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Music D’Angelo’s Daughter Imani Breaks Her Silence On His Death In Heartbreaking Tribute D'Angelo passed away at the age of 51 this week following a long and private battle with pancreatic cancer. By Caroline Fisher October 16, 2025
Music Drake's "Not Like Us" Lawsuit Against UMG Has Officially Been Dismissed Drake was suing UMG for defamation following Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" diss track, and now, the lawsuit has been dismissed. By Alexander Cole October 09, 2025
Music Judge Mercilessly Rules On Diddy's Request To Serve Prison Sentence At Fort Dix In a letter submitted to Judge Arun Subramanian recently, Diddy's legal team "strongly recommend" that he be placed at FCI Fort Dix. By Caroline Fisher October 09, 2025
Music Is Diddy's Sentencing Being Livestreamed? At his sentencing hearing, Diddy is expected to speak about how he's been reformed during his time in jail thus far. By Cole Blake October 03, 2025
Music 4 Dead, 14 Injured In Mass Shooting At Mello Buckzz Concert Mello Buckzz was hosting a release party for her new project, "Hollyhood," when an SUV opened fire outside the venue. By Cole Blake July 03, 2025
Music King Combs Delivers Ecstatic Message To Fans Following Diddy's Mixed Verdict There's a belief amongst Diddy and his family that he will get out on bond later today ahead of his sentencing. By Zachary Horvath July 02, 2025
Music Suge Knight Claims That 2Pac's Family And Friends Smoked His Ashes After His Death Suge Knight recently opened up about what happened immediately after 2Pac died, including a gesture he described as "symbolic." By Devin Morton July 02, 2025
Politics Nelly Calls Out Kamala Harris For Marrying A White Man Amid Donald Trump Performance Backlash Nelly recently suggested that he's more pro-Black than Kamala Harris because of who they each decided to marry. By Caroline Fisher June 30, 2025
Music Ying Yang Twins Leave Fans Puzzled After Bizarre SeaWorld Performance You probably know The Ying Yang Twins best for their crunk classics, as even the crowd at SeaWorld got down to "Get Low." By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 30, 2025
Music Offset Reveals That Sabrina Carpenter Is His Celebrity Crush Once Offset and Cardi B finalize their divorce, will the former Migos rapper go after his new crush, Sabrina Carpenter? By Zachary Horvath June 24, 2025
Music Keke Palmer Bares All On Alleged Altercation With Her Ex Darius Jackson & Restraining Order While Promoting New Album "Just Keke" Keke Palmer is set to return for the sequel of her breakout 2025 film, One of Them Days, co-starring SZA, produced by Issa Rae. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 23, 2025
Music Diddy's Sons Justin And Christian "King" Combs Send Him Father's Day Well-Wishes Amid Trial Diddy's family has shown up in court to support him in his federal trial, and they have made that solidarity clear online as well. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 16, 2025