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Music 50 Cent Goes After His Ex In Court After Life Rights Battle Leads To A Loss A judge blocked 50 Cent's default judgement against his ex Shaniqua Tompkins earlier this month, and he refuses to take the loss. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 15, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Drake Chimed In On "ICEMAN's" Future Feature Rumors DJ Akademiks doesn't think Drake's mind may have changed since he initially responded to rumors that he squashed his Future beef. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 14, 2026
Music J. Cole Teases What's Next Following Trunk Sale Tour It's been a long but exciting month for J. Cole with the album and Trunk Sale Tour. But now, he's getting ready for the next step. By Zachary Horvath March 12, 2026
Music Jay-Z Drops Old Jaz-O Collab On Streaming Amid 30th Anniversary Celebrations "N***a What, N***a Who (Originator 99)" appeared on Jay-Z's album "Vol.2... Hard Knock Life," and it now has a special vinyl release as well. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 01, 2026
Sports Cardi B Reportedly Dumped Stefon Diggs Days Before The Super Bowl Stefon Diggs and the New England Patriots ended up getting blown out by the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl. By Cole Blake February 25, 2026
Music Nipsey Hussle To Be Commemorated With Los Angeles Intersection Renaming This Saturday (February 28), the intersection at Crenshaw Boulevard and Slauson Avenue will become "Nipsey Hussle Square." By Caroline Fisher February 25, 2026
Relationships Kanye West Is Furious With Khloe Kardashian After Her Latest Picture Of North West Kanye West has accused the Kardashian family of trying to "indoctrinate and traffic" his children on multiple occasions. By Cole Blake April 02, 2025
Music Police Name Second Suspect in Sauce Walka & Sayso P Shooting The first suspect that police identified was found dead at an abandoned shopping mall in Houston, last week. By Cole Blake April 01, 2025
Music Drake Quietly Sneaks Back Into The Top 10 Of The Hot 100 With "NOKIA" Drake currently has four placements from his PARTYNEXTDOOR collab album on the Hot 100 chart, so can we really say numbers are suppressed? By Zachary Horvath March 31, 2025
Music Chrisean Rock Promises She's Still "Gangsta" Despite New Gospel Single, "Yahweh" Chrisean Rock gave an emotional performance of the highly-anticipated single at a church in Maryland over the weekend. By Cole Blake March 31, 2025
Music Suspect Wanted For Sayso P & Sauce Walka Shooting Found Dead In Houston The man reported deceased was the Memphis PD's first identified suspect in the tragic Sayso P/Sauce Walka shooting last weekend. By Zachary Horvath March 31, 2025
Music Cassie Glows At First Red Carpet Event Since Bombshell Diddy Lawsuit In November of 2023, Cassie filed a lawsuit against Diddy for alleged sexual assault, physical and emotional abuse, and more. By Caroline Fisher March 30, 2025