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Music Utah State Representative Says State Should Still Pursue NBA YoungBoy Despite Trump Pardon NBA YoungBoy had all of his most recent federal charges pardoned by Donald Trump at the end of May after his release in March. By Zachary Horvath June 03, 2025
Music Diddy's Trial Interrupted By Screaming Woman In The Courtroom Diddy's trial is continuing with its fourth week of witness testimony as an ex-security officer at the InterContinental Hotel is on the stand. By Cole Blake June 03, 2025
Pop Culture Touré Calls Out Jaguar Wright For Her Bold Claims About Saving Girls From Diddy's Alleged "Freak-Offs" Touré's comments about Jaguar Wright come as Diddy's criminal trial has been underway for weeks in New York City. By Cole Blake June 02, 2025
Music Clipse Storms Back Into Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update New hip-hop releases on "Fire Emoji" this week came from Clipse, Meek Mill, G Herbo, MAVI, Earl Sweatshirt, XXXTENTACION, and Juice WRLD. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 31, 2025
Music Playboi Carti, Young Thug, & Lil Baby Snippet Surfaces Amid Album Hype For All Three Artists Young Thug has "UY SCUTI," Playboi Carti is working on "BABY BOI," and Lil Baby possesses "DOMINIQUE." Who will drop first? By Zachary Horvath May 31, 2025
Music 50 Cent Plans To Talk Donald Trump Out Of Potential Diddy Pardon When asked whether or not he'd consider pardoning Diddy today, Donald Trump said he'd "certainly look at the facts." By Caroline Fisher May 30, 2025
Politics Chance The Rapper Calls Larry Hoover A "Political Prisoner" While Addressing Commutation Chance The Rapper and Larry Hoover both rep the city of Chicago, and the former took to social media to address the latter's commutation. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 29, 2025
Sports Cam'ron Issues A Serious Warning For Travis Hunter After His Viral Wedding Ceremony Travis Hunter and his long-time girlfriend, Leanna Lenee, tied the knot at a lavish ceremony in Tennessee on Saturday. By Cole Blake May 26, 2025
Music 50 Cent Swallows His Pride And Encourages Dame Dash To Bounce Back From Financial Woes Dame Dash has to cough up a lot of cash and assets due to his debts and lawsuit judgements. But 50 Cent thinks he can win again one day. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 23, 2025
Music Digital Nas Disses Kid Cudi And Advocates For Diddy's Freedom After Cudi's Trial Testimony Digital Nas is firmly on the Kanye West train, calling Kid Cudi out for testifying during Diddy's criminal trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 22, 2025
Music Jadakiss Slams Complex’s Hip-Hop Media Power Rankings "Complex" unveiled its annual Hip-Hop Media Power Rankings list last month, and Jadakiss and Fat Joe came in at No. 15. By Caroline Fisher August 01, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Trolls Mellow Rackz Over New Song Dissing Kodak Black Mellow Rackz and Kodak Black have been at odds on social media following the release of NBA YoungBoy's new album. By Cole Blake July 30, 2025