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Music LL Cool J Questions Rap Legacies In Upcoming Documentary "Hip Hop Was Born Here" LL Cool J is one of hip hop's first superstars. He was selling out arenas by the time he was in High School. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 29, 2025
Music Maxo Kream Reportedly Arrested In Texas After Traffic Stop Maxo Kream was pulled over due to an expired license plate and now faces accusations of gun possession and misdemeanor fleeing. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025
Music Scott Storch Labels The Roots "Haters" For Their Reaction To His Work With Dr. Dre Scott Storch also spoke about his friendship with Diddy as the Bad Boy mogul remains on trial in New York City. By Cole Blake June 26, 2025
Music Timeline For Closing Arguments Revealed As Diddy Trial Nears Its End Diddy's federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial is finally nearing its end after nearly two months. By Caroline Fisher June 26, 2025
Sports Kevin Durant Shuts Down Cam'ron's Theory About Tyrese Haliburton's Injury Cam'ron had theorized that low-top shoes have played a role in the high number of Achilles injuries NBA stars are suffering. By Cole Blake June 25, 2025
Music Diddy’s Hair Dramatically Turns Grey As Sex Trafficking Trial Nears Diddy will still be going on trial in May after his legal team's request for a delay was denied, last week. By Cole Blake April 22, 2025
Music Doechii Explains How SZA Inspired Her To Break Up With Her Ex-Boyfriend Doechii and SZA have both been dominating the Billboard charts with their recent songs, "Anxiety," and "Luther." By Cole Blake April 21, 2025
Music Eazy The Block Captain Questions Papoose's Validation Remy Ma Really Spent X-Mas With The Battle Rapper Eazy The Block Captain has been embroiled in beef with Papoose over Remy Ma for months after it was rumored Eazy and Ma had an affair. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 20, 2025
Music Bobby Brown Remembers Irv Gotti's Million Dollar Payment For Ja Rule's "Thug Lovin" Feature Bobby Brown put Chris Brown over Usher as the closet thing to Michael Jackson. Usher has idolized Bobby Brown since he was a teen. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 19, 2025
Pop Culture Coi Leray Excitedly Reveals The Gender Of Her & Trippie Redd's Child Coi Leray has had to deal with a lot of noise thanks to Trippie Redd's alleged infidelity, but she's not letting that ruin her motherhood. By Zachary Horvath April 14, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Addresses Neighbors' Complaints About His Dogs In New Body Cam Footage We will see if DJ Akademiks addresses this video in any capacity, as he's too busy reporting on important hip-hop matters. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 13, 2025
Music Diddy’s Proposed Questionnaire Indicates Jury Could Be Shown Alleged “Freak Off” Tapes Diddy is currently behind bars at the MDC in Brooklyn awaiting his trial, which is scheduled to begin next month. By Caroline Fisher April 13, 2025