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Music Lil Durk's Lawyer Believes Only "Weak-Legged" Prosecutors Take Hip-Hop RICO Cases Lil Durk is the subject of a federal murder-for-hire case, which doesn't actually have any racketeering charges to make it a RICO. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2025
Music Trippie Redd Doesn't Understand Why Playboi Carti Fans Keep Comparing Them Trippie Redd and Playboi Carti go way back, and there are still parallels and overlaps in their diverging careers. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 27, 2025
Politics DL Hughley Jokes Nicki Minaj Should Be Worried About Chris Hanson, Not Gavin Newsom Nicki Minaj has weighed in on politics a number of times in recent months, often voicing her support for Donald Trump. By Cole Blake December 15, 2025
Music Diddy Sets Up Thanksgiving Dinners For A Thousand Fellow Inmates At Fort Dix Folks recently saw the first videos of Diddy since his arrest last year, and it seems like he's getting even more acclimated in the holidays. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 28, 2025
Music Jay-Z's Alleged Son's Godmother Officially Files To Reopen Paternity Suit Given that Lillie Coley's legal action against Jay-Z was recently dismissed with prejudice, we will see if this motion leads to consequences. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 15, 2025
Music Videos Clipse Shares New Music Video For "F.I.C.O" The new music video perfectly fits the vibe of the song. By Tallie Spencer November 13, 2025
Music Diddy's Prison Release Date Delayed Following Numerous Fort Dix Violations Diddy is in a bit of trouble following a couple of serious violations inside of Fort Dix, and his sentence has been affected. By Alexander Cole November 13, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Playboi Carti Didn't Want Kanye West's Bigotries To Drag Down "MUSIC" DJ Swamp Izzo previously explained Kanye West still produced on Playboi Carti's album "MUSIC," but his separate feature was just trimmed out. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2025
Music Cassie Allegedly Told Diddy She Was Lost Without Him While She Was Dating Alex Fine Despite a plethora of alleged harrowing accounts from Cassie, she apparently had a lot of love for Diddy at the end of their relationship. By Zachary Horvath May 17, 2025
Music Dr. Boosie Badazz Now: Rapper Receives Honorary Doctorate From Kingdom Heritage University Boosie Badazz is seen frequently courtside at an NBA game entertaining the crowd with his Swag Surf dance moves. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 12, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Calls On U.S. Representative Supporting Tory Lanez To Go After TDE's MackWop Florida representative Anna Paulina Luna responded to Nicki Minaj's claims that TDE's MackWop referenced Tory Lanez's prison stabbing. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 18, 2025
Music Blueface Shocks Fans With New Prison Pictures Showing Off His Odd Tattoos Blueface is currently behind bars for probation violations relating to a battery case, and he's certainly kept busy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 13, 2025