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Music Dawn Richard Alleges Diddy Warned Her "People Go Missing" If They Disobey Him Dawn Richard returned to the witness stand in Diddy's criminal trial on Monday for cross-examination from the defense. By Cole Blake May 19, 2025
Sports Drake Finds An A-List Scapegoat After Losing Over $1 Million On The Toronto Maple Leafs Justin Bieber was in attendance with his wife, Hailey, as Drake's hometown Toronto Maple Leafs were eliminated from the playoffs. By Cole Blake May 19, 2025
Viral Latto Goes Wild For Drake's "NOKIA" During Tylil Stream With Her Sister Brooklyn Nikole Drake and Latto have one collaboration in "Housekeeping Knows," but they continue to show they are massive fans of one another. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 18, 2025
Music Jadakiss Recalls Feeling "Out Of My Mind" During The Lox's Iconic "Verzuz" Showdown With Dipset Jadakiss and Fat Joe launched a new podcast in partnership with Roc Nation and The Volume, earlier this month. By Cole Blake May 18, 2025
Music Cassie Allegedly Told Diddy She Was Lost Without Him While She Was Dating Alex Fine Despite a plethora of alleged harrowing accounts from Cassie, she apparently had a lot of love for Diddy at the end of their relationship. By Zachary Horvath May 17, 2025
Music REASON Releases Savage Joey Badass Diss "The Dead Apple" Amid Ray Vaughn Beef We now have a four-way street of diss tracks between REASON, Joey Badass, Ray Vaughn, and Daylyt. There are a few more players, too... By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2025
Music Cassie Text Reveals She Once Told Diddy She Was “Always Ready To Freak Off” Cassie took the stand once again on the fourth day of Diddy's long-awaited sex trafficking trial, where she was cross-examined by his team. By Caroline Fisher May 15, 2025
Politics Snoop Dogg Reveals He Confronted Various Fans For Criticizing His Donald Trump Support Snoop Dogg drew a lot of controversy when he took on a DJ gig at a Donald Trump-associated Crypto Ball earlier this year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 15, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Takes Nuanced Stance On Doechii In Response To Adin Ross' Scathing Criticism Adin Ross labeled Doechii an "unintelligent piece of sh*t" in a brutal response to her incident at the Met Gala. By Cole Blake May 14, 2025
Music Akon Claims T-Pain Went Broke Trying To Keep Up With Him Akon signed T-Pain to his Konvict Music Group after the success of his debut album, Locked Up. T-Pain released five albums. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 01, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Returns To Instagram With Cryptic Message Following Prison Release NBA YoungBoy was arrested in April of last year and hit with charges related to an alleged prescription drug fraud scheme. By Caroline Fisher April 27, 2025
Music Diddy Turned Down Plea Deal Ahead Of Sex Trafficking Trial Diddy's team also argues that he lived a swinger lifestyle, but that this doesn't mean he did anything illegal. By Caroline Fisher April 26, 2025