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Music The Weeknd Secures Forward-Thinking Catalog Partnership In The Billions The Weeknd continues to make big money moves and this latest one is also pretty innovative and could be the future. By Zachary Horvath December 15, 2025
Music Tim Westwood Pleads Not Guilty To All 15 Sexual Assault Charges Tim Westwood is maintaining a "not guilty" plea. By Tallie Spencer December 11, 2025
Politics Mysonne Joins Zohran Mamdani’s Transition Team As A Criminal Justice Adviser Zohran Mamdani will be taking office on January 1 after beating Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa in the 2025 election. By Cole Blake December 09, 2025
Music Victoria Monet Reveals She Hopes To Land A Drake Collab One Day Victoria Monét previously said she'd love to work with Kendrick Lamar, so this recent praise raised many Drake fans' eyebrows. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 05, 2025
Music Clipse Hilariously Refuse To Acknowledge Other Rap Songs From This Year Pusha T and Malice return to Reddit for a new AMA, where they refuse to acknowledge other rap songs released this year. By Tallie Spencer December 04, 2025
Music Mother Of POORSTACY’s Child Arrested For Neglect After His Death POORSTACY reportedly died from a self-inflicted gun wound at a hotel in Boca Raton, Florida over the weekend. By Cole Blake December 03, 2025
Sports NFL Linebacker Goes Viral For Invoking YNW Melly After Beating Former Team The Houston Texans and E.J. Speed took down their division rivals in the Indianapolis Colts, which also happens to be Speed's former team. By Zachary Horvath December 01, 2025
TV 50 Cent Shows Off Never-Before-Seen Diddy Footage In Trailer For New Docuseries 50 Cent's executive-produced, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning," is dropping this week. But before it does, he's teasing it with a new trailer. By Zachary Horvath December 01, 2025
Music Young Thug Raises Eyebrows After Dubbing "Ninja" As His "Gay Anthem" Of The Year Young Thug is quite a master at trolling, and it seems he was having lots of fun answering this reporter's question. By Zachary Horvath November 21, 2025
Music Fetty Wap Secures Early Prison Release For Next Holiday Season Beyond some prison photos and calls for his freedom from his family, we haven't been able to hear much about Fetty Wap during his sentence. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 16, 2025
Music Bhad Bhabie & 6ix9ine Feud Online Over Claims About Her Underage Rap Flings Bhad Bhabie asked "rat" 6ix9ine to stop speaking on her, whereas Tekashi brought up her allegedly abusive relationship with LeVaughn. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 12, 2025
Music Kanye West Sent Candace Owens Secret Information To Be Released In Case He's Killed Candace Owens has been a staunch Kanye West defender/protector for the last few years, and it seems Ye has a lot of trust in her. By Zachary Horvath October 10, 2025