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Music Kodak Black's Lawyer Calls Out Negative Media Coverage Of Him Bradford Cohen questioned why everyone knows Yak's rock-throwing incident, but not enough people heard about his philanthropy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 23, 2024
Music Hip Hop Artists Who Have Won Big At The Oscars From Eminem to Will Smith, only a handful of rappers have snagged the coveted Academy Award. By Demi Phillips January 26, 2024
Music SZA Shows Off Her Twerking Skills In Her MET Gala After-Party Fit Fans are still upset at her for skipping the event itself. By Lavender Alexandria May 07, 2024
Music Snoop Dogg Settles Alleged Copyright Infringement Case Over “BODR” Backing Tracks Trevor Lawrence Jr. sued Snoop Dogg last summer, alleging that he used backing tracks on "BODR" without a licensing agreement. By Caroline Fisher June 25, 2025
Music Lawyer Behind Fat Joe Lawsuit Arrested For Allegedly Hitting Process Server With Car Tyrone Blackburn, the attorney representing Fat Joe's former hypeman, allegedly hit a 66-year-old process server with his car last month. By Caroline Fisher June 25, 2025
Music Pluto Appears To Shade Latto After “WHIM WHAMIEE” Remix Gets Axed In Pluto's new track "Excuse Me," she refers to herself as "Big Mama," a nickname commonly used by her fellow femcee Latto. By Caroline Fisher June 22, 2025
Music Jeezy Reveals Jay-Z Canceled Their Music Video To Let Bobby Shmurda Shine Bobby Shmurda had just dropped his classic "Hot N***a," whereas Jeezy and Jay-Z had recently released the iconic "Seen It All." By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2025
Sports Memphis Bleek Warns Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne Against Going After Jay-Z & The NFL Nicki Minaj dissed Jay-Z and the NFL during her verse on the remix to Lil Wayne's new song, "Banned From NO." By Cole Blake June 17, 2025
Music Usher Remixes "Burn" For Kevin Hart's Netflix Comedy Roast The two have playfully gone back and forth for years, and Usher didn't miss a chance to "burn" Kevin Hart before his roast took a turn. By Erika Marie May 11, 2026
Music Kid Cudi Defends Himself Against Fan Claiming He's "Washed Beyond Repair" Kid Cudi has always dealt with fan criticism over his artistic moves, whether it's relating to his music or endeavors in film and fashion. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 24, 2026
Music ASAP Rocky Admits To Having Major Concerns About His Elusive "DON'T BE DUMB" LP ASAP Rocky has run into some well-documented setbacks since his last LP, but time may be running out on "DON'T BE DUMB." By Zachary Horvath May 06, 2025
Pop Culture Trippie Redd Continues To Stir The Pot With Future By Linking Up With His Alleged Ex Trippie Redd and Future have been indirectly going back and forth with one another over a woman and the former is being petty again. By Zachary Horvath May 05, 2025