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Relationships Cardi B & Stefon Diggs Unfollow Each Other After The Patriots' Super Bowl Loss Cardi B seemingly left after halftime as Stefon Diggs and the Patriots were getting blown out in the Super Bowl. By Cole Blake February 09, 2026
Music R Kelly Reportedly Seeks Presidential Pardon From Donald Trump Amid Alleged Prison Murder Plot R Kelly's lawyers reportedly filed an emergency motion to release him from prison due to an alleged murder plot against him behind bars. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 13, 2025
Music Jermaine Dupri Reveals Why Usher Relationship Could Make A Chris Brown Collab “Dangerous” During a recent appearance on "The Joe Budden Podcast," Jermaine Dupri discussed a potential Verzuz battle between Usher and Chris Brown. By Caroline Fisher August 19, 2025
Music "Never Dropping:" A$AP Rocky Makes Fans Nervous With Comments About "Don't Be Dumb" A$AP Rocky has been teasing "Don't Be Dumb" for years at this point, and with no album in sight, fans are getting testy. By Alexander Cole November 05, 2025
Music Cardi B Teases Long-Awaited New Album With Big Announcement Coming Today It has been seven years since Cardi B released "Invasion Of Privacy," and it looks like fans will finally get their follow-up. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 23, 2025
Music Gene Deal Claps Back At Misa Hylton For Calling Him Out Over New Diddy Documentary The back and forth comes in the wake of Netflix putting out the new documentary about Diddy, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning." By Cole Blake December 08, 2025
Music Wack 100 Explains Why He Has A Police Badge In His Wallet Wack 100 had flashed his wallet during a recent viral livestream, revealing there to be a police badge inside. By Cole Blake July 03, 2025
Music Lil Wayne Drops New Trailer For "Tha Carter VI" And Fans Can't Contain Their Excitement Lil Wayne's new album, "Tha Carter VI" is only hours away, but he's still been keeping details about the project to a minimum. By Cole Blake June 05, 2025
Music Diddy Reportedly Calls Out Courtroom Sketch Artist For Making Him Look Like A “Koala” Various courtroom sketches have been released since Diddy's trial began, showing him looking far grayer than usual. By Caroline Fisher June 06, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Gets New Court Date Amid Fight To Overturn Conviction In 2022, Tory Lanez was found guilty of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot after a party two years prior. By Caroline Fisher July 29, 2025
Music 50 Cent’s Explosive Diddy Docuseries Has The Internet Divided 50 Cent's long-awaited Diddy docuseries, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning," has finally hit Netflix after months of anticipation. By Caroline Fisher December 02, 2025
Music Rory Claims Producer Close To Kendrick Lamar Believes Drake Won The Battle Mal was steadfast with his take about Drake winning the beef against Kendrick Lamar and Rory has made him felt vindicated with this gossip. By Zachary Horvath March 20, 2026