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Music Snoop Dogg Cancels New Zealand Concert After Promoter's Sexual Assault Conviction Despite the move, Snoop Dogg is still scheduled to perform during the 2025 AFL Grand Final in Australia, later this month. By Cole Blake September 17, 2025
Music Jay-Z Defends Roc Nation's Casino Bid For New York City Jay-Z and Roc Nation have been trying to get involved in opening a casino in New York City for years at this point. By Cole Blake September 11, 2025
Music Trey Songz Reaches Settlement In Sexual Assault Case Trey Songz was sued by a woman named Jauhara Jeffries in 2020, who alleged that he sexually assaulted her at a party in 2018. By Caroline Fisher September 11, 2025
Music Ciara Revamps Herself On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update In addition to more Ciara tracks from her new album, "R&B Season" also boasts the newest release from dvsn. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 31, 2025
Music Funkmaster Flex Clarifies His Shocking “Last Show” Post Funkmaster Flex is not actually retiring and is simply moving into a new time slot at Hot 97 after Labor Day. By Cole Blake August 29, 2025
Music Charlamagne Tha God Reveals Where He And Joe Budden Stand Charlamagne Tha God explained that he usually understands where Joe Budden is coming from when he's mad at him. By Cole Blake December 23, 2025
Politics Amber Rose Says Nicki Minaj Did Nothing Wrong By Speaking With Erika Kirk Nicki Minaj has been coming under fire for voicing her support for the Republican Party at AmericaFest over the weekend. By Cole Blake December 23, 2025
Music 50 Cent Tells Dr. Umar To "Shut Up" Over "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" Criticism 50 Cent served as an executive producer on Netflix's new documentary about Diddy, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning." By Cole Blake December 17, 2025
Music Joe Budden Shares A Nuanced Response To Drake Celebrating Ebro's Firing Hot 97 shockingly confirmed the end of the station's long-running talk show, "Ebro in the Morning," last week. By Cole Blake December 17, 2025
Music Diddy Reportedly Readies $1 Billion Netflix Lawsuit Over 50 Cent’s Docuseries Diddy's team calls Netflix's new 50 Cent-produced docuseries a "shameful hit piece," and alleges that it contains stolen footage. By Caroline Fisher December 10, 2025
Music Lil Baby Claps Back At An NBA YoungBoy Fan With A Key Clarification About "The Leaks" Lil Baby put out "The Leaks," earlier this month, after dropping a new single each week for his "Wham Wednesdays" series. By Cole Blake December 09, 2025
Music Sauce Walka Pleads Guilty To Evading Police In High-Speed Chase Sauce Walka must now complete 50 hours of community service and faces two years of probation for this evasion charge. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 17, 2025