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Music PayPal Pulls Out Of Wireless Festival Over Kanye West Booking Kanye West is set to headline all three days of London's Wireless Festival this July, and some sponsors aren't happy about it. By Caroline Fisher April 06, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Challenges Ebro To A Debate As Their Feud Escalates DJ Akademiks' challenge comes after he went on a lengthy tirade about Ebro and the reason he was fired from Hot 97. By Cole Blake March 18, 2026
Music NBA Youngboy's Resurfaced Childhood Picture Has Fans Cracking Jokes The rapper is facing dozens of new charges after a recent arrest. By Lavender Alexandria May 23, 2024
Politics Ticketmaster & Live Nation Sued By Justice Department For Exploitative Monopoly "Live Nation relies on unlawful, anticompetitive conduct to exercise its monopolistic control," Attorney General Merrick Garland stated. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 23, 2024
Music Blueface’s New Mugshot Surfaces Online As He’s Transferred To Different Prison Blueface has a while to go. By Caroline Fisher September 06, 2024
Sports Metro Boomin Linked Up With Paul Pierce Courtside At The NBA Finals Metro showed up to support his St. Louis brother Jayson Tatum By Jamil David June 11, 2024
Pop Culture Jay-Z & Beyonce Under Fire For "COWBOY CARTER" Rollout, Azealia Banks Shares Lengthy Rant "I just wish you would get unobsessed with being boring and pretty all the time," Banks wrote to Queen B online this week. By Hayley Hynes March 20, 2024
Music JT Shows No Mercy To Her Hip-Hop Opps On New Mixtape "City Cinderella" While there's not much in the way of explicit and direct shots on JT's latest, a couple of shady bars throughout had her fully on the offensive. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 19, 2024
Pop Culture Jussie Smollett Finally Addresses Viral Kendrick Lamar Deepfake Kendrick Lamar infamously morphed into the likes of Kobe Bryant and Jussie Smollett for his iconic "Heart Part 5" visual back in May 2022. By Zachary Horvath December 01, 2025
Politics Donald Trump Is Reportedly Considering Diddy Pardon Again United States President Donald Trump revealed in January that he would not be offering a presidential pardon to Diddy, but that may change. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 03, 2026
Music Suge Knight Trolls Diddy With Justin Combs Throwback Picture Amid Sexual Assault Lawsuits Suge Knight is still trolling Diddy. By Cole Blake December 05, 2023
Pop Culture "RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCE" Gets First Trailer The highly-anticipated concert film releases next month. By Ben Mock November 09, 2023