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Music Rihanna's Home Shot At With AR-15-Style Rifle: Everything We Know Police have already arrested a woman in her 30s as a suspect in the shooting at Rihanna's house from over the weekend. By Cole Blake March 09, 2026
Music BIA Claps Back At Megan Thee Stallion For Laughing At Cardi B's Diss Track BIA and Cardi B's recent lyrical exchange followed a feud between Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj that's still coming up today. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 08, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks' Two-Hour Phone Call With Cardi B Leads To Major Revelation About Nicki Minaj Cardi B and Nicki Minaj have engaged in a heated feud in the past, but a phone call with DJ Akademiks reveals a new truth. By Alexander Cole March 05, 2026
Music Kanye West Allegedly Scolded Handyman For Kim Kardashian & Bianca Censori Mix-Up A handyman named Jeromy Holding recently took the stand amid Kanye West's ongoing legal battle against Tony Saxon. By Caroline Fisher March 04, 2026
Music Freddie Gibbs Disses "Rat B*stard" Gunna After Being Seated Near Him At The VMAs Gunna previously dissed Freddie Gibbs on his 2022 song, "poochie gown," rapping: "I can't f*ck with Freddie Gibbs / N****s tellin' fibs." By Cole Blake September 09, 2025
Music Drake, PND & Cash Cobain Lead Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update Drake, PARTYNEXTDOOR, and Cash Cobain join Queen Naija, Justin Bieber, Venna, and Leon Thomas on our "R&B Season" playlist update. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 07, 2025
Music Gunna Addresses Haters In Resurfaced Gym Clip Amid Young Thug Drama Gunna recently met up with fans to work out at a gym. While there, he shared some wise advice about resiliency and how to block out haters. By Zachary Horvath September 06, 2025
Music Cash Cobain Claims Jay-Z Is About To "Shake The World" With New Music Jay-Z hasn't released a solo album since 2017's "4:44," but according to Cash Cobain, that could change soon. By Cole Blake September 04, 2025
Tech Meek Mill Claims He's Developing An AI Tool That "Can Change The World" Meek Mill has received a lot of criticism for a multitude of reasons and now he's receiving even more backlash for dabbling in AI. By Zachary Horvath September 02, 2025
Music Jay-Z Capitalizes On “Imaginary Players” Success With Music Video Re-Release On YouTube Jay-Z’s “Imaginary Players” was a diss track about Ma$e. It sampled the 1981 track “Imaginary Playmates” by Rene & Angela. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 30, 2025
Music Cardi B Sarcastically Persuades Fans To Buy "AM I THE DRAMA?" Box Sets Cardi B's civil assault trial has her cracking more jokes as she prepares to unleash her sophomore album "AM I THE DRAMA?" next month. By Zachary Horvath August 29, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj's Sister Ming Li Disses Ice Spice For Not Living Up To Nicki's Praise Although Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice's relationship is less clear, there's no doubting where Ming Li stands on this. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 29, 2025