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Music Bow Wow's Tiny Desk Concert Garners Fans' Praise Bow Wow ran through some of his best hits for his NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert, and fans lamented how he didn't perform even more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 29, 2026
Music George Clinton, Ari Lennox & More Lead D'Angelo Tribute At BET Awards D'Angelo's children, The Vanguard, RAYE, Durand Bernarr, and BJ The Chicago Kid were also there to pay tribute at the 2026 BET Awards. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 29, 2026
Music Tay-K Wants Court To Pause Murder Conviction's Appeal Tay-K's legal team reportedly wants to reexamine the validity of a search warrant before moving forward with their appeal. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 29, 2026
Music No Bad Boy Records Members Were Invited To Clive Davis' Funeral It's unclear why Bad Boy Records was reportedly excluded from Clive Davis' funeral, but the Diddy scandal may be part of why. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 29, 2026
Music Pooh Shiesty Allegedly Admitted To Violating Parole, As Lawyer Blasts Supervisor Allegations Pooh Shiesty's lawyer responded to claims that his client had an inappropriate relationship with his home confinement supervisor. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 29, 2026
Music Suede Brooks Alleges Drake Threatened To Have "B*tches Fold Her Up" Suede Brooks was on the "Dumb Blonde Podcast" with Bunnie XO, where she spoke about dating Drake four years ago. By Alexander Cole June 29, 2026
Politics 50 Cent Mocks Jussie Smollett As Legendary Rapper Takes Heat Over Upcoming MAGA Club Performance 50 Cent is set to perform for MAGA this weekend, but first, he is going after Jussie Smollett, who took to the stage this weekend. By Alexander Cole June 29, 2026
Music Cardi B Celebrates BET Awards Win With A Rendition Of Drake's "Janice STFU" Cardi B was a winner at the BET Awards on Sunday, and after the show, she was spotted on a livestream singing Drake's latest smash single. By Alexander Cole June 29, 2026
Music Kanye West Drops $400K On Masquerade Birthday Bash In France Kanye West, his wife Bianca Censori, and their friends celebrated Ye's 49th birthday at the Château de Versailles. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 29, 2026
TV Ray J Gets Inappropriate At The BET Awards Red Carpet, And Gets Roasted By Druski Ray J was engaging in some antics at the BET Awards, and Druski could not help but get involved with some jokes. By Alexander Cole June 29, 2026
Music Cardi B Asks Fans To Lay Off BIA After Performing Diss Track At BET Awards Some fans called Cardi B hypocritical for performing the BIA diss track "Pretty & Petty" at the 2026 BET Awards and later asking for peace. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 29, 2026
Music TDE's Punch Blasts Druski's Saxophone Gag For SZA & Doechii At BET Awards Doechii and SZA's speech at the 2026 BET Awards was cut by a saxophone player that Druski had warned about, but TDE's Punch wasn't happy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 29, 2026