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Music Diddy Readies Counterclaims Against Lil Rod Amid $30 Million Lawsuit Producer Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones Jr. filed a lawsuit against Diddy in 2024, accusing him of sexual assault, harassment, and more. By Caroline Fisher April 16, 2026
Streetwear Drake Flexes $1 Million Barbie Watch While Asking For His "Staci Doll" Drake just added another Rolex to the collection amid the fallout from his UMG lawsuit's dismissal, which he's not breaking a sweat over. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 17, 2025
Pop Culture Drake And Sophie Brussaux Throw Western-Themed Bash For Adonis' 8th Birthday Drake and Sophie Brussaux keep their relationship private, but it seems their co-parenting journey is going well. By Zachary Horvath October 13, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Hits Massive Sales Milestone Despite Not Dropping In 2025 Beyond a few big features, 2025 has mostly been Kendrick Lamar's year to flex all of the success of the previous summer's Drake battle. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 11, 2025
Music Drake’s Team Responds After Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Universal Music Group: “We Intend To Appeal” Drake’s spokesperson confirms the rapper plans to appeal after a judge dismissed his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” By Tallie Spencer October 09, 2025
Music Pooh Shiesty Has An Emotional Reunion With Big30 After Getting Out Of Jail Pooh Shiesty pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess firearms in furtherance of crimes of violence and drug trafficking back in 2022. By Cole Blake October 07, 2025
Music Killer Mike Finally Responds To Travis Scott's Latest Diss Travis Scott revamped an old "DAYS BEFORE RODEO" grail to take subliminal shots at Killer Mike for beating him at the Grammys last year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 02, 2025
Music Ksoo Receives Life Prison Sentence For Murder Conviction Ksoo was found guilty of murdering rapper Lil Buck in 2020, and he also faces another murder case in the future. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 02, 2025
Music Dame Dash Threatens To Drag Claudia Jordan Into $100 Million Legal Battle By Caroline Fisher September 30, 2025
Music Blueface's New Photos Have The Rapper Questioning His Release From Jail Blueface's release from Los Angeles county jail remains unknown after surrendering to the court in early 2024. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 28, 2025
Music Nitty Scott, MC Calls Cap On Doja Cat’s New “Vie” Solo Writer Accolade Nitty Scott, MC rose to prominence in hip hop during the Blog Era. She has collaborations with Kendrick Lamar and Zion I. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 27, 2025
Music Lil Woody Scolds Young Thug & YFN Lucci For Squashing Their Beef Lil Woody thinks Young Thug and YFN Lucci's feud led to too much pain and destruction for them to bury the hatchet. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 27, 2025