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Music Diddy Wants To Block "Mia" Accuser From Speaking At His Sentencing Hearing Diddy will return to the courtroom for his sentencing on Friday, October 3, when he'll finally learn whether he'll have to stay behind bars. By Cole Blake October 01, 2025
Music Jay-Z Explains NFL's Decision To Have Bad Bunny Headline Super Bowl Halftime Show The NFL announced that Bad Bunny will be serving as the headliner for the next Super Bowl Halftime Show on Sunday. By Cole Blake September 29, 2025
Music Coi Leray Shockingly Addresses Cardi B's Name-Drop In BIA Diss A social media account claimed that Coi Leray was upset with Cardi B for mentioning her in her BIA diss, "Pretty & Petty." By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 25, 2025
Politics Kamala Harris Uses Kendrick Lamar Lyrics In Epigraph Of Forthcoming Memoir Kamala Harris is readying her memoir "107 Days" next week and it will detail "the shortest presidential campaign in modern history." By Zachary Horvath September 20, 2025
Music Ice Spice Reveals Why Things Went Left With Nicki Minaj Last June, an ex-friend of Ice Spice leaked some text messages between them about Nicki Minaj that weren't necessarily the nicest. By Zachary Horvath September 16, 2025
Music The Complex, Compromised & Celebrated Legacy Of Travis Scott’s “Rodeo” Ten years after the release of "Rodeo," Travis Scott's flaws on the album are just as important to his identity and impact as his strengths. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 22, 2025
Music Dave Blunts Pleads With Kanye West To "Find God" After Cutting Ye Off Dave Blunts wrote many of the lyrics to recent Kanye West releases, which engaged even more in Ye's controversies. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 12, 2025
Music BigXthaPlug Fan Gets Angry After The Rapper Declined Taking A Picture With Him BigXthaPlug lives by the rule that if he takes a picture with one fan, he has to take a picture with everyone. This admirer wasn't having it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 01, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Disses Ab-Soul And Tells Him He'll Never Be Loved Like Nipsey Hussle DJ Akademiks did not take kindly to having his name mentioned by Ab-Soul on Soulo's long-awaited response to the East Coast. By Devin Morton May 27, 2025
Music Lefty Gunplay Allegedly Blocked From Going Onstage During Kendrick Lamar's L.A. Show Lefty Gunplay has not addressed this at press time, so take this Kendrick Lamar concert narrative with a grain of salt. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Thinks Hip-Hop Should Reevaluate Nicki Minaj & Remy Ma Beef DJ Akademiks thinks Papoose's ghostwriting allegations against Remy Ma change the perception of her Nicki Minaj beef. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 23, 2025
Music Young Thug Calls Kid Cudi A "Rat" In Lightning Fast Tweet-And-Delete Young Thug does not seem to be the biggest fan of Kid Cudi these days following the artist's testimony at the Diddy Trial. By Alexander Cole May 23, 2025