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Music Pusha T Reveals The Reasons Why Def Jam Had An Issue With Kendrick Lamar's Verse Pusha T previously made this revelation during a feature interview with "GQ" but this time, he's getting into the contents of the verse. By Zachary Horvath June 24, 2025
Music Diddy's Defense Team May Relate His Case To The Conflict In Iran With Closing Arguments Diddy's long-standing criminal trial appears to finally be nearing an end after the prosecution confirmed it will rest its case on Tuesday. By Cole Blake June 23, 2025
Music Diddy Allegedly Tried To Haggle Over Escort Rates For "Freak-Offs" The prosecution has finally called its final witness to the stand in Diddy's long-running sex trafficking and racketeering trial. By Cole Blake June 23, 2025
Music R Kelly Fights To Remove Chicago Prosecutors From His Case Due To Alleged Corruption This move from R Kelly's legal team comes shortly after their demand for a new trial and the denial of his home detention request. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 23, 2025
Music R Kelly's Fiancée Joycelyn Savage Shuts Down Disturbing “Sex Slave” Rumors Joycelyn Savage has finally spoken out about R Kelly as the disgraced singer is trying to get out of prison. By Cole Blake June 23, 2025
Music Keke Palmer Bares All On Alleged Altercation With Her Ex Darius Jackson & Restraining Order While Promoting New Album "Just Keke" Keke Palmer is set to return for the sequel of her breakout 2025 film, One of Them Days, co-starring SZA, produced by Issa Rae. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 23, 2025
Music Erykah Badu & The Alchemist Get Soulful On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update Erykah Badu, The Alchemist, and Samara Cyn gave us a very short but very satisfying update to our "R&B Season" playlist. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2025
Music Former Diddy Assistant's Testimony Fuels Speculation About Kim Porter Capricorn Clark took the stand in Diddy's trial last month and alleged that she was often in charge of booking hotels for "freak-offs." By Caroline Fisher June 22, 2025
Music Azealia Banks Causes Outrage By Defending Other Races Using The N-Word Azealia Banks is once again making headlines for sharing a controversial opinion on her X (formerly Twitter) account. By Cole Blake June 22, 2025
Music Cardi B Apologizes To Atlantic Records Amid Success Of New Song "Outside" According to Cardi B, she was being "very mean" ahead of the release of her new single because she didn't want to drop it. By Caroline Fisher June 22, 2025
Sports Jim Jones Doubles Down On His Nas Take During Debate With Shannon Sharpe Jim Jones had previously claimed that he became bigger than Nas, although he made sure to give the Queens legend his flowers. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2025
Music Yak Gotti's Attorney, Doug Weinstein, Alleges Young Thug Risked Prison To Protect His Crew By Declining A "Blind Plea" Like Gunna In an interview with It's Up There, Doug Weinstein reveals Lil Woody was coerced by the DA and forced to testify under pressure. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 21, 2025