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Music R Kelly Fights To Remove Chicago Prosecutors From His Case Due To Alleged Corruption This move from R Kelly's legal team comes shortly after their demand for a new trial and the denial of his home detention request. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 23, 2025
Music Is Diddy's Sentencing Being Livestreamed? At his sentencing hearing, Diddy is expected to speak about how he's been reformed during his time in jail thus far. By Cole Blake October 03, 2025
Music Young Thug Scolds Reporter For Asking About Gunna This question about Young Thug and Gunna's beef came up as the former made his way to Metro Boomin's sexual assault trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 25, 2025
Music D’Angelo’s Daughter Imani Breaks Her Silence On His Death In Heartbreaking Tribute D'Angelo passed away at the age of 51 this week following a long and private battle with pancreatic cancer. By Caroline Fisher October 16, 2025
Music 50 Cent Receives Unsavory Co-Sign From Donald Trump Jr. 50 Cent has been known to be one of the biggest haters ever, and now, that reputation has caught the eye of Donald Trump Jr. By Alexander Cole December 24, 2025
Politics Nicki Minaj Leaves Fans In Disbelief After Joining Erika Kirk At TPUSA’s America Fest Nicki Minaj has been making tons of headlines for voicing her support for President Donald Trump in recent months. By Cole Blake December 22, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Clears 21 Savage Of Botting Rumors But Says "WHTTS?" Isn't Totally Off The Hook 21 Savage returned with his fourth studio album, "What Happened to the Streets?," back on Friday, December 12. By Cole Blake December 22, 2025
Music Nas Reveals Eminem Shot Down His Feature Request For "Daughters" Nas' interview with Joe Budden comes after he and DJ Premier released their new album, "Light-Years," last week. By Cole Blake December 15, 2025
Music Netflix Fires Back At Diddy’s Stolen Footage Allegations Diddy was furious with Netflix for putting out 50 Cent's new documentary, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning," on Tuesday. By Cole Blake December 03, 2025
Music Numerous Old Drake Hits Land On Apple Music’s Year-End Chart Drake's classics continue to impress as he prepares to unleash his highly anticipated ninth studio album, "ICEMAN." By Caroline Fisher December 03, 2025
Music 50 Cent's "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" Could Result In A Legal Battle With Diddy Diddy and his team aren't happy about the way 50 Cent and Netflix obtained footage for "Sean Combs: The Reckoning." By Cole Blake December 02, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Jokes About Suing Megan Thee Stallion For Fat-Shaming DJ Akademiks' claim comes after Megan Thee Stallion won her defamation case against Milagro Gramz on Monday. By Cole Blake December 02, 2025