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Music Kay Flock's Lawyer Responds To Rumors That He Was Stabbed In Prison Rumors that Kay Flock was a victim of a prison stabbing went viral last week and the rapper's lawyer is stepping to address them. By Zachary Horvath January 19, 2026
Politics Don Lemon Fires Back At Nicki Minaj's "Disgusting" Homophobic Rant Nicki Minaj was furious with Don Lemon for covering a controversial anti-ICE protest at Cities Church in Minneapolis. By Cole Blake January 19, 2026
Music Yella Beezy Wants His Mo3 Murder Trial Delayed After His Mother's Death Yella Beezy will face trial for a charge of capital murder related to his alleged role in the killing of Mo3 in 2020. By Cole Blake January 19, 2026
Music Milagro Gramz Will Represent Herself In Megan Thee Stallion's Appeal The court previously dropped Megan Thee Stallion's defamation claim against Milagro Gramz due to her classification as a media defendant. By Cole Blake January 19, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Gives DJ Akademiks His Flowers Despite Drake Beef Given the difference in views that A$AP Rocky and DJ Akademiks have with Drake, seeing this collab is a bit eyebrow-raising. By Zachary Horvath January 19, 2026
Pop Culture Adam22 Responds To Unsubstantiated Rumor About Pooh Shiesty Kidnapping & Robbing Gucci Mane These rumors about Pooh Shiesty trying to get out of his deal with Gucci Mane remain completely unsubstantiated. By Cole Blake January 19, 2026
Politics Nicki Minaj Blasts Don Lemon In Homophobic Rant Over Church Protest Nicki Minaj's post about Don Lemon comes as protests have continued in Minneapolis following the shooting of Renee Good. By Cole Blake January 19, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky's "Don't Be Dumb" Receives Healthy First-Week Sales Projections A$AP Rocky was reportedly already off to a great start sales wise for "Don't Be Dumb" and these early projections all but confirm that. By Zachary Horvath January 19, 2026
Music Cardi B Reveals The Ridiculous Amount Of Money She Made In One Night Of Stripping Cardi B famously worked as a stripper before she appeared on "Love & Hip Hop: New York" and her music career took off. By Cole Blake January 19, 2026
Relationships Ari Fletcher Responds To Jayda Cheaves After Being Accused Of Sleeping With Lil Baby Ari Fletcher initially pump faked everyone dying to know the tea Jayda Cheaves spilled about Lil Baby, but she did in fact answer later. By Zachary Horvath January 19, 2026
Sports Cardi B Taunts The Texans After Stefon Diggs' Latest Win With The Patriots Stefon Diggs finished the game with four receptions for 40 yards and a touchdown as the Patriots advanced to the AFC Championship. By Cole Blake January 19, 2026
Music Fetty Wap Performs For The First Time Since Prison Release Fetty Wap previously said he doesn't want to speak on his prison time in his new music, and we'll see when that will land. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 18, 2026