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Music Jury In Diddy Trial Hears His Voice Message For "Jane" In Court Diddy allegedly called the anonymous alleged sex trafficking victim his "crack pipe," an alleged remark that already came up during trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 13, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Fans Take Over New Ho King After Show In Drake’s Hometown Of Toronto Yesterday, Kendrick Lamar performed in Drake's hometown of Toronto for the first time since their explosive battle. By Caroline Fisher June 13, 2025
Music Diddy Juror Could Get Disqualified From Trial Over Alleged Dishonesty In court yesterday, tensions arose during Diddy's trial as prosecutors accused a juror of being dishonest during the jury selection process. By Caroline Fisher June 13, 2025
Music Diddy Allegedly Told "Jane" He Needed Her Friendship Days After Cassie's Lawsuit "Jane" previously alleged that she had a nasty physical altercation with Diddy not long after Cassie Ventura filed her lawsuit against him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 12, 2025
TV Rocsi Diaz & AJ Calloway Apologize For Missing "106 & Park" Reunion At The 2025 BET Awards The former "106 & Park" cohosts didn't make it to their 2025 BET Awards reunion, but Rocsi Diaz and AJ Calloway reflected on the show fondly. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 10, 2025
Music Doechii Wins Best Female Hip-Hop Artist At The BET Awards, Makes Powerful Anti-Trump Speech Doechii was given the award for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist at the BET Awards, and her speech is absolutely going to resonate with people. By Alexander Cole June 09, 2025
Music Young Thug Leads Fans Down A Rabbit Hole With His "Release Date" For "UY SCUTI" Despite receiving snippets, a single, and physical copy pre-orders for "UY SCUTI," Young Thug has still not provided an exact drop date. By Zachary Horvath June 04, 2025
Music Lil Durk Claims A Snitch Is Misleading The Feds To Prevent Him From Getting Out On Bond Lil Durk will be behind bars until his trial on October 14 if he is unsuccessful in getting out of jail on bond. By Cole Blake June 02, 2025
Music Milagro Gramz Launches Crowdfunding Campaign Amid Megan Thee Stallion Legal Battle Megan Thee Stallion filed a lawsuit against Milagro Gramz last year, accusing her of “churning out falsehoods” about the Tory Lanez case. By Caroline Fisher June 01, 2025
Music Ray J Would Be Less Surprised If The Kardashians Faced RICO Charges Than Diddy Ray J has been fairly vocal about Diddy's legal battle lately, even recently revealing that he believes he'll be found not guilty. By Caroline Fisher June 01, 2025
Streetwear Diddy's Prison Wardrobe From "Monster's Ball" Goes Up For Auction Amid Federal Trial Diddy played a character named Lawrence Musgrove in the 2001 film "Monster's Ball" alongside Halle Berry, Yasiin Bey, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 31, 2025
Music Cardi B Proves She Wrote Diss Lyrics To JT Herself After Joe Budden’s Ghostwriter Claim Cardi B’s sophomore album, Am I The Drama?, achieved platinum certification by the RIAA on its release day. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 20, 2025