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Music Drake Reportedly Backs Bad Bunny's Attempt To Reverse Copyright Suit Ruling Bad Bunny is part of a massive lawsuit targeting the use of the "dembow" and other Jamaican rhythms in reggaetón, and Drake is backing him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 18, 2026
Music Tyrese Dips In Middle Of Tank Verzuz Battle And Argues With Trey Songz With Tyrese and Tank being former bandmates, you had a feeling this Verzuz would deliver on the entertainment front, and it definitely did. By Zachary Horvath March 27, 2026
Pop Culture Suge Knight Claims Tyrin Turner Was In Relationships With Dr. Dre, Jamie Foxx, & More In Vulgar Rant Suge Knight is standing by his over-the-top allegations he made just over a year ago about actor Tyrin Turner. By Zachary Horvath March 17, 2025
Sports Rick Ross Refuses To Believe The Rumor That Floyd Mayweather Is Broke Rick Ross took to Instagram to offer his thoughts on Floyd Mayweather, who some are saying is broke at the moment. By Alexander Cole July 08, 2026
Music 6ix9ine Trolls Young Thug For Witnessing His Jake Paul Walk-Out & "BILLY" Performance Sadly for Jake Paul, he lost his boxing match against Anthony Joshua. But at least 6ix9ine got to see his opp Young Thug in the crowd. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 20, 2025
Music Lupe Fiasco Argues Nas Doesn't Rank Highly Among Hip-Hop's Best Lyricists Lupe Fiasco was on "Culture United" this week, where he spoke on a myriad of topics, including Nas' lyricism. By Alexander Cole July 02, 2026
Music Prosecutors In Lil Durk Trial Plan To Rest Their Case This Week Prosecutors are expected to hear testimony from Kevon Grant (OTF Vonnie) and Keith Jones (Flacka) in the Lil Durk trial this week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 30, 2026
Relationships Blueface Breaks Up Fight Between His Mom & His New Girlfriend Nevaeh Akira Blueface's welcome home party came on Tuesday after the rapper was finally released from prison, last month. By Cole Blake December 03, 2025
Music Police Officer Says Afroman Claiming To Sleep With His Wife Caused Him "Tremendous Pain" Several police officers are suing Afroman for satirical music videos he released after they raided his home in 2022. By Cole Blake March 18, 2026
Music Fat Joe Claims Bruno Mars Snapped At Him For Asking If He Was Puerto Rican Bruno Mars' father is of Puerto Rican and Ashkenazi Jewish descent, whereas Fat Joe's parents are of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 10, 2025
Music Crime Mob: Where Are They Now? The members of Crime Mob have sparsely made headlines in the last few years. By Demi Phillips January 22, 2024
Music Cardi B Surprisingly Reacts To Nicki Minaj's Sister Attending Her Show Unless Cardi B talked about someone else who went to her concert, she seemed to dismiss any issues with Nicki Minaj's half-sister Ming Li. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 07, 2026