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Music Cardi B Explains Why She's Including "WAP" & "Up" On Her Sophomore Album Cardi B has been catching a lot of heat for including these older tracks on her next LP, but she feels they deserve to be there. By Zachary Horvath June 25, 2025
Music Trey Songz Nearly Comes To Blows With A Fan In Heated Confrontation More details on the argument remain unclear, but a video of Trey Songz threatening to "beat the sh*t out of" someone is circulating online. By Cole Blake June 25, 2025
Music Offset Reveals That Sabrina Carpenter Is His Celebrity Crush Once Offset and Cardi B finalize their divorce, will the former Migos rapper go after his new crush, Sabrina Carpenter? By Zachary Horvath June 24, 2025
Music Diddy Prosecutors Rest Their Case After More Alleged “Freak-Off” Revelations The prosecution's final witness, Homeland Security Investigations special agent Joseph Cerciello, testified in Diddy's trial today. By Caroline Fisher June 24, 2025
Music SZA Hints At Possible Feature On Cardi B’s Sophomore Album, “Am I The Drama?” Cardi B's eagerly anticipated sophomore album, "Am I The Drama?," is scheduled to drop on September 19, 2025. By Caroline Fisher June 24, 2025
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