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Music Former Escort Claims Lawyers Exploited His Cassie Allegations Against Diddy Clayton Howard's lawsuit against Cassie alleges prosecutors in Diddy's trial used his story to arrest him and then ignored his other claims. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 14, 2025
Music Joe Budden Thinks Drake Needs To Drop "Heat" After New 21 Savage Collab It seems like Drake and 21 Savage's "MR RECOUP" off of 21's new album "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STREETS?" did not impress Joe Budden. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 13, 2025
Music Erica Banks Arrested For Alleged Intent To Distribute Ecstasy Yesterday, Erica Banks was booked into the Dekalb County Jail on a charge of drug possession with intent to distribute. By Caroline Fisher December 09, 2025
Music Wale Reflects On Distance With Drake And Painful Kid Cudi Fallout Wale spoke candidly and earnestly about his industry relationships with Kid Cudi and Drake amid the release of his new album. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 07, 2025
Music Ja Rule Accuses 50 Cent Of Allegedly Being "No Different" Than Diddy Folks who thought Ja Rule would stop at calling 50 Cent a snitch over executive producing a Diddy doc might want a refresher on their feud. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 07, 2025
Music The Game Says "The Documentary 3" Is Coming Very Soon After New Mixtape The Game's next album is fast approaching, and fans already got plenty to discuss on the "Gangsta Grillz" tape "Every Movie Needs A Trailer." By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 07, 2025
Music Drake Takes Aim At DJ Khaled For Not Speaking About Palestine Drake is premiering his new album "ICEMAN," and as many have pointed out, there is a shot at DJ Khaled on the record. By Alexander Cole May 14, 2026
Music Lil Tjay Recalls Waking Up From Coma Following 2022 Shooting Back in 2022, New York rapper Lil Tjay was shot seven times during an attempted robbery. Now, he recalls what it was like emerging from a coma. By Erika Marie May 13, 2026
$Kendrick Lamar accepts the award for best rap album for Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers\".Xxx Grammys2023 18325050 Dcb Jpg E$ Music Kamasi Washington Reveals His Hilariously Late Reaction To Kendrick Lamar’s “Squabble Up” Shout-Out Kamasi Washington also contributed to "GNX" songs "luther" and "tv off." By Aron A. May 08, 2026
Music Kodak Black Hit With Drug Trafficking Charges In Florida Kodak Black was recently arrested in Florida, according to TMZ, and his lawyer Bradford Cohen has already spoken out. By Alexander Cole May 07, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks' Latest "ICEMAN" Prediction Is A Direct Warning For Drake's Enemies DJ Akademiks has been weighing in on Drake's "ICEMAN" rollout, and his latest prediction is a bold one, to say the least. By Alexander Cole May 07, 2026
Music Lawsuit Accusing Spotify Of Fabricating Drake's Streams Has Been Dismissed This is a separate lawsuit to the one from RBX, who also accused Spotify of boosting Drake's streams on the platform. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2026