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Music Soulja Boy Tears Down "Dummy" Plies After Rapper Drops Sample Lawsuit Soulja Boy is always on the lookout for beef, and found one when Plies decided to reverse a suit involving a Soulja Boy track. By Elias Andrews March 17, 2025
Pop Culture Selena Gomez's Next Album Comparable To Rihanna's "Good Girl Gone Bad": Report Rih's 2007 LP remains a favourite to this day. By Hayley Hynes August 07, 2023
Music Playboi Carti Gets Mixed Reviews On His BET Awards Performance Playboi Carti has an Album of the Year contender with "MUSIC," and on Monday, he performed some of those songs at the BET Awards. By Alexander Cole June 10, 2025
Pop Culture Ice Spice's Rolling Loud Set Was Nearly Crashed By A Wild Fan: Watch The 23-year-old's security team were quick to stop the munch from reaching his redheaded target. By Hayley Hynes March 06, 2023
Music 50 Cent Keeps Claiming That Diddy Might Take His Own Life Amid Sexual Assault Lawsuits Diddy received multiple new sexual assault lawsuits this week, including one that alleges he forced a woman to have sex with Kim Porter. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 24, 2024
Music Funk Flex Claims Cassie Is Not A Victim After Diddy Verdict Funk Flex previously reacted to the Diddy verdict by hoping that Cassie and everyone else can "move on" from the case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 03, 2025
Music Diddy Receives Lawsuit Alleging Sexual Assault Of Aspiring 10-Year-Old Rapper This allegedly happened in a New York City hotel in 2005 during an audition. By Zachary Horvath October 28, 2024
TV "SNL" Addresses Reports Of Cardi B's Alleged Rehearsal Tantrum Cardi B allegedly wasn't too happy with a joke regarding Nicki Minaj being made during the "Weekend Update" segment. By Zachary Horvath February 26, 2026
Politics Lizzo Calls Out Donald Trump's Parade For "About Damn Time" Performance Lizzo endorsed Kamala Harris for United States President last year, and she has made her distaste for Donald Trump very clear. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 16, 2025
Pop Culture Britney Spears' "Milkshake" Brings Plies To The Yard: "Look At My Lil Hot Cheeto" Plies is still watching Brit Brit's bold video dancing to Kelis' hit single in a bodysuit. By Hayley Hynes August 29, 2023
Music Rick Ross Dares To Clown Mike Tyson Over Old Picture The moment happened while the MMG rapper was a guest on Mike Tyson's podcast, and led to a pretty funny reaction. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 23, 2024
Music XXL Recruits Asap Ferg, Ab-Soul, & Sauce Walka For Their New Cypher Lab Series Fans are praising the MC's and the publication for this move. By Zachary Horvath October 29, 2024