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Music Ray J Explains Why He Thinks Diddy Will Be Found Not Guilty In His Criminal Trial Diddy is facing charges of alleged sex trafficking and racketeering in the ongoing criminal trial which continued on Wednesday. By Cole Blake May 28, 2025
Music Wiz Khalifa Defends Himself For Giving Son Birthday Punches Wiz Khalifa says that "birthday licks" shouldn't have gotten any backlash. By Tallie Spencer February 26, 2026
Sports Blueface & Nick Young Giggle Throughout Their Face Off As Boxing Match Approaches After a cancellation a few years ago, Blueface and Nick Young are finally all set to square off in the boxing ring sooner than later. By Zachary Horvath February 13, 2026
Music 50 Cent Ruthlessly Trolls Floyd Mayweather Over His Defamation Lawsuit Floyd Mayweather is suing Business Insider over an article about him claiming to have purchased real estate in New York. By Cole Blake May 18, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Calls J. Cole Pathetic, Claims TDE Warned Cole About Kendrick Lamar Diss With J. Cole going on a media tour, DJ Akademiks went off on his livestream, claiming that the artist is pathetic for kowtowing to Kendrick. By Alexander Cole March 25, 2026
Music Doechii Gets Ripped To Shreds For Saying She Dislikes Cats Earlier this week, Doechii took to Threads to reveal why she personally believes that cats don't make good pets. By Caroline Fisher March 04, 2026
Music Dame Dash May Lose The Rights To His Life Story Amid $25 Million Bankruptcy Dame Dash allegedly owes money in unpaid taxes, child support, legal judgments, and more as he recently filed for bankruptcy. By Cole Blake September 16, 2025
Music Lil Pump Punches Out Shirtless Heckler While Livestreaming With Clavicular Lil Pump was streaming with Clavicular on Tuesday evening, and not much good came out of it thanks to a physical altercation on camera. By Alexander Cole March 25, 2026
Music Gamma Co-Founder Larry Jackson Hypes Up Kanye West's "BULLY" Rollout An interview with Larry Jackson recently resurfaced online amid rumors that Kanye West's new album "BULLY" is experiencing another delay. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 01, 2026
Music Playboi Carti Receives Impressive First Week Sales Projections For New Album "MUSIC" Playboi Carti gave a lot of tracks off of his new album "MUSIC" their live debut at his Rolling Loud Los Angeles headlining set this weekend. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Doubles Down On Beefing With Mona From "The Joe Budden Podcast" DJ Akademiks has been beefing with Mona Love ever since she criticized him on "The Joe Budden Podcast," earlier this month. By Cole Blake December 15, 2025
Music Chris Brown Accused Of Depicting Superfan As A Stalker In New Lawsuit Angela Reliford, AKA chrisbrownzwife777, speculates that Chris Brown has secretly been sending her messages through his music videos. By Caroline Fisher April 24, 2025