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Music Daphne Joy Appears Unbothered With New Twerk Video Following Diddy Tape Controversy Daphne Joy is moving on with her life. By Tallie Spencer June 04, 2026
Music Diddy's Twin Daughters Caught On Video Getting Kicked Off County Fair Roller Coaster The incident comes as Diddy remains behind bars in Brooklyn, New York while awaiting his sentencing hearing. By Cole Blake August 18, 2025
Music Lil Tjay Reportedly In Custody Following Offset Shooting After Offset was shot in Hollywood, Florida, it is now being reported by DJ Akademiks that Lil Tjay is in custody. By Alexander Cole April 06, 2026
Music Chief Keef's Manager Responds To Dubious Report Claiming The Rapper Was Shot Six Times In The Face Recently, a tweet falsely claiming that Chief Keef was on life support following a Chicago shooting went viral, sparking panic among fans. By Caroline Fisher January 15, 2026
Music Metro Boomin Confirms The New Release Date For Stacked "A FUTURISTIC SUMMA" Metro Boomin sadly had to make fans wait after setting a July 22nd release date, but the mixtape will arrive in no time. By Zachary Horvath July 30, 2025
Music Jay-Z’s Long-Running Paternity Case Finally Comes To An End A man named Rymir Satterthwaite alleges that he's Jay-Z's biological son, and has been goign after him legally for years. By Caroline Fisher November 06, 2025
Sports Chris Blake Griffith's Graphic Stefon Diggs Allegations Have JT In Shock JT brought up Chris Blake Griffith's allegations while beefing with Cardi B following the release of "Am I The Drama?" By Cole Blake September 24, 2025
Music SZA Promptly Claps Back At Nicki Minaj For Putting TDE Punch On Blast SZA and Nicki Minaj weren't known to have issues prior to this exchange, but the latter went too far in the TDE artist's eyes. By Zachary Horvath July 15, 2025
Music Omarion Addresses Backlash For Asking About Slick'Em At Pretty Ricky Verzuz B2K's Omarion did not know Pretty Ricky's Slick'em Hound was struggling with drug addiction when he made a sly remark at their Verzuz battle. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2026
Music Jay-Z Raises Eyebrows After Name Change On Streaming Services Jay-Z used to go by JAŸ-Z in the earlier stages of his career, most notably at the beginning when he dropped "Reasonable Doubt" in 1996. By Zachary Horvath February 19, 2026
Music Dame Dash Announces New Dash Records Venture For Artists & Creatives Dame Dash is building on his history with Roc-A-Fella and opening up Dash Records for music, videos, stylists, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2026
Music Metro Boomin Boasts Impressive Feature List For New Mixtape "A Futuristic Summa" While some familiar names will appear on this Metro Boomin mixtape, its most exciting guests are Southern rap icons of yesteryear. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 28, 2025