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Music Trey Songz Hits Kansas City Police Department With Lawsuit Over 2021 Arrest Back in 2021, Trey Songz was arrested at the AFC Championship Game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills. By Caroline Fisher January 22, 2026
Music Lil Baby Catches Heat For Allegedly Fabricating His New Weed Strain's Staggering Revenue "WHAM" allegedly netted Baby $30 million in 15 days, and fans are skeptical. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 16, 2025
Music Cassie’s Lawyer Speaks Out After Diddy's Not Guilty Verdict Cassie served as a key witness in Diddy's criminal trial and spoke on the stand about their relationship for several days. By Cole Blake July 02, 2025
Music Bricc Baby Shuts Down Rumor That Luce Cannon Was Stabbed In Jail Bricc Baby and Luce Cannon were both arrested earlier this year for allegedly being involved in "Big U's" alleged gang. By Zachary Horvath June 11, 2025
Original Content A Brief History Of Drake's Accents The evolution of the many Drake accents, for posterity's sake. By Kemet High November 30, 2019
Music UMG Motions To Dismiss Salt-N-Pepa's Lawsuit Over Masters Ownership Salt-N-Pepa first brought this lawsuit against Universal Music Group in May, seeking control of their master recordings. By Devin Morton July 18, 2025
Music Gamma Claps Back At Pitchfork's Brutal Review Of "Bully" Kanye West's "Bully" fell flat for "Pitchfork," and the album's distributor, gamma., has some words for their poor review. By Zachary Horvath April 01, 2026
Music Cardi B Shuts Down Rumors About Her Son’s Name During a livestream this week, Cardi B set the record straight after one fan referred to her baby boy as "Liem." By Caroline Fisher December 09, 2025
Music Chance The Rapper Previews "Star Line" With New Writing Exercise, "The Lion" Via this recent writing exercise, Chance The Rapper recalled an important conversation with his father that still resonates to this day. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 07, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj's Sister Ming Li Labels Remy Ma & Lil Kim Overrated Ming Li has been going viral on social media in recent days for candidly calling out several iconic artists. By Cole Blake August 29, 2025
Music Megan Thee Stallion’s “Lover Girl” Ends Hip-Hop’s Billboard Hot 100 Slump Last month, it was reported that zero rap songs landed in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in over two decades. By Caroline Fisher November 04, 2025
Original Content Why Hasn't Nicki Minaj Received A Grammy? Nicki Minaj is one of the most influential artists of all-time. However, despite being nominated, she has never won a Grammy. Find out why. By Barnell Anderson April 25, 2023