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Pop Culture Jussie Smollett Finally Addresses Viral Kendrick Lamar Deepfake Kendrick Lamar infamously morphed into the likes of Kobe Bryant and Jussie Smollett for his iconic "Heart Part 5" visual back in May 2022. By Zachary Horvath December 01, 2025
Music Keefe D Claims He Knows Who Killed Tupac Ahead Of Murder Trial Facing trial in Tupac Shakur’s murder, Keffe D denied involvement and accused Reggie Wright Jr. of knowing more than he admits. By Erika Marie August 04, 2026
Music 50 Cent Slams Jim Jones And Clowns Tony Yayo In AI-Generated Song Jim Jones recently dissed Tony Yayo on his "Artist 2 Artist" podcast, but Yayo has yet to issue a response. By Caroline Fisher October 28, 2025
Music Tia Kemp Goes After Nicki Minaj & Her Fans For Blowing Up Her Phone In Scathing Rant Tia Kemp previously sided with Cardi B in her viral beef with Nicki Minaj, which exploded on social media, last week. By Cole Blake October 07, 2025
Music Usher Has Nothing But Praise For Diddy Despite Everything That's Happened There's been plenty of speculation about Diddy and Usher's relationship over the years, and recently, the latter set the record straight. By Caroline Fisher March 24, 2026
Music Diddy Allegedly Recorded Conversation With Case Lawyer Without Permission A clip in "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" shows Diddy heatedly talking to Marc Agnifilo about his then-surging federal case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 06, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Launches New Production Company With Upcoming Documentary NBA YoungBoy is ready to share more of his life. By Tallie Spencer January 15, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Calls Out Hip-Hop Media For Hyping Up Drake's "ICEMAN" Drake's "ICEMAN" is dropping in two weeks from now, and DJ Akademiks is telling some media members to stay on THAT side. By Alexander Cole April 29, 2026
Music Trey Songz Arrested For Allegedly Assaulting Nightclub Worker Trey Songz refused to comment on the incident when approached by reporters outside of his arraignment hearing. By Cole Blake December 15, 2025
Music Chris Brown Finally Able To Return To The US As UK Assault Case Lingers On Chris Brown was accused of assaulting a music producer at the Tape club in the U.K. and is awaiting trial. By Cole Blake October 29, 2025
Music Yeat Unveils The Tracklist For "ADL" Yeat's "ADL" is one of rap's more anticipated releases and with it dropping soon, he's giving fans another glimpse into the tracklist. By Zachary Horvath March 26, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Gives Massive Credit To Kanye West Despite His Controversies A$AP Rocky and Kanye West have collaborated before, so it's no shock to hear Rocky praise Ye even if he doesn't agree with him on everything. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 25, 2026