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Music Diddy’s Lawyers Argue He Took Part In Voyeurism, Not Prostitution, As Sentencing Looms Diddy's legal team appeared in court for a hearing today, and tried to convince the judge to overturn his conviction. By Caroline Fisher September 25, 2025
Music Busta Rhymes Reveals New Single With Young Thug Coming Soon Busta's new song will be called "Ok" and it drops Friday. By Zachary Horvath November 08, 2023
Music Baby Tate Proves She's No Baby After All With Fiery Freestyle It's the second time she's made waves with a freestyle in the past week. By Lavender Alexandria April 17, 2024
Music T-Hood's Family Hires Lawyer To "Uncover Facts" After Fatal Shooting T-Hood's family have secured legal counsel following the rapper's death on August 9 as they seek insight into exactly what happened. By Devin Morton August 24, 2025
Music Hit-Boy Confident He'll Win Grammy For Producer Of The Year Hit-Boy says he "went crazy" on his projects this year. By Caroline Fisher November 26, 2023
Pop Culture Plies Dubs Taylor Swift The "Caucasian Michael Jackson": Watch Plies appears to be transitioning from a rapper to a culture commentator before our eyes. By Hayley Hynes September 29, 2023
Pop Culture Megan Thee Stallion Fan Arrested For Impersonating Police Officer In Hopes Of Meeting Houston Hottie Local barber, Trayvone Lil Darus Stevenson, is facing serious consequences after lying in an attempt to come face-to-face with the "Traumazine" rapper. By Hayley Hynes April 04, 2023
Music Travis Scott Cleared Without Criminal Charges For Astroworld Tragedy A Houston grand jury failed to find enough evidence to indict the rapper. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 29, 2023
Music The New York State Assembly Honors Busta Rhymes For His Contributions To Hip-Hop Busta Rhymes is receiving his flowers. By Tallie Spencer September 26, 2023
Music Nipsey Hussle's Estate Beats $5 Million Lawsuit L.A.-based singer Tasleema Yasin claimed to be an uncredited co-author on the rapper's track "Hussle & Motivate." By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 17, 2023
Sports MoneyBagg Yo Shows Off His Impressive Jump Shot: Watch The artist is developing his game. By Alexander Cole November 22, 2023
Music K-Pop Star Performs Nicki Minaj Perfectly During Interview Giselle broke out a surprise performance of "Barbie World". By Ben Mock March 17, 2024