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Music Suge Knight Theorizes Why Diddy's Peers Aren't Speaking About His Sex Trafficking Trial Suge Knight weighed in on Diddy's ongoing criminal trial in New York City while speaking with Aubrey O’Day. By Cole Blake June 18, 2025
Music New Diddy Trial Evidence Reveals Hotel Planning & Cleanup Logistics For Alleged "Freak-Offs" The twenty-fourth day of Diddy's criminal trial kicked off in New York City on Monday morning with more testimony. By Cole Blake June 16, 2025
Relationships Jeezy Speaks On How He's Doing Following Tumultuous Divorce From Jeannie Mai Jeezy and Jeannie Mai were at each other's throats for months during the finalization of their split, but the MC seems to be healing. By Zachary Horvath June 11, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Divides Fans' Tastes With His Iced-Out Lollipop Some Playboi Carti fans have pretty bigoted views of his style choices, whereas others think he's just doing too much to be cheeky. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 10, 2025
Streetwear Diddy's Prison Wardrobe From "Monster's Ball" Goes Up For Auction Amid Federal Trial Diddy played a character named Lawrence Musgrove in the 2001 film "Monster's Ball" alongside Halle Berry, Yasiin Bey, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 31, 2025
Pop Culture Donald Trump Officially Pardons NBA YoungBoy & Commutes Larry Hoover’s Sentence Donald Trump had a long list of pardons released earlier today and NBA YoungBoy was on it. Larry Hoover is also getting a shorter sentence. By Zachary Horvath May 28, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Explains How He Baited Lil Durk Into Going To Jail 6ix9ine continuously told Lil Durk to "slide for Von" and now, the rapper wants to take credit for Durk's arrest. By Alexander Cole April 08, 2025
Music Drake's "Fake Love" Surpasses 1 Billion Streams, Expanding His Historic Lead The historic feat comes as Drake prepares to enter the "next chapter" of his career, according to a recent Instagram post. By Cole Blake March 23, 2025
Music 2 Chainz Explains Drake's "Genius" Contribution To "F**kin' Problems" 2 Chainz says Drake was responsible for turning his contribution to the song, "F**kin' Problems," into the iconic hook. By Cole Blake March 11, 2026
Relationships Latto Trolls Fans With Fake Pregnancy Reveal The pregnancy drama comes after Latto finally confirmed her long-rumored relationship with 21 Savage, last year. By Cole Blake February 17, 2026
Music YFN Lucci Addresses Rumors About 2020 Shooting That Killed His Close Friend YFN Lucci's late friend, James Adams, was shot at while the former was reportedly driving through rival gang territory in Dec. 2020. By Zachary Horvath September 27, 2025
Music 50 Cent Brutally Rejects Dame Dash’s Truce Attempt Earlier this month, Dame Dash took to Instagram to reveal that he wants to squash his beef with both Cam'ron and 50 Cent. By Caroline Fisher September 23, 2025