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Music Kendrick Lamar Causes Debate As Folks Criticize His Increased Security For Music Video Shoot It seems like this isn't as popular of a sentiment online as some fans are making it out to be, but folks are defending Kendrick Lamar either way. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2024
Music Diddy Has No Mandatory Minimum Sentences For His Transportation & Prostitution Charges Manhattan federal court found Diddy not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering, and guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 02, 2025
Music JID Announces "GDLU PRELUXE" Project And It's Release Date Is Sooner Than You May Think In addition to the mixtape announcement, JID also put out a new song and music video titled, "32 (Freestyle)." By Cole Blake July 01, 2025
Music Jeezy Claims Jay-Z Removed Him From Beyonce's "Drunk In Love" While Jeezy has a couple of iconic Jay-Z collabs under his belt, he said he fumbled his big break to work with Beyoncé. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 30, 2025
Music Freddie Gibbs & J.I.D. Hint At A "Scary" Collaboration After Gibbs Dissed J. Cole Freddie Gibbs announced the upcoming joint album with The Alchemist coming soon. Alfredo 2 will follow their 2020 original. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 28, 2025
Music Offset Defends Drake After T-Pain Suggests He Should Have Already Left The Music Industry Recently, T-Pain accused Drake of failing to take his own advice, prompting some of the Toronto artist's peers to weigh in. By Caroline Fisher June 27, 2025
Music Cardi B Reveals Release Date For Her Sophomore Album "Am I The Drama?" Cardi B will make her full-length return after seven years amid an Offset divorce, shady haters, and still, a whole lot of success. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 23, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Has A Message For Drake After Surpassing His Billboard Record Nicki Minaj and Drake are confident in their individual GOAT candidacies, but their Young Money bond goes even deeper than competition. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 19, 2025
Music Drake Gives Fan's Sign Insulting Kendrick Lamar The Stamp Of Approval: "That's Facts" Even Drake fans across the globe are backing him in his ongoing beef. By Zachary Horvath February 19, 2025
Music TI's False Arrest Inspires Proposal For Massive Legal Changes In Maryland TI faced false allegations from a woman in Baltimore, last year. By Cole Blake February 10, 2025
Music Former Bad Boy Group B5's Dustin Breeding Slams Kanye West Defending Diddy Former Bad Boy's artist Dustin Breeding says Kanye West "Trippin." By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 08, 2025
Music Kanye West Is Only Following Diddy, Bianca Censori & Sean Combs' Sons On Instagram Ye keeps doubling down. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 07, 2025