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Music Cardi B's Debut Album Is On The Way, "Be Patient" Cardi B reminds her fans that patience is a virtue and that her debut album is still coming. By Alex Zidel February 27, 2018
Music Pharrell Reveals Justin Timberlake's "Justified" Was Originally Meant For Michael Jackson Pharrell says almost all of Justin Timberlake's "Justified" was originally meant for Michael Jackson. By Cole Blake December 19, 2020
Music YNW Melly's Jury Selection Continues As Murder Trial Looms Jury selection for YNW Melly's murder trial remains ongoing. By Cole Blake June 06, 2023
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Women Rappers Like Megan Thee Stallion Are More Interested In Being Influencers Than Making Music DJ Akademiks was back on stream last night where he had some smoke for the likes of Megan Thee Stallion and many others. By Alexander Cole February 25, 2025
Music Kodak Black Gets Major Update In Super Bowl Shooting Lawsuit Kodak Black's lawyer has confirmed that there was no settlement in the case, which stems from an incident in 2022. By Cole Blake March 02, 2026
Music Godmother Of Man Alleging He’s Jay-Z’s Son Goes Bankrupt Amid Legal Battle For years, a man named Rymir Satterthwaite has been alleging that he's Jay-Z's biological son, which the mogul denies. By Caroline Fisher December 10, 2025
Music Milagro Gramz Will Represent Herself In Megan Thee Stallion's Appeal The court previously dropped Megan Thee Stallion's defamation claim against Milagro Gramz due to her classification as a media defendant. By Cole Blake January 19, 2026
Music Diddy's Alleged Victim Files Police Report In Miami The victim reportedly plans to file another report in New York as well. By Cole Blake August 19, 2024
Music Kanye West Sort Of Blames His Antisemitic Rants On Being Drunk "Blame it on the a-a-a-a-a-alcohol". By Zachary Horvath August 07, 2024
Viral Joe Budden's Criticism Is What Made Drake Drop "Scary Hours 3," Fans Theorize It's hard to look at this new release, right after Drizzy said he was taking a break and Budden cooking him, without connecting some dots. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 16, 2023
Music Nas & Universal Music Announce Mass Appeal India & Sign Divine As First Artist The GOAT branches out into Asia. By Aron A. August 20, 2019
Music Bryson Tiller Is Finally Back On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update: Stream We also had some killer releases from Kehlani, 4batz, and Khalid in the R&B realm this week. Which one of these was your favorite? By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 07, 2024