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Music DJ Premier Is Furious With D’Angelo Funeral Attendees For Filming The Service Legendary singer D’Angelo died amid a private battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 51, last month. By Cole Blake November 05, 2025
Music 50 Cent Doubles Down On Why He Doesn’t Like Zohran Mamdani Recently, Zohran Mamdani admitted that he still listens to 50 Cent sometimes, even though the rapper disagrees with his economic agenda. By Caroline Fisher November 04, 2025
Music Spotify Fires Back At Lawsuit Over Alleged Fake Streams The lawsuit alleges that Drake and other artists have been profiting from artificial streams on Spotify for years. By Cole Blake November 03, 2025
Music Diddy And Sebastian Telfair Chat In Prison As Mogul's Expedited Appeal Gets Approved Diddy is in a much cushier facility at Fort Dix as partly evidenced by photos capturing him chatting it up with Sebastian Telfair. By Zachary Horvath November 03, 2025
Music Charlamagne Tha God Predicts A Sweeping Federal Investigation Will Occur Following Spotify Bot Lawsuit Spotify is currently facing a federal class action lawsuit for allegedly allowing artists to benefit from "billions" of botted streams. By Zachary Horvath November 03, 2025
Music Diddy Receives Amended Assault Lawsuit From Bryana Bongolan As Prison Sentence Begins Bryana Bongolan, a friend of Cassie Ventura, testified against Diddy during his federal trial this summer. She sued him in 2024. By Zachary Horvath October 31, 2025
Music Cassie Reveals $10 Million Settlement With Hotel Where Diddy Assaulted Her The leaked video of Diddy physically assaulting Cassie in a hotel in 2016 became a controversial part of Sean Combs' federal trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2025
Pop Culture Halle Bailey's Restraining Order Against DDG, Explained A court granted Halle Bailey a temporary restraining order against DDG. By Aron A. May 15, 2025
Music Cassie Recalls Being Suicidal After Diddy Allegedly Raped Her Following Their Breakup Cassie will be returning to the stand on Thursday to face cross-examination in Diddy's ongoing criminal trial. By Cole Blake May 15, 2025
Music 50 Cent To Celebrate His 50th Birthday In Style With Upcoming European "Legacy Tour" 50 Cent alluded to be done touring with his "Final Lap" run, but he seems far from done as he prepares to travel across the pond. By Zachary Horvath May 14, 2025
Music Wack 100 Puts An End To The Debate Around Floyd Mayweather's Alleged Bankruptcy Floyd Mayweather is in the process of suing "Business Insider" for shutting down a claim he made about investing in real estate. By Cole Blake May 13, 2025
Music Cassie Testifies That She Was Extremely Reluctant To Say No To Diddy It's long been purported that Diddy had a firm grip over what Cassie could and could not do during their ever-so-complex relationship. By Zachary Horvath May 13, 2025