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Music Keefe D Reveals His Cancer Has Returned Amid 2Pac's Murder Trial Keefe D says jail is worsening his health problems. By Cole Blake June 26, 2024
Music Foolio’s Murder: Police Chief Promises Arrests Are Coming The Tampa Police say the killers will be brought to justice. By Cole Blake June 25, 2024
Music Nicki Minaj Attempts To Reassert Her "Number 1" Status Following Cardi B's Inspiration Award Nicki says even if you have to "revisit it 500 times a day, DO IT!!!!!!!!". By Zachary Horvath June 25, 2024
Sports Shaquille O'Neal Confuses Fans By Trolling Drake With Strange "BBL Drizzy" Picture Shaq is getting in on the Drake jokes. By Cole Blake June 24, 2024
Music Pop Smoke's Alleged Killer Reportedly Released From Prison There isn't a whole lot of information on what the circumstances behind this supposed release are, so Pop Smoke fans are puzzled. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 23, 2024
Music Justin Timberlake Comments On DWI Arrest For The First Time At Chicago Show According to Timberlake, "It's been a tough week." By Caroline Fisher June 22, 2024
Music Ice Cube Confirms That "Last Friday" Movie Is Finally In The Works Fans have been waiting for a long time. By Elias Andrews June 22, 2024
Music Diddy’s Ex-Employee Alleges He Set Up Hotel Rooms With “Freak Off” Essentials Diddy's long-awaited sex trafficking trial continued today, and his former employee George Kaplan took the stand. By Caroline Fisher May 21, 2025
Music Joey Bada$$ Plans To Drop A New Album This Summer It looks like Joey Bada$$'s next project is nearly complete amid his battle with various West Coast rappers. By Caroline Fisher May 21, 2025
Relationships Justin Bieber Recalls "Huge Fight" With Hailey Bieber In Strange Response To Her New "Vogue" Cover Hailey Bieber appeared on the cover of the latest issue of Vogue and spoke about her marriage to Justin Bieber, and more. By Cole Blake May 20, 2025
Music Former Assistant For Diddy Testifies That Cassie Was Too Scared To Leave The Diddy trial continued on Monday and it was here where we heard testimony from the mogul's former assistant, David James. By Alexander Cole May 20, 2025
Music Cassie's Former Best Friend Kerry Morgan Begins Her Diddy Trial Testimony Diddy's defense team has been trying to poke holes in trial testimonies from Cassie and Dawn Richard as of late. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 19, 2025