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Music Dr. Khalid Muhammad’s Estate Goes After Public Enemy, Ice Cube & More Over Unlicensed Samples Several iconic hip-hop songs have sampled the words of the late activist, Khalid Muhammad, and his estate wants compensation. By Cole Blake June 12, 2025
Music Bricc Baby Shuts Down Rumor That Luce Cannon Was Stabbed In Jail Bricc Baby and Luce Cannon were both arrested earlier this year for allegedly being involved in "Big U's" alleged gang. By Zachary Horvath June 11, 2025
Music "Jane" Clashes With Diddy's Defense Lawyer Over Designer Bag Prices During Trial Teny Geragos had a heated exchange with "Jane," the anonymous alleged sex trafficking victim testifying in Diddy's federal trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 10, 2025
Music Blueface's Dad Catches Heat For Kicking Chrisean Rock And Her Son Out Of His House Blueface's father first warned Chrisean Rock about this back in April of this year, and it looks like he cleared her stuff out for good. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 10, 2025
Music Ray J Goes Off After YouTuber Alleges He Was Involved In Whitney Houston’s Death In a now-deleted Instagram post, Ray J shut down a conspiracy theory related to Whitney Houston's tragic passing. By Caroline Fisher June 07, 2025
Music Lil Wayne Draws Unfortunate First Reactions To His New Album "Tha Carter VI" A lot of fans did not like the production on Lil Wayne's long-awaited "Tha Carter VI," but it drew plenty of lyrical praise for its flashes. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 06, 2025
Music Pastor Jamal Bryant Calls Out Cardi B For Shopping At Target During Viral Boycott Shoppers have been avoiding Target as a way to boycott its decision to drop its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. By Cole Blake June 05, 2025
Music Fat Joe Claims He Ran Into Desiigner At The Airport Before His Indecent Exposure Arrest Desiigner was charged with indecent exposure after allegedly exposing himself to Delta Air Lines flight attendants. By Cole Blake June 04, 2025
Relationships Brian McKnight Puts His Brother On Blast For Announcing His Son Niko’s Death Last week, it was revealed that Brian McKnight's eldest son Niko passed away following a two-year battle with cancer. By Caroline Fisher June 04, 2025
Music Rob Markman Reveals Contents Of Kendrick Lamar's Clipse Feature Def Jam and UMG lost Pusha T and No Malice when the label asked to ax Kendrick Lamar's feature verse from the upcoming Clipse comeback album. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 02, 2025
Relationships Brian McKnight Has Allegedly Made No Effort To Contact His Family After His Son Niko's Death Brian McKnight's son, Niko, passed away at the age of 32, last week, following a lengthy battle with cancer. By Cole Blake June 02, 2025
Music Ray J Goes Off On Fans Over Backlash For His Support Of Diddy Ray J made comments about Suge Knight recently, claiming the former executive assaulted men and women while out. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 31, 2025