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Music Diddy Cites His First Amendment Rights To "Freak-Offs" In Appeal Brief Prosecutors blasted Diddy and his defense team's attempts to get him out of prison, claiming that his "freak-offs" were not consensual. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 14, 2026
Music Drake Fans Are Convinced He Just Revealed "ICEMAN's" Release Date The hype for Drake's "ICEMAN" is as high as it's ever been, and rumors of rollout strategies and features are becoming more inescapable. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 14, 2026
Music Ray J’s Mom Calls Out Kardashians In Fiery Post About Infamous Tape Ray J's mom has entered the chat. By Tallie Spencer March 12, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Deshae Frost Tried To Mess With Kai Cenat's Ex When She Was 17 DJ Akademiks was drunk on stream last night, and it led to a tense moment with Deshae Frost regarding Kai Cenat and his ex. By Alexander Cole March 12, 2026
Music Papoose Completely Unleashes On 50 Cent With Surprise Diss Track "Agent Provocateur" Papoose remains one of the fiercest MCs out there, and with 50 Cent on a war path, it appears as though diss tracks are flying. By Alexander Cole March 11, 2026
Music Tee Grizzley Giving Back To His Hometown With Housing Project Tee Grizzley is joining Lil Baby is setting up more affordable housing for folks back home, doing so in a neighborhood in Detroit. By Zachary Horvath March 06, 2026
Music Original Version Of Jay-Z’s “Dead Presidents” Finally Hits Streaming Services New vinyl, cassette, and CD editions of Jay-Z's "Dead Presidents" are now available to mark its 30th anniversary. By Caroline Fisher February 20, 2026
Music Snoop Dogg’s Security Accused Of Confronting Dutch Athlete At The Winter Olympics Marianne Timmer alleges that one of Snoop Dogg's security guards pushed her against a wall backstage at Milano Speed Skating Stadium. By Caroline Fisher February 12, 2026
Music Fetty Wap Doesn't Want To Make Music About Prison After His Release Fetty Wap recently stopped by "The Breakfast Club" to reflect on his career and predict what's to come after his release from jail. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music Mal Calls Andre 3000 The “Most Overrated Rapper” Of All Time According to Mal of the "New Rory & Mal" podcast, Andre 3000 is no longer one of his top five rappers for one simple reason. By Caroline Fisher January 08, 2026
Music 50 Cent Joins Cam’ron In Taunting Jim Jones With “No Heat” Jokes Jim Jones recently accused Cam'ron and the rest of his crew of being "soft" on Instagram, prompting him to fire back. By Caroline Fisher January 08, 2026
Politics Ted Nugent Blasts "Total Idiot" Eminem For Hating Donald Trump Eminem has been extremely critical of President Donald Trump since he originally ran for office back in 2016. By Cole Blake January 06, 2026