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Music Dr. Umar Claims 50 Cent Made Diddy Docuseries Out Of “Self-Hatred” Netflix's new 50 Cent-produced doc, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning," continues to elicit mixed reactions from viewers. By Caroline Fisher December 16, 2025
Music Doja Cat Admits She's Furious About The Media Twisting Her Image Doja Cat's since-deleted post comes after a viral clip from the "Rap Life Review" podcast had fans debating her past controversies. By Cole Blake April 03, 2025
Music Drake Pulls Off Impressive Sales Mark With Latest Hit "NOKIA" "NOKIA," despite it being a dud for quite a decent number of people, is Drake's latest hit for the 2020's decade and the sales show it. By Zachary Horvath April 01, 2025
Music Diddy Mock Jury Finds Him Guilty As Real Trial Looms Some issues the mock jury discussed included consent, race, and whether Diddy profited from the behavior alleged to constitute racketeering. By Caroline Fisher March 27, 2025
Music Rod Wave Arrested In Atlanta On Assault And Gun Charges Rod Wave has reportedly been released from police custody since getting arrested yesterday on 13 felony counts. By Caroline Fisher May 21, 2025
Music Hitta J3 Joins The Joey Bada$$ Rap Battle As He Raps Over Iconic Kendrick Lamar Beat Joey Bada$$ started a hip-hop world war of sorts in January and it's got everyone from the West popping out to prove their worth. By Zachary Horvath May 20, 2025
Music Kerry Morgan Recalls Allegedly Hiding From Diddy With Cassie After Violent Assault In Trial Testimony Diddy's criminal trial has been continuing with witness testimony on Monday with both Dawn Richard and Kerry Morgan taking the stand. By Cole Blake May 19, 2025
Music Bow Wow Rallies For Chris Brown's Freedom After U.K. Arrest Bow Wow and Chris Brown have created a list of hit songs together such as "Shortie Like Mine" and "Ain't Thinkin' Bout You." By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 19, 2025
Pop Culture Young Thug & Mariah The Scientist Go Viral For Family Photo With Mother Of Rapper's Child This graduation picture for the son of Young Thug is blowing up for a multitude of reasons and fans can't get enough of it. By Zachary Horvath May 17, 2025
Music Pusha T Proclaims That New Clipse Album Will Be A "Groundbreaking" Experience Pusha T spoke about the new Clipse album "Let God Sort Em Out" during a GQ interview about selling his clothing grails. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2025
Music JID Fights For Survival In A Dystopiant Zone 6 In "WRK" Visual JID and Ari Lennox are among the latest artist to depart J. Cole's Dreamville imprint. He signed with record label in 2017. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 15, 2025
Pop Culture Halle Bailey's Restraining Order Against DDG, Explained A court granted Halle Bailey a temporary restraining order against DDG. By Aron A. May 15, 2025