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Music Ex-Wife Of Diddy's Alleged "Sex Slave" Claims He's Still Afraid Of The Bad Boy Mogul Tonia Troutwine alleges that her former partner Jonathan Oddi is still afraid of retaliation from Diddy, even when both are behind bars. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2025
Music Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival Tragedy To Be Explored In New Netflix Documentary Netflix's new documentary about Travis Scott's 2021 Astroworld Festival will feature interviews with victims' families, 911 audio, and more. By Caroline Fisher May 15, 2025
Music Diddy's Legal Team Is Demanding Cassie's Husband Alex Fine To Be Banned From Court Day 2 of the Diddy trial is starting today and in the first few hours, there have already been some significant developments. By Alexander Cole May 13, 2025
Music Pusha T Suggests That Clipse Album Will Drop Right After He Receives One More Mystery Feature There has been a lot of speculation surrounding the guests on this Clipse album, and so far, we know at least four of them for sure. By Zachary Horvath May 12, 2025
Music Lil Yachty Gets Throw'd By Fan Calling Him By His Government Name During Concert Lil Yachty and emerging duo Paris, Texas are accompanying Tyler, The Creator on the Chromakopia world tour that kicked off in 2024. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 12, 2025
Music DMX's Ex Wife Alleges That His Girlfriend Sent A Warlock To Her House To Stop Her Prayers DMX's ex wife Tashera Simmons made these comments about the late rapper's then-girlfriend on the Hardly Initiated podcast. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 11, 2025
Music Elliott Wilson Calls “Cap” On Mal’s “Industry Rappers” Claims Drake Outrapped Kendrick Lamar Elliott Wilson, DJ Hed, and Jeremy Hetcht hosts Hip Hop DX’s The Bigger Picture podcast. The platform addresses trending rap topics. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 10, 2025
Music The Weeknd Shows Immense Love To Fans In Emotional Speech At "Hurry Up Tomorrow" Screening The Weeknd's accompanying film for his "Hurry Up Tomorrow" album is going to make its premiere in theaters on May 16. By Zachary Horvath May 10, 2025
Music UMG Nearly Axed Pop Smoke Album Due To A Pusha T Bar They Believed Was About Drake We have come to learn that Pusha T has not had the easiest time with labels agreeing to his wants on his projects and now his features too. By Zachary Horvath June 03, 2025
Music Young Thug Teases “UY Scuti” With New Taurus-Produced Snippet Fans are looking forward to Young Thug's upcoming album "UY Scuti," which does not yet have an official release date. By Caroline Fisher May 29, 2025
Music Lawyers Warn Prosecutors That They're Still Nowhere Close To A Conviction In Diddy's Trial Diddy is facing charges of alleged sex trafficking and racketeering in the ongoing criminal trial, which will continue on Tuesday. By Cole Blake May 26, 2025
Music Smokey Robinson Accused Of Sexual Battery By Male Former Employee Two new individuals, a man and a woman, have come forward with allegations of sexual battery against Smokey Robinson. By Caroline Fisher November 19, 2025