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Music R Kelly Reportedly Terrified Following Prison Overdose According to members of R Kelly's legal team, he broke down in tears during a phone call from prison recently. By Caroline Fisher June 19, 2025
Music We Now Know When Diddy's Trial Will Be Wrapped Up By It's also been revealed that Diddy has chosen not to testify in his trial with experts giving their reasons as to why. By Zachary Horvath June 18, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky, Tyler The Creator, & MIKE DEAN React To Pusha T's Destructive Verse On "So Be It" Pusha T sent the internet ablaze yesterday with his diss for Travis Scott on "So Be It" and it surprised a lot of people. By Zachary Horvath June 18, 2025
Music DJ Hed Premieres New Clipse Song "So Be It" And It's A Banger Clipse are about three weeks away from dropping their first album as a duo since December 2009 and every teaser we've gotten has been gas. By Zachary Horvath June 17, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Announces He's Dropping An Album On July 4th NBA YoungBoy has been in high demand ever since getting out and being pardoned by Donald Trump in late May and now, he's fully delivering. By Zachary Horvath June 16, 2025
Music Orlando Brown Alleges Ray J Made Him Smoke Weed As A Teen Orlando Brown and Ray J are both known for their wild celebrity takes, although they hadn't crossed over much before this. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 15, 2025
Music Former Diddy Bodyguard Roger Bonds Claims He Waited Outside Kim Porter's Home For Six Hours Diddy's trial has revealed that the mogul allegedly assaulted ex-girlfriends and Bad Boy staff on multiple occasions for various reasons. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 14, 2025
Music Drake Allegedly Told Akademiks The Cops Are Parked On His Street Amid Kendrick Lamar’s Arrival In Toronto Between Drake postponing his Kai Cenat stream and Kendrick Lamar fans in Toronto demanding a "Not Like Us" encore, last night was big. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 13, 2025
Music Drake References His Opp Rick Ross' Canada Fight On New Song "What Did I Miss?" Drake's TLC-related bar on "What Did I Miss?" is presumably for Rick Ross, who took Future's side in 2024's rap rumble. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 05, 2025
Music Alternate Juror In Diddy Trial Claims Prosecutors Weakened Case By Seizing Baby Oil This is the same alternate juror who spoke to CNN about how he didn't think the Diddy "freak-off" videos suggested coercion in court. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 05, 2025
Music Benzino Shuts Down Viral Drake Comparisons Recently, side-by-side photos of Drake and Benzino went viral amid rumors that the Toronto rapper allegedly has fake abs. By Caroline Fisher July 03, 2025
Music Ray J Insists Diddy Should Have Been Acquitted Of All Charges Ray J has been vocal with his support for Diddy throughout the Bad Boy founder's entire legal battle so far. By Caroline Fisher July 03, 2025