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Music Former Escort Claims Lawyers Exploited His Cassie Allegations Against Diddy Clayton Howard's lawsuit against Cassie alleges prosecutors in Diddy's trial used his story to arrest him and then ignored his other claims. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 14, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Blasts Jay-Z For Allegedly Sabotaging Her Behind The Scenes It's been a busy week for Nicki Minaj, as she's gone after SZA, TDE Punch, Desiree Perez, Jay-Z, and more. By Caroline Fisher July 17, 2025
Music Confidential Witness Alleges Lil Durk Ordered Hits On Six People Lil Durk is currently in prison on charges related to alleged murder-for-hire, and his trial is expected to begin next year. By Caroline Fisher October 28, 2025
Music Rah Ali Breaks Silence On Nicki Minaj Credit Card Fraud Allegations In Emotional Letter Earlier this month, Nicki Minaj revealed that multiple people had made unauthorized charges on her American Express card, costing her $25K. By Caroline Fisher October 30, 2025
Music Cam’ron Takes Shots At Dame Dash In New Freestyle Amid Lawsuit This month, 50 Cent announced that he purchased the rights to "Paid In Full" and plans to turn it into a premium TV show alongside Cam'ron. By Caroline Fisher September 19, 2025
Music Central Cee's Crew Presses Trap Lore Ross In Tense ComplexCon Run-In Trap Lore Ross' street-related comments about Central Cee led to a tense moment while they were speaking with DJ Akademiks. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 26, 2025
Politics Drake Gets Massive Endorsement From Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney Drake paid tribute to Nelly Furtado at the event by recording a video message to congratulate her on getting into the Canadian Hall of Fame. By Cole Blake March 30, 2026
Music Boosie Badazz Goes Viral For Shockingly Lewd Meet & Greet Pic Boosie Badazz has a lot of legal woes to contend with these days, but that hasn't soured his mood at these wild fan greetings. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 25, 2025
Music Offset Claims His Exes Never Upgrade Amid Cardi B & Stefon Diggs Romance During a recent appearance on "The Joe Budden Podcast," Offset seemed to throw some shade at Cardi B and her new boo, Stefon Diggs. By Caroline Fisher August 06, 2025
Music 50 Cent Addresses Rumor He Helped Jay-Z’s Alleged Secret Son Amid Legal Battle For years, a man named Rymir Satterthwaite has alleged that he's Jay-Z's illegitimate son, and begged him to take a paternity test. By Caroline Fisher July 24, 2025
Music Charlamagne Tha God Argues J. Cole's Bars About JID Are Hypocritical Following "Birthday Blizzard '26," J. Cole will be releasing his long-awaited album, "The Fall-Off," next month. By Cole Blake January 28, 2026
Reviews Drake "HABIBTI" & "MAID OF HONOUR" Review What makes "HABIBTI" and "MAID OF HONOUR" work is that, for once, Drake stops trying to force those identities into one coherent persona. He lets the contradictions exist in plain sight. By Aron A. May 21, 2026