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Music Will Smith Appears To Shade Chris Rock In Fiery New Freestyle Will Smith's freestyle comes after he put out a new single, earlier this month, titled, "Pretty Girls." By Cole Blake June 26, 2025
Music Timeline For Closing Arguments Revealed As Diddy Trial Nears Its End Diddy's federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial is finally nearing its end after nearly two months. By Caroline Fisher June 26, 2025
Music Diddy's Defense Team May Relate His Case To The Conflict In Iran With Closing Arguments Diddy's long-standing criminal trial appears to finally be nearing an end after the prosecution confirmed it will rest its case on Tuesday. By Cole Blake June 23, 2025
Music R Kelly Fights To Remove Chicago Prosecutors From His Case Due To Alleged Corruption This move from R Kelly's legal team comes shortly after their demand for a new trial and the denial of his home detention request. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 23, 2025
Music Young Scooter's Autopsy Findings Revealed The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed that Young Scooter's death was not the result of a gunshot wound. By Cole Blake April 01, 2025
Music 50 Cent Steps Up His Diddy Trolling Game With AI "Free Diddy" Shirt 50 Cent continues to come up with new ways to troll Diddy every other day it seems thanks to his new best friend, AI. By Zachary Horvath May 28, 2025
Music Lil Yachty Gets Throw'd By Fan Calling Him By His Government Name During Concert Lil Yachty and emerging duo Paris, Texas are accompanying Tyler, The Creator on the Chromakopia world tour that kicked off in 2024. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 12, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Defends Doechii After Viral Met Gala Outburst Doechii recently addressed her tense interaction with her team on TikTok, claiming the evening was "overstimulating." By Caroline Fisher May 08, 2025
Music Diddy Brings Eight Lawyers To Jury Selection For Sex Trafficking Trial Diddy appeared in a courtroom in Manhattan on Monday morning as his criminal trial is finally getting underway. By Cole Blake May 05, 2025
Music Diddy's First Day On Trial Has A Massive Crowd Of People Lining Up Outside The Courtroom Jury selection in Diddy's trial kicked off today, a process that the defense predicts will be difficult due to the inevitability of bias. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 05, 2025
Music Drake Continues To Outclass His Opponents With Massive Spotify Streaming Numbers Not only do Drake fans have a new PARTYNEXTDOOR collab album to listen to, but they're revisiting his catalog ahead of the next project. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Addresses Neighbors' Complaints About His Dogs In New Body Cam Footage We will see if DJ Akademiks addresses this video in any capacity, as he's too busy reporting on important hip-hop matters. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 13, 2025