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Music Tory Lanez Shares Petition Calling For His Release From Prison After Stabbing Incident Tory Lanez is currently serving a 10-year sentence behind bars for the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. By Cole Blake May 28, 2025
Music Rod Wave's Attorneys Allege He Was The Victim Of A Burglary Rod Wave was arrested yesterday, May 21, in Fulton County and was hit with 14 felony counts. However, he's since posted bond. By Zachary Horvath May 21, 2025
Music Cassie Alleges Diddy Forced Her To Alter Her Appearance Before Freak-Offs Cassie's testimony has revealed quite a bit about her dynamic with Diddy such as how toxic she claims it was for her. By Zachary Horvath May 13, 2025
Music Cassie Alleges Diddy Introduced Her To Blue Dolphin Ecstasy In Shocking Trial Testimony Cassie has finally taken the stand in Diddy's criminal trial in which he faces charges of alleged sex trafficking and racketeering. By Cole Blake May 13, 2025
Music Diddy's Trial Crawls Forward As Possible Jurors Keep Getting Denied The process is expected to continue for the rest of the week before opening statements kick off on Monday, May 12th. By Cole Blake May 06, 2025
Music Diddy Trial Will Reportedly Not Sequester Jurors Despite Massive Media Coverage If you needed proof of the public interest in the Diddy case, there's a massive line outside the courtroom to attend the trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares 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 Jim Jones Explains How Drake Has Done More For The Culture Than Anyone Else Jim Jones labeled Drake's "Nokia" the song of the summer during an interview on "Way Up With Angela Yee." By Cole Blake May 04, 2025
Music Trey Songz Hits Kansas City Police Department With Lawsuit Over 2021 Arrest Back in 2021, Trey Songz was arrested at the AFC Championship Game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills. By Caroline Fisher January 22, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Hints That A "Don't Be Dumb" Deluxe Is Coming Despite a lot of fans being happy with "Don't Be Dumb" it seems like A$AP Rocky isn't done feeding them just yet. By Zachary Horvath January 17, 2026
Music 50 Cent Enjoys Best Career Streaming Day On Spotify Thanks To His Diddy Docuseries The success of 50 Cent's documentary on Diddy seemingly has viewers and/or fans of his revisiting the best of his catalog. By Zachary Horvath December 11, 2025
Music Drake Left Off Spotify's Top Albums List As Kendrick Lamar & SZA Dominate Spotify Wrapped is officially here, and as you can imagine, it has created another divide between Drake and Kendrick Lamar fans. By Alexander Cole December 03, 2025