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Music SZA Reveals Kendrick Lamar’s Game-Changing Advice About Performing Kendrick Lamar and SZA are scheduled to kick off their "Grand National" tour next month with a performance in Minneapolis. By Caroline Fisher March 21, 2025
Music BG Explains How He "Toned Down" His New Album, "Freedom Of Speech," To Avoid Legal Trouble BG released his first studio album since getting out of prison in 2023, "Freedom of Speech," last Friday. By Cole Blake March 20, 2025
Music Charlamagne Tha God Clowns Drake As UMG Files Motion To Dismiss His Lawsuit Charlamagne Tha God noted that many of the same reasons UMG laid out, he previously mentioned on "The Breakfast Club." By Cole Blake March 18, 2025
Music 50 Cent Clowns Tracy Morgan Over Courtside Puking Incident: “WTF” 50 Cent doesn't appear to have any sympathy for Tracy Morgan, who blames food poisoning for his viral incident at the Knicks-Heat game. By Caroline Fisher March 18, 2025
Music Lil Kim Calls Biggie Smalls' Mother Voletta Wallace Her "Second Mom" In Tender Tribute Biggie Smalls discovered Lil Kim in the early 1990s, and their bond eventually extended to his mother, the late Voletta Wallace. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Music Azealia Banks Goes Off On JK Rowling For Transphobic Views JK Rowling, the author of "Harry Potter," has faced public backlash for expressing transphobic views for a number of years now. By Cole Blake March 17, 2025
Music Stevie J Breaks Down Why Diddy's "Empty Promises" Led Him To Leave Bad Boy Stevie J has been one of Diddy's biggest supporters amid his legal scandal and has worked with many more artists outside of Bad Boy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 15, 2025
Music F1lthy Wants To Box DJ Akademiks After Controversial Coverage Of Playboi Carti's New Album "MUSIC" DJ Akademiks admitted that he didn't know who F1lthy was while responding to his comments on Playboi Carti's new album "MUSIC." By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 15, 2025
Music Diddy Shocks The Courtroom With A New Look At Federal Trial's Arraignment The big debate in this federal trial right now revolves around the footage of Diddy assaulting Cassie in a hotel hallway in 2016. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 14, 2025
Music Diddy Accuser Gets Dropped By Her Second Legal Team The update comes as Diddy remains behind bars in New York while awaiting trial on charges of alleged sex trafficking. By Cole Blake March 12, 2025
Relationships DDG Explains Why His Relationship With Halle Bailey Is Similar To Blueface's With Chrisean Rock DDG has been causing an uproar with Halle Bailey fans over how much he can see Halo, and now they are piling on him over this Blueface clip. By Zachary Horvath March 10, 2025
Music Joe Rogan Praised Kanye West Before Interview Mix-Up Earlier this week, Kanye West accidentally planned an interview with someone pretending they were Joe Rogan. By Caroline Fisher March 08, 2025