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Music Justin Combs & Cuba Gooding Jr. Finally Get Out Of Lil Rod's Lawsuit Against Diddy The update on Lil Rod's lawsuit comes as Diddy's criminal trial kicked off in New York City on Monday morning. By Cole Blake May 07, 2025
Music Michael B Jordan Comes Up During Diddy Trial As Jury Selection Drags On Diddy's long-awaited trial kicked off earlier this week, and opening statements are expected to begin on Monday. By Caroline Fisher May 07, 2025
Music 50 Cent Can't Stop Laughing Over Ja Rule's Cheesy Greek Restaurant Commercial It feels like 50 Cent is going to troll Ja Rule until he's six feet under as it feels like he's got unlimited dirt on his mortal enemy. By Zachary Horvath May 06, 2025
Music Jay-Z Claims To Have Lost Out On $200 Million In Amended Defamation Suit Against Tony Buzbee Jay-Z has been at Tony Buzbee's neck since the rape lawsuit was dropped against him and he's claiming to have all sorts of receipts. By Zachary Horvath May 06, 2025
Streetwear Megan Thee Stallion Channels Josephine Baker At 2025 Met Gala Megan Thee Stallion stunned at the 2025 Met Gala in a custom Michael Kors gown and Josephine Baker inspired look. By Ben Atkinson May 06, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Clowns Pusha T And Invokes Kanye West Over Controversial Met Gala Outfit DJ Akademiks never pulls punches when talking about hip-hop and Pusha T felt that on Monday during the Met Gala. By Alexander Cole May 06, 2025
Pop Culture ASAP Rocky Shares Why He & Rihanna Decided To Announce Third Pregnancy It had been speculated for a little bit now that Rihanna and ASAP Rocky were expecting another little monster, so it made sense to come clean. By Zachary Horvath May 06, 2025
Music Waka Flocka Flame Concert Causes Backlash After Man With A Swastika Shirt Takes The Stage Waka Flocka Flame's concert joins Kanye West's antics as recent instances of rappers associating with Nazi imagery. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 05, 2025
Music Drake & Kendrick Lamar Fans Clash Over Who Claimed Victory During The Battle's Unforgettable Peak It's been one year since we got back-to-back-to-back diss tracks from Drake and Kendrick Lamar in just a several hour-long span. By Zachary Horvath May 03, 2025
Music The Game Calls Current Hip-Hop "Trash" And Claims He's One Of The Best MCs The Game was supposed to drop his first ever "Gangsta Grillz" mixtape this week, but it seems like it's still in the oven. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 28, 2025
Music Former NYPD Chief Reveals They Were Building A Case Against Pop Smoke John Chell claimed that the New York Police Department was investigating Pop Smoke for alleged car theft in a wider gang case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 28, 2025
Music Kenneth Petty Ups The Ante In Years-Long Battle With Attempted Rape Accuser Nicki Minaj's husband, Kenneth Petty, is currently being sued by the woman who accused him of attempted rape in 1994. By Caroline Fisher November 27, 2025