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Music King Combs Shares BTS Footage Of His New EP With Kanye West King Combs teamed up with Kanye West for a new EP as his father, Diddy, remains on trial in New York City. By Cole Blake June 29, 2025
Music Cardi B Rocks The LadyLand Stage After "Am I The Drama?" Announcement The one and only Scarlet Envy of "Ru Paul's Drag Race" fame introduced Cardi B at the LGBTQIA+ Brooklyn festival this weekend. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 28, 2025
Sports Drake Seeks Redemption As He Lays Gargantuan Bet For Main Event At UFC 317 Drake believes he "owes" Brazil a win as he lays down a healthy sum on Charles Oliveira to emerge victorious. By Zachary Horvath June 28, 2025
Music Diddy Sued For Allegedly Sodomizing Man Without His Consent At House Party This is Diddy's latest sexual assault lawsuit, which arrived as his trial's defense team is getting ready to give their closing arguments. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025
Music Petition Launched To Remove Kanye West From Slovakian Hip-Hop Festival Fans are calling for Kanye West's removal from a popular festival in Slovakia because of his history of antisemitism. By Devin Morton June 26, 2025
Music OMB Peezy Nightclub Shooting Suspect Arrested This April, OMB Peezy's sprinter van was shot at roughly 20 times in the parking lot of StarBar in Raleigh, North Carolina. By Caroline Fisher June 25, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Alleges That Clipse Purposely Let Kendrick Lamar's Verse Surface A lot has been said about how Clipse (more so Pusha T) have handled rolling out "Let God Sort Em Out," and DJ Akademiks is calling them out. By Zachary Horvath June 24, 2025
Music Pusha T Reveals Why He Doesn’t See Kanye West As A Man According to Pusha T, he and his former collaborator Kanye West have never seen eye to eye outside of music. By Caroline Fisher June 24, 2025
Music Lil Baby Gets No Sympathy Online For Complaining About Leaks Lil Baby has another album to drop in 2025, so he obviously wants "Dominique" to stay as much in the vault as possible until release. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2025
Music Polo G Settles Legal Dispute Over Canceled 2023 European Tour Polo G accused a booking agency of using his name without permission, whereas they accused him of breach of contract. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 21, 2025
Music Timbaland Issues Apology For Stealing Producer's Beat To Avoid Potential Lawsuit Timbaland's AI venture continues to ruffle feathers as he was forced to apologize for stealing a beat or face some legal consequences. By Zachary Horvath June 21, 2025
Music 50 Cent Reacts To Lawsuit Accusing Fat Joe Of Ordering A Hit On Him Fat Joe's former hype man, Terrance "T.A." Dixon, filed a massive lawsuit on the New York rapper earlier this week. By Zachary Horvath June 21, 2025