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Music Killer Mike & JID Will Induct Outkast Into Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Sleepy Brown will also join Killer Mike and JID in honoring Outkast at the upcoming Los Angeles induction ceremony on November 8. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 13, 2025
Music Social Media Has A Field Day As Diddy's Courtroom Sketches From Sentencing Go Viral There have been sketches from Diddy's trial that generated some attention, but the batch from yesterday is going even crazier. By Zachary Horvath October 04, 2025
Music Diddy Breaks Silence For The First Time Since Conviction To Plead For Leniency In court today, Diddy was sentenced to 50 months in prison for two counts of transportation for prostitution. By Caroline Fisher October 03, 2025
Music Sheff G Begins Five-Year Prison Sentence After Pleading Guilty To Attempted Murder Sheff G was one of 32 people indicted in a 140-count murder conspiracy case earlier this year, and was sentenced to five years in August. By Caroline Fisher October 01, 2025
Sports Bad Bunny Recalls Getting The Super Bowl Halftime Show Call From Jay-Z The NFL and Roc Nation announced that Bad Bunny will be serving as the next Super Bowl Halftime Show headliner on Sunday. By Cole Blake September 29, 2025
Music Young Thug Is The Biggest Star On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update In addition to Young Thug's new album "UY SCUTI," "Fire Emoji" boasts new drops from Danny Brown and Mobb Deep this week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 27, 2025
Pop Culture Michael Che Reveals Kanye West Apologized After Tense “SNL” Encounter The new Kanye West documentary "In Whose Name" was filmed over six years and covers some of the rapper's most controversial moments. By Caroline Fisher September 26, 2025
Music Diddy Launched A “Free Game” Business Course For His Fellow Inmates Diddy's lawyers brought up the business course while outlining their reasoning for him deserving a light sentence. By Cole Blake September 24, 2025
Music Kanye West Validates Recent Conversation With Diddy By Calling The Mogul His "Twin" Kanye West and Diddy's friendship has had it ups and downs over the years, including surfaced text messages with Ye calling Diddy the "FBI." By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 30, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Projected To Maintain "MUSIC" Billboard Dominance With Second No. 1 Week Playboi Carti still has more music on the way after this new album's success, which should be out in 2030 at this rate. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 23, 2025
Music Cam’ron Debuts New Song From Long-Awaited Upcoming Project With Mase Cam'ron and Mase, who host "It Is What It Is" together, have been sitting on unreleased music together for over a year. By Cole Blake March 20, 2025
Music Eminem's Ex-Employee Faces Federal Charges After Allegedly Leaking Unreleased Music The news comes after Eminem suffered a massive leak of unreleased songs from throughout his career, earlier this year. By Cole Blake March 19, 2025