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Music Rihanna's Suspected Shooter Risks Losing Custody Of Her Child Rihanna's shooting suspect Ivanna Ortiz allegedly sent a message about RiRi to her estranged husband weeks before the attack. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 14, 2026
TV Dame Dash Talk Show Gets Approved By BET Dame Dash has received some thrilling news about a talk show he's producing and hosting called "OG Stories." By Zachary Horvath March 13, 2026
Music Fans Believe They Just Found Drake's Instagram Burner Account Drake did have his "Plot Twist" account drop a lot of material over the past few years, so maybe this is part of the "ICEMAN" rollout. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2026
Politics The White House Uses Lil Wayne's Music To Promote U.S. Strikes On Iran Given Lil Wayne's previous support of United States President Donald Trump, this White House TikTok garnered some controversy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2026
Music 50 Cent Drops Untitled Track While Trolling T.I., Papoose & Fabolous It seems like 50 Cent might be teasing something big with his talk about "the algorithm" against T.I., Papoose, Fabolous, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2026
Music 50 Cent Drags Claressa Shields Into His Response To Papoose's Disses Papoose recently dropped two diss tracks against 50 Cent, who had already tussled online with his partner Claressa Shields. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2026
Music Lil Nas X Seeks Diversion Program In Ongoing Felony Police Battery Case Lil Nas X also had a short message for his fans. By Tallie Spencer March 12, 2026
Music Ebro Fires Back At Critics After Controversial Hot Take On Drake Ebro recently went viral and began receiving backlash for a comment he made about drake in an episode of "Rap Life Review." By Caroline Fisher March 12, 2026
Music Eminem’s Grandmother, Betty Kresin, Dead At 87 Sources close to Eminem's family claim that his maternal grandmother Betty died at her Missouri home this week. By Caroline Fisher March 11, 2026
Music Drake's Latest Instagram Post Has Fans Demanding An "Iceman" Release Date Drake has been teasing "Iceman" for months at this point, only telling fans that the project will be arriving in 2026. By Cole Blake March 11, 2026
Music Boosie Badazz Intensifies Kodak Black Beef By Threatening Him With Fentanyl Boosie Badazz and Kodak Black have been at odds for years, but the feud reignited following the heated Instagram Live session, this week. By Cole Blake March 11, 2026
Music Boosie Badazz & Kodak Black Exchange More Insults As Feud Escalates Earlier this week, Kodak Black joined Boosie Badazz's livestream, prompting a heated back-and-forth between the two of them. By Caroline Fisher March 11, 2026