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Music Diddy’s Team Could Benefit From Lack Of Celebrity Sex Tapes & Minors Involved In Trafficking Case Diddy's long-awaited sex trafficking trial is just around the corner, and if convicted, he could face a hefty sentence. By Caroline Fisher May 03, 2025
Music Sexyy Red's Dubai Adventures Leads To Upsetting A Lion Sexyy Red and friends visited Dubai last month. The vacation includes nights of hottest nightclubs and gorgeous views. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 01, 2025
Music Suge Knight Agrees To $1.5 Million Settlement To Avoid Hit-&-Run Trial Suge Knight says that he doesn't want to put the Carter family "through more pain." but maintains he didn't do "anything wrong" By Cole Blake April 30, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Surprisingly Gives Major Props To Kendrick Lamar For His "Grand National Tour" DJ Akademiks, who has defended Drake throughout his feud with Kendrick Lamar, took a nuanced position on the tour. By Cole Blake April 28, 2025
Music 50 Cent Continues To Target Big Meech With Relentless “Rat” Accusations 50 Cent has been going after Big Meech ever since the "BMF" founder linked up with Rick Ross after getting out of prison. By Caroline Fisher April 27, 2025
Music Pooh Shiesty Shoots His Shot At Cardi B Just Hours After Getting Out Of Prison Pooh Shiesty pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess firearms in furtherance of crimes of violence and drug trafficking back in 2022. By Cole Blake October 07, 2025
Music Ghostface Killah's Son Infinite Coles Elaborates On Their Rocky Relationship Infinite Coles recently released some singles from his upcoming "Sweetface Killah" album that target his strained bond with Ghostface Killah. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 29, 2025
Music Mike Tyson Settles "Murdergram" Copyright Infringement Lawsuit With Producer Ty Fyffe Mike Tyson resolved a lawsuit filed against him by producer Ty Fyffe over the track "Murdergram," stemming from a November 2024 promo video. By Devin Morton September 24, 2025
Music Nelly Refutes T-Pain’s “Low” Story, Claims He Never Heard The Classic Before Flo-Rida The hook of Flo-Rida & T-Pain’s classic, “Low,” references Nelly’s legendary Apple Bottom jeans, launched in the early 2000s. By Bryson "Boom" Paul September 21, 2025
Music Hip-Hop Seeing Its Lowest Number Of Entries On The Daily Spotify Global Chart Hip-hop has seen its fair share of standout albums in 2025, but there has been a lack of steady commercial hits. By Zachary Horvath September 17, 2025
Music Cardi B Encounters Giant Rat While Roaming NYC Subway To Promote "AM I THE DRAMA?" Cardi B also popped out to the Alexander Wang New York Fashion Week show with her daughter Kulture earlier this week. By Zachary Horvath September 13, 2025
Music Diddy's New Defense Lawyer Brian Steel Spotted At Bad Boy Mogul's Hearing Before tackling the Diddy case, Brian Steel was Young Thug's right-hand legal representative in the YSL RICO case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 19, 2025