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Music Rihanna Surpasses Eminem As Artist With The Second-Most Certified Singles RiRi continues to etch her name in musical history books despite it being seven years since her last full-length project. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 14, 2023
Music Cassie Alleges Diddy Introduced Her To Blue Dolphin Ecstasy In Shocking Trial Testimony Cassie has finally taken the stand in Diddy's criminal trial in which he faces charges of alleged sex trafficking and racketeering. By Cole Blake May 13, 2025
Music Chance The Rapper Drops An Eyebrow-Raising Skit On YouTube Chance the Rapper's new YouTube sketch "1-800-STUNT (House Of Kicks)" is a bit of head-scratcher. By Joshua Robinson March 24, 2021
Music SXSW Shooting Leaves At Least 1 Injured Chaos in Austin. By Karlton Jahmal March 17, 2019
Pop Culture Diddy Throws Another Maskless Celebration Amidst COVID-19 Diddy's year of partying continues with another maskless celebration of his son, Justin's, birthday. By Bhaven Moorthy December 31, 2020
Numbers 21 Savage Scores 20 New Plaques For His Collection Fresh off the release of 21 Savage's "Savage Mode 2," the Atlanta rapper has officially expanded his gold and platinum collection with twenty new plaques. By Mitch Findlay November 30, 2020
Music Ice Spice Shocks Fans With Dramatic New Hair Color Ice Spice's new look has fans split. By Caroline Fisher October 16, 2024
Numbers Megan Thee Stallion Earns First #1 Single With "Savage" Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé rise to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 as Tekashi 6ix9ine and Justin Bieber & Ariana Grande drop out of the Top 10. By Alex Zidel May 26, 2020
Music Eazy The Block Captain’s Ex Exposes Him For Reused Rap Battle "Gimmick" With Remy Ma Hurricane Du recently put Eazy The Block Captain on blast. By Caroline Fisher January 07, 2025
Music Killer Mike Seemingly Disses Travis Scott Over Grammy Losses On New Album Mike has no remorse for beating Scott. By Elias Andrews August 02, 2024
Original Content Cardi B’s Sophomore Album: Everything We Know Everything there is to know about the "Bodak Yellow" rapper's upcoming album. By Madusa S. August 12, 2020
Music YSL Woody Goes After Peewee Roscoe Amid Young Thug Controversy Peewee Roscoe defended Young Thug after audio of Thug mentioning Peewee in a police interrogation surfaced online, and YSL Woody's not happy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 28, 2025