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Music Kanye West Slams Reports Of His Disastrous Shanghai Show Kanye West recently caused the cancelation of a Slovakian festival due to fans and artists speaking out against his inclusion. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 14, 2025
Music Lauryn Hill Joins Drake On Stage During Night 1 Of Wireless Festival Lauryn Hill joined Drake on stage at the end of the first night of his triple headlining appearance at Wireless Festival. By Devin Morton July 12, 2025
Music Justin Bieber Is Reportedly Dropping A Surprise Album Very Soon With Gunna & Sexyy Red Gunna, Sexyy Red, and Cash Cobain will reportedly feature on Justin Bieber's supposed new album, his first in four years. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 10, 2025
Music 50 Cent Posts Career Retrospective Video On 50th Birthday 50 Cent celebrates his milestone birthday with a life-spanning Instagram video he dubbed "50 Years of 50." By Devin Morton July 06, 2025
Music Ray J Admits Some Concerned Fans Reached Out To His Family To Control His Rants Ray J also spoke on the Diddy trial's verdict during this recent livestream, claiming that the jury should've fully acquitted him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 03, 2025
Music Diddy Fans Celebrate Verdict By Drenching Themselves In Baby Oil Outside Courthouse The jury finally reached a verdict today in Diddy's trial, which has since earned mixed reactions from fans and peers. By Caroline Fisher July 02, 2025
Music PARTYNEXTDOOR Tops Rhythmic Airplay Chart For First Time While Drake Extends His Record Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR's "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U" may have not landed with everyone, but it's clearly sticking with more than enough people. By Zachary Horvath July 02, 2025
Music Chubbs Trolls T-Pain After Divisive Comments About Drake's Inability To "Bow Out Gracefully" After T-Pain's comments about Drake not knowing when to step away, Chubbs took to Instagram to troll the rapper/singer/streamer. By Devin Morton June 29, 2025
Music T-Pain Calls Out Drake For Ignoring His Own Advice About Exiting The Music Industry In 2023, Drake told Lil Yachty that he'd like to make a graceful exit from the music industry when the time is right. By Caroline Fisher June 26, 2025
Music Timeline For Closing Arguments Revealed As Diddy Trial Nears Its End Diddy's federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial is finally nearing its end after nearly two months. By Caroline Fisher June 26, 2025
Music Yak Gotti's Attorney, Doug Weinstein, Alleges Young Thug Risked Prison To Protect His Crew By Declining A "Blind Plea" Like Gunna In an interview with It's Up There, Doug Weinstein reveals Lil Woody was coerced by the DA and forced to testify under pressure. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 21, 2025
Music Photos Of Diddy’s Guns & Baby Oil Released To The Public Amid Federal Trial Diddy's trial will continue today after experiencing delays this week, and his alleged former drug mule Brendan Paul will take the stand. By Caroline Fisher June 20, 2025