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Music Kanye West Documentary Pulls Off Impressive Opening Weekend Despite Lack Of Promotion The Nico Ballesteros-directed documentary "In Whose Name?" was filmed over six years of Kanye West's life. By Caroline Fisher September 25, 2025
Music Diddy Launched A “Free Game” Business Course For His Fellow Inmates Diddy's lawyers brought up the business course while outlining their reasoning for him deserving a light sentence. By Cole Blake September 24, 2025
Music Diddy’s Mother Janice Combs Secures Huge Win In Court As RICO Lawsuit Is Dropped Deon Best, otherwise known as D1, sued Diddy's mother Janice Combs for a whopping $33 million earlier this year. By Caroline Fisher September 24, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Turns Fans Up In Mexico City As South American Leg Of The "GNX" Tour Begins Kendrick Lamar has just a handful of shows left for this successful "GNX" tour, which will wrap in December in Australia. By Zachary Horvath September 24, 2025
Music Charleston White Explains Why He Believes D4vd Is Innocent In Celeste Rivas' Death Police are still investigating after they discovered a dismembered body in a car registered to D4vd, earlier this month. By Cole Blake September 23, 2025
Music 50 Cent Brutally Rejects Dame Dash’s Truce Attempt Earlier this month, Dame Dash took to Instagram to reveal that he wants to squash his beef with both Cam'ron and 50 Cent. By Caroline Fisher September 23, 2025
Music Summer Walker Confirms She’s Content With Life After Chris Brown Kiss Recently, Chris Brown invited Summer Walker to join him onstage for a performance of "Take You Down" in Las Vegas. By Caroline Fisher September 22, 2025
Music D4vd’s “Romantic Homicide” Climbs Charts After Missing Teen Is Found In His Tesla The body of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas, who went missing last year, was found in an impounded Tesla registered to D4vd this month. By Caroline Fisher September 19, 2025
Music Brandy Records Vocals For Kehlani's New Hit "Folded" Brandy ruled the 90s with her radio hits and television show, Moesha. She is best known for her duet with Monica, “The Boy Is Mine.” By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 19, 2025
Music Lizzo Blasts Sampling Laws As "Racially Charged" Policing Of Black Creatives Lizzo recalled the origins of hip-hop, its disadvantage against established industry genres, and early sampling controversies in the genre. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 18, 2025
Music Lil Kim Shows Love To Chris Brown By Attempting “It Depends” Challenge Social media users are praising Lil Kim for giving Chris Brown the recognition he deserves during her Cousinz Festival set. By Caroline Fisher September 18, 2025
Music Cardi B Finally Reveals Star-Studded Features For New Album "Am I The Drama?" Cardi B is finally giving fans more insight into her long-awaited sophomore album, "Am I The Drama?" which drops on Friday. By Cole Blake September 15, 2025