it. By Alexander Cole April 21, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks' Latest Update On Drake's "ICEMAN" Is The Most Intriguing Yet DJ Akademiks has been feeding Drake fans plenty of inside information on "ICEMAN," but this may be the coolest update yet. By Zachary Horvath March 06, 2026
Music Kanye West's Longtime Manager John Monopoly Addresses Ye's Mental Health Amid Kanye West's apologies for his antisemitism, his colleague John Monopoly gave fans a bit more context and insight into his current state. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 01, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Announces The "Don’t Be Dumb World Tour" A$AP Rocky will be hitting the road in promotion of his latest studio album, "Don’t Be Dumb," later this year. By Cole Blake January 20, 2026