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Music UMG Attempts To Explain Kendrick Lamar’s “Certified Pedophiles” Drake Diss In Court Universal Music Group is trying to get Drake's latest amendment to his defamation lawsuit dismissed in court. By Cole Blake June 30, 2025
Music Chance The Rapper Taps Lil Wayne & Smino For A "Star Line" Single Coming Very Soon Chance The Rapper's new album "Star Line" comes out next month, and Lil Wayne and Smino will grace one of the album's lead singles. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025
Music Diddy Must Hand Over His "Freak-Off" Tapes & Recording Devices This part of Diddy's recent prison sentence for prostitution charges relates to items that federal authorities seized back in March of 2024. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 10, 2025
Music Diddy Approved For Prison Drug Program But There's A Twist Diddy's team was pushing for him to be rehabilitated without the prison time, but the mogul will still be receiving the help he needs. By Zachary Horvath October 09, 2025
Music Logic Brutally Rips Into Fan For Texting During His Concert Fans on social media have been criticizing Logic for going off on the fan who was texting at the recent concert. By Cole Blake October 07, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Praises Taylor Swift For Dissing Charli XCX On "The Life Of A Showgirl" Nicki Minaj also compared herself to Taylor Swift while discussing "The Life Of A Showgirl" on social media. By Cole Blake October 03, 2025
Relationships A$AP Rocky Secretly Sold L.A. Mansion Just Before Rihanna Revealed 3rd Pregnancy A$AP Rocky and Rihanna welcomed their third child, a daughter named Rocki Irish Mayers, earlier this month. By Cole Blake September 30, 2025
Music Drake Allowed To Seek Access To Kendrick Lamar's Record Deal In UMG Lawsuit Drake has been suing Universal Music Group for defamation and the case centers around Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." By Cole Blake April 02, 2025
Music Gunna & Justin Bieber Are Gym Bros Now Justin Bieber has collaborated with Gunna's mentor and former friend Young Thug on Travis Scott's Birds In The Trap album. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 29, 2025
Music Drake Believes He "Bonded" With DDG Following Their Friendly Games Of Basketball Conversely, DDG believes he lost his opportunity to develop a closer relationship with Drake based on how he played his cards. By Zachary Horvath March 29, 2025
Music Rod Wave Allegedly Had A Lean-Filled Baby Bottle During His Arrest Rod Wave was charged with reckless driving, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, and possession of a firearm or knife. By Cole Blake November 11, 2025
Music Cassie Accused Of Dodging Male Sex Worker's Lawsuit Over Diddy's Alleged Freak Offs Cassie previously testified that Diddy allegedly subjected her to a "cycle of abuse, violence and sex trafficking." By Cole Blake November 11, 2025