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Music R Kelly Demands Immediate Release Due To Alleged Prison Murder Plot R Kelly alleges that authorities offered to release a terminally ill Aryan Brotherhood member in exchange for killing him. By Caroline Fisher June 11, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Wins Big At The BET Awards As Chris Brown Prevents Him From Sweeping Kendrick Lamar has been having an incredible start to 2025, and it should come as no surprise that he keeps cleaning up at awards shows. By Alexander Cole June 10, 2025
Music 50 Cent Trolls Diddy And His Alleged Sex Trafficking Victim Amid New Trial Testimony 50 Cent has mocked Diddy all throughout his scandal for misconduct allegations, and the Bad Boy mogul's alleged victims aren't excluded. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 05, 2025
Music Diddy’s Defense Asks Cassie’s Friend If She’s Lying During Intense Testimony Today, Cassie's friend fashion designer Bryana "Bana" Bongolan took the stand during Diddy's federal trial. By Caroline Fisher June 04, 2025
Music Eminem Seeks $109 Million In Copyright Lawsuit Against Meta News about Eminem's publishing company, going after the mega social media company surfaced last Friday, May 30. By Zachary Horvath June 04, 2025
Music Steven Victor Admits It Took An "Insane" Amount Of Money For Pusha T & Clipse To Leave Def Jam Pusha T recently revealed that he and No Malice are no longer signed to Def Jam ahead of their new album release. By Cole Blake June 03, 2025
Pop Culture Touré Calls Out Jaguar Wright For Her Bold Claims About Saving Girls From Diddy's Alleged "Freak-Offs" Touré's comments about Jaguar Wright come as Diddy's criminal trial has been underway for weeks in New York City. By Cole Blake June 02, 2025
Music Ray J Goes Off On Fans Over Backlash For His Support Of Diddy Ray J made comments about Suge Knight recently, claiming the former executive assaulted men and women while out. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 31, 2025
Music Drake’s Attorneys Call Out UMG’s Motion To Dismiss Allegedly Ignoring The Millions of People Who Believe The Allegations In “Not Like Us” Drake released his joint album, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, with PartyNextDoor while beginning a legal battle with UMG over defamation. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 31, 2025
Music 50 Cent Plans To Talk Donald Trump Out Of Potential Diddy Pardon When asked whether or not he'd consider pardoning Diddy today, Donald Trump said he'd "certainly look at the facts." By Caroline Fisher May 30, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Still Hasn't Filed Any New Evidence In Megan Thee Stallion Shooting Case Tory Lanez's team continues to push for his freedom in the Megan Thee Stallion shooting case despite his previous conviction. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 30, 2025
Music Fat Joe Recounts The Time He Bailed Justin Bieber Out Of Jail & The Internet Refuses To Believe Him Fat Joe and Justin Bieber have never collaborated on a song together since the singer became famous in 2009. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 29, 2025