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Music Blondy Of The Sequence Dead At 67 Cheryl "The Pearl" Cook recently confirmed the passing of her groupmate Blondy, revealing that she's "in shock." By Caroline Fisher April 08, 2026
Music 50 Cent Weighs In On Kanye West's Wireless Festival Controversy Kanye West's headlining gig at Wireless Festival comes after he performed in Los Angeles for the first time since 2021. By Cole Blake April 06, 2026
Music Pooh Shiesty & His Father Arrested After Tennessee Home Raid Pooh Shiesty's family home was raided by the FBI earlier this week, and now, both he and his father are facing charges. By Caroline Fisher April 02, 2026
Music Lil Woody Claims Young Thug Has "Gay Secrets" Against Rappers In His Circle Lil Woody was recently on DJ Akademiks' stream, where he offered up his views on the latest with Young Thug. By Alexander Cole March 24, 2026
Relationships RZA Shares His Thoughts On A$AP Rocky & Rihanna Naming Their Son After Him RZA's comments on A$AP Rocky and Rihanna come after a woman fired several gunshots at their home in Beverly Hills. By Cole Blake March 16, 2026
Music Woman Who Shot Up Rihanna’s Home All But Guaranteed To Stay In Jail As Authorities Issue Massive Bail Amount Police allege that Ivana Ortiz fired several shots from her Tesla at Rihanna's home in Beverly Hills on Sunday. By Cole Blake March 09, 2026
Music Rihanna's Home Shot At With AR-15-Style Rifle: Everything We Know Police have already arrested a woman in her 30s as a suspect in the shooting at Rihanna's house from over the weekend. By Cole Blake March 09, 2026
Music Kanye West Reportedly Almost Fell Asleep During Mansion Trial Testimony Kanye West testified in his ongoing case with Tony Saxon, a contractor accusing Ye of malpractice over his work on his Malibu mansion. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 08, 2026
Music Cardi B Calls Karmelo Anthony's 35-Year Prison Sentence "Disgusting" Cardi B took to X on Tuesday evening where she offered her reaction to the case involving Karmelo Anthony. By Alexander Cole June 10, 2026
Music Lord Jamar "Wasn't That Impressed" By Jay-Z’s Roots Picnic Freestyle Lord Jamar has some questions. By Aron A. June 08, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar & Cardi B Win Big At The AMA's Are you surprised? By Aron A. May 26, 2026
Music Joe Budden Denies TDE Paid Him To Support Kendrick Lamar Against Drake Although Joe Budden has had beef with Drake in the past, he said neither TDE, Kendrick Lamar, nor any other artist has paid him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2026