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Music Judge In Diddy Trial Delays Jury Selection Due To Fear That Jurors Will Get "Cold Feet" According to Judge Arun Subramanian's latest ruling, opening statements in the Diddy trial will immediately follow this jury selection phase. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 09, 2025
Music Erica Banks Has The Internet Disgusted For Throwing Her Controversial BBL Back On A Fan It's safe to say that the internet has reached a consensus on the Texas rapper's surgery. By Zachary Horvath November 04, 2024
Music Kelsey Harris Tapes Played In Court, Says She Saw Tory Lanez Shoot Megan Kelsey testified she didn't remember much of anything about the shooting, but in an audio of her interview with prosecutors, she gave precise details. By Erika Marie December 16, 2022
Music Akon Provides An Update On The Highly-Anticipated "Akon City" The singer admitted that "Akon City" is still a ways away. By Devin Morton November 22, 2024
Music Kanye West $8 Million Lawsuit Against YesJulz, Explained Ye himself has been quiet about the ordeal, while YesJulz has defended herself on social media. By Demi Phillips March 20, 2024
Music Diddy Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Underage Girl In New Anonymous Lawsuit The lawsuit also accuses two other men of alleged assault. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 13, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar’s Leaked Verse For Frank Ocean’s “Nights” Has Fans Split Social media users feel strongly about Kendrick's scrapped "Nights" verse. By Caroline Fisher August 04, 2024
Music JID Takes Charge On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update We have some massive albums from JID, Gunna, and Young Nudy to celebrate on our latest "Fire Emoji" playlist update. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 09, 2025
Relationships Coi Leray Reveals She & Trippie Redd Are Expecting Their First Child Together Coi Leray will officially become a mother in 2025. By Cole Blake January 01, 2025
Original Content Meet Alina Baraz: "It Was Divine" Songstress On Working With Khalid & More EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Alina Baraz tells us all about her new debut album, "It Was Divine," her aversions to self-criticism and the notion of "genre," and what she's been up to in quarantine in our new interview. By Lynn S. May 08, 2020
Pop Culture Ice Spice Is Fighting Back In Her Wig Lawsuit Issues between Ice Spice and wig retailer Thee Bella Brand begun back in 2024 and it eventually turned into a legal war in 2025. By Zachary Horvath April 16, 2026
Music Offset's Fight With 42 Dugg Led To Lil Baby Beef, Wack 100 Claims Offset and Lil Baby's feud can apparently be traced back to a dice game with 42 Dugg. By Cole Blake January 03, 2024