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Music Drake Announces He's "Activated" With New Workout Picture Drake is getting back in the gym as he continues gearing up for the release of his next solo studio album. By Cole Blake May 29, 2025
Music Diddy's Former Assistant Alleges He Maintained An Abusive And Toxic Work Environment An anonymous alleged victim referred to as "Mia" took the stand in Diddy's federal sex trafficking trial on Wednesday. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 29, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Interrogated About Megan Thee Stallion Shooting In Leaked Footage At the end of 2022, Tory Lanez was convicted of multiple felonies related to the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. By Caroline Fisher May 29, 2025
Music Tory Lanez's Legal Team Drops Alleged Evidence Of Witness Claiming A Woman Shot Megan Thee Stallion Tory Lanez is still trying to get out of prison, where he's currently serving a 10-year sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion. By Cole Blake May 29, 2025
Music Young Thug Teases “UY Scuti” With New Taurus-Produced Snippet Fans are looking forward to Young Thug's upcoming album "UY Scuti," which does not yet have an official release date. By Caroline Fisher May 29, 2025
Politics DJ Akademiks Reflects On Pleading With Donald Trump Jr. For An NBA YoungBoy Pardon U.S. President Donald Trump recently pardoned NBA YoungBoy and also commuted the federal sentence of Larry Hoover. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 29, 2025
Politics Kanye West Thanks Drake & Donald Trump Following Larry Hoover's Commutation President Donald Trump has commuted Larry Hoover's federal sentence and it has led to praise from Kanye West. By Alexander Cole May 29, 2025
Pop Culture Timmy Bandsome Admits To Faking DMs With BossMan Dlow About two weeks ago, Florida rapper BossMan Dlow was dragged into some drama with influencer Timmy Bandsome, who's now apologizing. By Zachary Horvath May 28, 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 Blueface's New Prison Photos Have Fans Concerned About His Weight Blueface's new photos are sending the internet into a frenzy right now for a lot of reasons, but his appearance is a big talking point. By Zachary Horvath May 28, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Falls Out Of The Hot 100 After Historic Run Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" will probably never be surpassed in terms of the success it achieved as a diss track. By Zachary Horvath May 28, 2025
Music Songs Of the Summer: Black Music Month Road Trip Edition Black Music Month meets the perfect road trip vibe—iconic classics and fresh bangers collide to fuel every mile with unstoppable energy. By HNHH Staff June 01, 2025