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Music Bow Wow Tells Cam Newton He Wants To Co-Headline Future Millennium Tour With Ciara Bow Wow and Ciara dated when they were 17 years old and made the classic love song, "Like You," before breaking up in 2006. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 05, 2025
Pop Culture Tina Knowles Changes IG Caption As Fans Assume She's Dissing Nicki Minaj Tina Knowles wants no part of the drama between Nicki Minaj and Jay-Z, which exploded on social media, Wednesday. By Cole Blake July 10, 2025
Music Yella Beezy Seeks Bond Modification To Return To Thriving Rap Career Ahead Of Upcoming Trial Yella Beezy is one of the leading artists in Texas hip hop with chart-topping singles “That’s On Me” and “Restroom Occupied.” By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 17, 2025
Music Erykah Badu Announces Nine-City Tour With The Alchemist Ahead Of Joint Album Ahead of the release of their joint album, Erykah Badu and The Alchemist will premiere the project while on tour. By Devin Morton August 01, 2025
Music Joe Budden Weighs In On Mero Taking Ebro's Spot On Hot 97 Mero began hosting his own show on Hot 97 on Tuesday morning, following the cancelation of "Ebro in the Morning." By Cole Blake January 14, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA Maintain Their Billboard Top Spot After "Grand National" Tour Opening This follows big business moves for the "luther" duo, such as Kendrick Lamar's Chanel partnership and SZA's "No Beauty" cosmetics line. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 21, 2025
Music 2Pac's Family Reportedly Heated Over AI Imagery On Social Media If you haven't seen, there are a lot of AI-generated videos and images of 2Pac across platforms such as X and it's getting out of hand. By Zachary Horvath October 10, 2025
Music Drake's UMG Lawsuit's Dismissal Shows Up In Fat Joe's Defamation Case Lawyer Tyrone Blackburn is representing Fat Joe's former hype man Terrance "T.A." Dixon in a defamation lawsuit not quite similar to Drake's. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 12, 2025
Music DDG Blasts Fans For Obsessing Over First-Day Streams Following New Album DDG dropped his second album of 2025 titled "moo" this past Friday, October 10, and it's gotten off to a rough start streaming wise. By Zachary Horvath October 13, 2025
Music Diddy's Employees Are Allegedly Furious They Aren't Getting Paid While He's In Prison Diddy is currently serving out a 50-month prison sentence at Fort Dix for transportation to engage in prostitution. By Cole Blake January 07, 2026
Music Diddy May Demand A Mistrial If Black Juror Is Dismissed Diddy's legal team may be requesting yet another mistrial as more drama has ensued in his ongoing criminal case. By Cole Blake June 16, 2025
Music Kodak Black Caught Picking His Nose And Wiping Boogers On Woman's Head Kodak Black went digging for gold and found the jackpot. However, he decided to give treasure to someone else. By Zachary Horvath June 21, 2025