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Music GELO Claps Back At Cam'ron In XXL Freshman Freestyle LiAngelo Ball, known artistically as GELO, has come a long way from his hooping days in this breakout year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 10, 2025
Music Ananda Lewis, Former MTV Host, Dies At 52 After Cancer Battle Ananda Lewis publicly announced her breast cancer diagnosis in 2020, revealing in 2024 that it had escalated to Stage 4. By Caroline Fisher June 12, 2025
Music Blueface's Dad Catches Heat For Kicking Chrisean Rock And Her Son Out Of His House Blueface's father first warned Chrisean Rock about this back in April of this year, and it looks like he cleared her stuff out for good. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 10, 2025
Music "Jane" Allegedly Promised Diddy An "All Star Party" With Alleged Male Sex Workers This anonymous alleged sex trafficking victim made various allegations during the Diddy trial about his alleged sexual preferences. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 06, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Hints At Something For Kendrick Lamar Coming From Drake On Lil Wayne's "The Carter 6" DJ Akademiks has been a strong supporter of Drake following the feud with Kendrick Lamar. He said Lamar's GNX is not a classic album. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 05, 2025
Politics Kanye West Begs Elon Musk & Donald Trump To Stop Fighting Elon Musk has been at odds with Donald Trump in response to the President's newly proposed domestic spending bill. By Cole Blake June 05, 2025
Music Judge Mathis Says That Diddy Isn't A Real Gangster Judge Mathis pointed out how prosecutors are portraying him as a "monster" and how Diddy steadily began to believe that he was dangerous. By Zachary Horvath June 03, 2025
Music Steven Victor Admits It Took An "Insane" Amount Of Money For Pusha T & Clipse To Leave Def Jam Pusha T recently revealed that he and No Malice are no longer signed to Def Jam ahead of their new album release. By Cole Blake June 03, 2025
Music Drake’s Attorneys Call Out UMG’s Motion To Dismiss Allegedly Ignoring The Millions of People Who Believe The Allegations In “Not Like Us” Drake released his joint album, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, with PartyNextDoor while beginning a legal battle with UMG over defamation. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 31, 2025
Politics Chance The Rapper Calls Larry Hoover A "Political Prisoner" While Addressing Commutation Chance The Rapper and Larry Hoover both rep the city of Chicago, and the former took to social media to address the latter's commutation. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 29, 2025
Music Kid Cudi Gets Laughs During Trial After Testifying That Diddy Acted Like A Marvel Supervillain Kid Cudi's allegations concerning Diddy mostly relate to their relationships with Cassie and an alleged home break-in from Combs. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 22, 2025
Music Megan Thee Stallion's Lawyers Shut Down Tory Lanez's Claim About "New Evidence" Megan Thee Stallion recently labeled Tory Lanez a "f**king demon" in a heated response to his latest antics. By Cole Blake May 22, 2025