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Music Cash Out Ordered To Pay Sex Trafficking Victim $40 Million Amid Life Sentence One of Cash Out's sex trafficking victims has been awarded $10,000,000 in compensatory damages and $30,000,000 in punitive damages. By Caroline Fisher January 13, 2026
Sneakers Meek Mill Is Not Happy About Nike's LeBron 23 "Dreams & Nightmares" Collection Nike has just put out a new LeBron 23, "Dreams And Nightmares" collection, which has left Meek Mill completely confused. By Alexander Cole May 26, 2026
Music Roddy Ricch Talks New Album & Collabing With Birdman & Lil Wayne Following the release of his new single, Roddy Ricch caught up with Zane Lowe to talk Lil Wayne collab, his creative process, and more. By Mitch Findlay June 04, 2021
Music Tia Kemp Delivers Hilarious Take On Cardi B & Nicki Minaj’s Messy Beef Recently, Nicki Minaj and Cardi B reignited their years-long feud with a few scathing tweets, dissing each other's family and more. By Caroline Fisher September 30, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Hot 97 Told Him "Ebro In The Morning" Was "Mailing It In" For Years Hot 97 shockingly canceled the iconic talk show, "Ebro in the Morning," last week and DJ Akademiks has had plenty to say. By Cole Blake December 16, 2025
Music Kodak Black Dropping Valentine's Day Freestyle Kodak Black isn't leaving his fans empty-handed this Valentine's Day as he announces a new track titled, "Because Of You." By Aron A. February 13, 2020
Music LL Cool J Questions Rap Legacies In Upcoming Documentary "Hip Hop Was Born Here" LL Cool J is one of hip hop's first superstars. He was selling out arenas by the time he was in High School. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 29, 2025
Music Clipse Is Sharing Revenue With Reactors & Content Creators Covering Their Album It's unclear whether or not this Clipse strategy is applying across the board to many creators or only to a select few. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 14, 2025
Music Lil Baby Says He's Dropping A New Album Next Month Lil Baby is back. By Karlton Jahmal January 18, 2020
Music Snoop Dogg Calls Out BET Social Awards Over Snub Snoop Dogg rants on Instagram following BET Social Awards snub. By Alex Zidel February 12, 2018
Music Kanye West Reportedly Eyeing The Dating App Industry Kanye West just applied for 10 new trademarks and it appears as though he wants to get in on various different industries. By Alexander Cole October 07, 2021
Music Bobby Shmurda Announces New EP "Bodboy" Release Date Bobby Shmurda's new EP is coming next month. By Rex Provost July 24, 2022