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Music Jay-Z Throws Apparent Shade At Kanye West While Performing With Beyonce In Paris The move comes as Kanye West has made numerous headlines in recent months for speaking about Jay-Z and Beyonce. By Cole Blake June 23, 2025
Music Diddy Trial's Verdict Sheet For Jurors Releases To The Public The Diddy trial's jury will unpack five weeks of testimony, evidence, and arguments, and their decision could send Puff to jail for life. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 23, 2025
Music Kehlani Promotes New Single "Folded" With Summer-Ready Gym Bod That Can FOLD Y'all Boyfriend Kehlani toured the nation in 2024 with her latest album, Crash. It included the hit single "After Hours." It reached the top of the charts. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 22, 2025
Music Kanye West Hopes To "Manifest Love" By Changing His Album's Controversial Title Kanye West is working on multiple albums right now, one of which was supposed to fully come out last week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2025
Music Pluto Appears To Shade Latto After “WHIM WHAMIEE” Remix Gets Axed In Pluto's new track "Excuse Me," she refers to herself as "Big Mama," a nickname commonly used by her fellow femcee Latto. By Caroline Fisher June 22, 2025
Music Jeezy Reveals Jay-Z Canceled Their Music Video To Let Bobby Shmurda Shine Bobby Shmurda had just dropped his classic "Hot N***a," whereas Jeezy and Jay-Z had recently released the iconic "Seen It All." By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2025
Music R Kelly Seeks New Trial Due To Alleged Murder Plot, Witness Tampering, And More R Kelly and his legal team alleged they have evidence of witness tampering and obstruction of justice, and want his bond secured as well. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2025
Music Ray J Warns He Won't Be “Silenced” Amid Kim Kardashian’s Bombshell Lawsuit This week, Kim Kardashian and her mother filed a lawsuit against Ray J after he alleged that a RICO case against them is imminent. By Caroline Fisher October 02, 2025
Music Young Thug Reveals He's Bringing Quavo On Tour In 2026 The tour announcement comes after Young Thug release his first album since getting out of jail, "UY Scuti." By Cole Blake October 02, 2025
Sports Killer Mike Publicly Apologizes To Steph & Ayesha Curry After Criticizing Her Killer Mike crossed a line earlier this month while reacting to a TikTok about Ayesha and Steph Curry's relationship dynamic. By Zachary Horvath October 01, 2025
Music Young Thug Receives Disappointing First-Week Sales Projections For "UY SCUTI" Young Thug's "UY SCUTI" dropped this past Friday, September 26, with who's who of features. But it's trending in the wrong direction. By Zachary Horvath October 01, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Calls Cardi B's Daughter Kulture Ugly, Goes After Jay-Z In The Process Nicki Minaj reignited her feud with Cardi B, earlier this week, by calling her out after the release of "Am I The Drama?" By Cole Blake October 01, 2025