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Music Diddy Trial Will Reportedly Not Sequester Jurors Despite Massive Media Coverage If you needed proof of the public interest in the Diddy case, there's a massive line outside the courtroom to attend the trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 05, 2025
Music Diddy Brings Eight Lawyers To Jury Selection For Sex Trafficking Trial Diddy appeared in a courtroom in Manhattan on Monday morning as his criminal trial is finally getting underway. By Cole Blake May 05, 2025
Music Diddy's First Day On Trial Has A Massive Crowd Of People Lining Up Outside The Courtroom Jury selection in Diddy's trial kicked off today, a process that the defense predicts will be difficult due to the inevitability of bias. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 05, 2025
Music ASAP Rocky & Denzel Washington Steal The Show In Spike Lee's "Highest 2 Lowest" Teaser Trailer Denzel Washington, ASAP Rocky, Ice Spice, and more star in Spike Lee's retelling of Akira Kurosawa's "High And Low." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 05, 2025
Music Kanye West Makes Controversial Lewd Remarks About His Female Employees & Friends This follows various sexual misconduct allegations against Kanye West from various women, which remain unresolved at press time. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 04, 2025
Music Dave Blunts Encourages His White Fans To Say The N-Word At Controversial Show Considering all the work Dave Blunts is putting in for Kanye West these days, we're not really surprised by this. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 04, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Fans Receive Promising Update After Rapper’s Prison Release Last year, NBA YoungBoy was arrested and hit with several charges related to an alleged prescription drug fraud scheme. By Caroline Fisher May 04, 2025
Music KARRAHBOOO Accuses Lil Yachty Of Abandoning Her After A Frightening Car Accident KARRAHBOOO alleges that Lil Yachty is keeping her stuck under his label, whereas Lil Yachty accused her of playing victim. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2025
Music Soulja Boy & Top5 Put Each Other On Blast Due To Soulja's Beef With Drake Soulja Boy has dissed Drake on multiple occasions in the past, but Top5 wasn't there to defend Drizzy like he is now. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 03, 2025
Music Lil Meech Addresses 50 Cent’s Substance Abuse Allegations Last month, 50 Cent posted a photo of Lil Meech asleep in a wheelchair, accompanied by Amy Winehouse's song "Rehab." By Caroline Fisher May 03, 2025
Music SZA Provides Exclusive Look Behind The Scenes Of “Grand National” Tour With Kendrick Lamar SZA has decided to start vlogging her life, which just so happens to include a co-headlining stadium tour with Kendrick Lamar. By Caroline Fisher May 02, 2025
Viral DJ Akademiks Reveals He Signed With Kick For A Brand New Streaming Agreement DJ Akademiks didn't reveal many details about this Kick partnership, but he assured viewers he will still stream on various platforms. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2025