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Music Feds Claim They Intercepted 20K Phone Calls In Big U's RICO Case The update comes as Big U's co-defendants in the case are hoping to push their trial date back a full year. By Cole Blake May 04, 2025
Music Kanye West Makes Disgusting Jokes About Desecrating Virgil Abloh's Grave Kanye West has been criticizing his late former collaborator in controversial posts on social media for a number of months. By Cole Blake May 01, 2025
Music Charlamagne Tha God & Andrew Schulz Have Unrelenting Kanye West Session Over Wild Cousin Admission Charlamagne Tha God did give some credit to Kanye West on "The Breakfast Club" earlier this week, but that was all thrown out the window. By Zachary Horvath April 26, 2025
Music Jay-Z Sets The Record Straight On His Relationship With J. Cole During his recent interview with "GQ," Jay-Z opened up about his legal issues, rap beef, Kendrick Lamar, and more. By Caroline Fisher March 24, 2026
Music Top Dawg Entertainment Announces Its Newest Artist Trap Dickey previously appeared at the 12th Annual TDE Christmas Concert and Toy Drive in Los Angeles in December. By Cole Blake March 17, 2026
Music Kanye West Reportedly Almost Fell Asleep During Mansion Trial Testimony Kanye West testified in his ongoing case with Tony Saxon, a contractor accusing Ye of malpractice over his work on his Malibu mansion. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 08, 2026
Music Roc Nation Wants Desiree Perez’s Daughter Held In Contempt Over Tasha K Interview Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez's daughter Demoree Hadley sued her this May, alleging that she had her Baker Acted for no good reason. By Caroline Fisher July 16, 2025
Music Megan Thee Stallion Cameraman’s Sexual Harassment Lawsuit To Move Forward Last year, Megan Thee Stallion's ex-cameraman sued her for allegedly sleeping with a woman in front of him, body-shaming him, and more. By Caroline Fisher July 08, 2025
Music Drake Gets Stream Sniped By Fans During Surprise "ICEMAN" Live Session Drake premiered a fiery new song titled "What Did I Miss?" during this "ICEMAN" livestream, and dropped it just a few hours later. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 05, 2025
Music We Now Know When Diddy's Trial Will Be Wrapped Up By It's also been revealed that Diddy has chosen not to testify in his trial with experts giving their reasons as to why. By Zachary Horvath June 18, 2025
Music Lupe Fiasco Argues Nas Doesn't Rank Highly Among Hip-Hop's Best Lyricists Lupe Fiasco was on "Culture United" this week, where he spoke on a myriad of topics, including Nas' lyricism. By Alexander Cole July 02, 2026
Music Future & BlocBoy JB Deliver Heartfelt Tributes To Tay Keith Tay Keith's funeral was held earlier this week, and it led to some nice tributes from Future and BlocBoy JB. By Alexander Cole July 02, 2026