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Music Chubbs Trolls T-Pain After Divisive Comments About Drake's Inability To "Bow Out Gracefully" After T-Pain's comments about Drake not knowing when to step away, Chubbs took to Instagram to troll the rapper/singer/streamer. By Devin Morton June 29, 2025
Music Diddy Defense Alleges Sex Trafficking Case Comes Down To Money Diddy's defense made their closing argument in the mogul's federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial today. By Caroline Fisher June 27, 2025
Music T-Pain Calls Out Drake For Ignoring His Own Advice About Exiting The Music Industry In 2023, Drake told Lil Yachty that he'd like to make a graceful exit from the music industry when the time is right. By Caroline Fisher June 26, 2025
Music Erykah Badu & The Alchemist Get Soulful On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update Erykah Badu, The Alchemist, and Samara Cyn gave us a very short but very satisfying update to our "R&B Season" playlist. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2025
Music Cardi B Apologizes To Atlantic Records Amid Success Of New Song "Outside" According to Cardi B, she was being "very mean" ahead of the release of her new single because she didn't want to drop it. By Caroline Fisher June 22, 2025
Music Ja Rule Pays Tribute To Irv Gotti During Summer Jam Set Ja Rule and Irv Gotti made some truly classic hip-hop in the 2000s and beyond, and Ja didn't experience this bittersweet moment alone. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 21, 2025
Music Photos Of Diddy’s Guns & Baby Oil Released To The Public Amid Federal Trial Diddy's trial will continue today after experiencing delays this week, and his alleged former drug mule Brendan Paul will take the stand. By Caroline Fisher June 20, 2025
Music Jadakiss Refuses To Discuss Cam’ron Or Styles P During Jim Jones Interview According to Jadakiss, he didn't want to talk about beef with Jim Jones because there's "a lot more beautiful sh*t going on." By Caroline Fisher June 19, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Slammed By Photographer Over Nightmare Cover Shoot Several of Nicki Minaj's peers have called her out in recent weeks following her public support for Donald Trump. By Caroline Fisher February 03, 2026
Music Diddy Files Statement In NBC Lawsuit Denying Role In Multiple Deaths Diddy claims NBC defamed him via a documentary about allegations against him, including claims that he was involved in Biggie's murder. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 31, 2026
Politics Democrats Label Kenneth Petty A Sex Offender To Address Nicki Minaj's Donald Trump Praise Nicki Minaj described herself as Donald Trump's biggest fan at a summit to promote "Trump Accounts" on Wednesday. By Cole Blake January 28, 2026
Music Maino Trolls DJ Akademiks For Getting Slapped By Lil Baby's Team DJ Akademiks has been going off on Lil Baby after claiming that a member of his team slapped him last weekend. By Cole Blake January 28, 2026