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Pop Culture Halle Bailey's Restraining Order Against DDG, Explained A court granted Halle Bailey a temporary restraining order against DDG. By Aron A. May 15, 2025
Music Big U Finally Gets A Trial Date As Prosecutors Plead For More Time To Review Evidence Big U is facing a litany of alleged crimes stemming from a massive indictment that authorities unsealed, earlier this year. By Cole Blake May 14, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Hasn’t Spoken To Snoop Dogg Since Checking Him For Accidental Drake Co-Sign According to Snoop Dogg, he didn't know what he was doing when he reposted Drake's "Taylor Made Freestyle." By Caroline Fisher May 14, 2025
Music Suge Knight Theorizes Diddy Will Tamper With Jury And Get Pardoned By Donald Trump Cassie has already made several disturbing claims about her toxic relationship with Diddy during his trial. By Caroline Fisher May 14, 2025
Music Luxury Tax 50 Tells Adin Ross He's Ready To Slap Travis Scott Luxury Tax 50 was an artist on the original "Jackboys" project but now, it seems like he is going after Travis Scott. By Alexander Cole May 14, 2025
Music Rory From "Rory & Mal" Lit Up On Twitter Spaces After Being Exposed For Old Anti-Black Tweets Several of Rory Farrell's old tweets have resurfaced, exposing him for making offensive comments about Black women. By Caroline Fisher November 13, 2025
Music Kanye West Reportedly Apologizing To Jewish Collaborators For Past Antisemitism Recently, Kanye West decided to turn over a new leaf, meeting with Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto and expressing remorse for his behavior. By Caroline Fisher November 13, 2025
Music Ja Rule Argues His Feud With 50 Cent Was Bad For New York Hip-Hop Despite wanting to avoid promoting any negativity, Ja Rule also declared himself a "better rapper" than 50 Cent. By Cole Blake November 12, 2025
Music Lil Woody Calls Out Young Thug For Forgiving YFN Lucci But Not Gunna Young Thug has been at odds with Gunna ever since he accepted a plea deal in the YSL RICO case back in 2022. By Cole Blake November 12, 2025
Music Adamn Killa Detained By Chicago Police Over “Arrest Me, Daddy” Trend According to Adamn Killa, he "went and made more ‘Arrest me, daddy’ videos right after" police released him. By Caroline Fisher November 12, 2025
Music Ja Rule Reveals What Advice He’d Give Drake Amid Kendrick Lamar Feud Ja Rule has dealt with his fair share of rap beef throughout his decades-long career, much like Drake and Kendrick Lamar. By Caroline Fisher November 11, 2025
Music Big U Seeks Temporary Jail Release To Attend Son's Funeral Eugene “Big U” Henley's son, Jabari “Baby Uiie” Henley, was shot and killed in Los Angeles on Halloween night. By Cole Blake November 11, 2025