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Music Rob Markman Reveals Contents Of Kendrick Lamar's Clipse Feature Def Jam and UMG lost Pusha T and No Malice when the label asked to ax Kendrick Lamar's feature verse from the upcoming Clipse comeback album. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 02, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA Fans Gather Outside San Francisco Stadium To Watch Concert For Free Kendrick Lamar, SZA, and Mustard have a few more "Grand National" shows in North America this month before heading to Europe in July. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 01, 2025
Music 50 Cent Plans To Talk Donald Trump Out Of Potential Diddy Pardon When asked whether or not he'd consider pardoning Diddy today, Donald Trump said he'd "certainly look at the facts." By Caroline Fisher May 30, 2025
Music Diddy's Attempts At A Mistrial Immediately Shot Down By Judge Diddy's criminal trial continued with witness testimony on Wednesday as he faces the possibility of life in prison. By Cole Blake May 28, 2025
Music Diddy Alleges Prison Is Serving Maggot-Infested Food In Latest Plea For Bail Recently, Diddy asked Judge Arun Subramanian to grant him bail ahead of his October sentencing, citing allegedly poor prison conditions. By Caroline Fisher August 04, 2025
Sports Meek Mill Issues Blunt Response To Shannon Sharpe’s ESPN Exit ESPN recently cut ties with Shannon Sharpe after he reached a settlement with the anonymous woman who sued him for alleged sexual assault. By Caroline Fisher July 31, 2025
Music Joe Budden Confirms He Was Considered For “The Breakfast Club” Before Its Debut During a recent appearance on Shannon Sharpe's "Club Shay Shay," Joe Budden revealed that his career could have gone a lot differently. By Caroline Fisher February 04, 2026
Music Young Thug’s Dad Slams Atlanta Artists Who Didn’t Support His Son, Fans Point At TI Young Thug's dad has sparked theories about which rapper he was referring to. By Cole Blake November 11, 2024
Pop Culture Kim Porter's Friend Shoots Down New Claims Of A Hidden Memoir More rumors tied to Diddy. By Elias Andrews November 04, 2024
Politics Barack Obama Has Some Hot Takes About "The Big Three" Does the former POTUS think they're on top, or is there another legend who still holds the crown? By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 03, 2024
Music Young Dolph's Killer Sentenced Following Plea Deal After cooperating with authorities, one of Young Dolph's killers, who admitted to the crime, learns his fate. By Erika Marie May 15, 2026
TV Rick Ross & French Montana Face-Off In Epic "VERZUZ" Event: How To Watch & Vote Rick Ross and French Montana will be duking it out in what should be on epic "VERZUZ" battle on Thursday evening. By Alexander Cole May 07, 2026