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Music Diddy Enacts New Defense Strategy That Takes Direct Aim At His Infamous Property Raids Diddy claims federal agents allegedly withheld evidence when obtaining search warrants for his properties. By Cole Blake February 24, 2025
Music DJ Hed Reveals How Much UMG Is Profiting On Drake’s New Album Despite Lawsuit Recently, DJ Hed discussed Drake's new album with PartyNextDoor "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U," and how UMG is making money off of it. By Caroline Fisher February 23, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Plans New Prison Album To Compete With Drake And The Weeknd Tory wants to make sure he's still in the conversation. By Elias Andrews February 20, 2025
Music Rihanna Celebrates A$AP Rocky's Not Guilty Verdict With Heartfelt Message The pop star is "thankful" for the ruling. By Elias Andrews February 18, 2025
Music Stephen A Smith Grades Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Halftime Show Stephen A Smith loved the performance. By Cole Blake February 11, 2025
Music J. Cole Divulges What's Next For His Career After "The Fall-Off" J. Cole's new Apple Music interview with Nadeska Alexis for "The Fall-Off" also addressed the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 20, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Hits Lil Baby With One Of The More Creative Disses You'll Ever Hear DJ Akademiks has been relentless in his pursuit to tarnish Lil Baby's reputation and his latest diss is pretty wild. By Zachary Horvath March 16, 2026
Music Fivio Foreign Blasts 50 Cent For Dissing Other Rappers Instead Of T.I. A fiery new series of tweets from Fivio Foreign called out 50 Cent, T.I., Young Thug, Lil Baby, Rooga, and Boosie Badazz. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 15, 2026
Music Eminem’s Grandmother, Betty Kresin, Dead At 87 Sources close to Eminem's family claim that his maternal grandmother Betty died at her Missouri home this week. By Caroline Fisher March 11, 2026
Pop Culture Donald Glover Cast As Iconic Character In "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" Along with the announcement that Donald Glover will be playing Yoshi, Nintendo shared a new trailer for the film. By Cole Blake March 10, 2026
Music Snoop Dogg Honors 2Pac By Releasing A New Limited-Edition Wine Snoop Dogg also starred in a promotional video for the wine release, which features new and archival footage. By Cole Blake March 10, 2026
Music Ghetts Hit With 12-Year Prison Sentence Over Fatal Hit-And-Run Ghetts previously pleaded guilty to the charges stemming from the fatal hit-and-run in December and has now been sentenced. By Cole Blake March 03, 2026