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Music Dr Dre Admits That Today's Hip-Hop Doesn't Inspire Him Is it an age thing or does Dre dislike contemporary rap that much? By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 16, 2024
Music Diddy's Family Comes Together In Court For Opening Statements In Mogul's Trial One of Diddy's coparents, Dana Tran, accompanied his mother Janice and all his children, including Justin, Quincy, Jessie, and D'Lila. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 12, 2025
Music Cardi B Reveals Her Next New Album Will Drop Sooner Than Expected It's only been a few weeks since Cardi B unleashed her sophomore album "Am I The Drama?," but she's already planning her next move. By Caroline Fisher October 28, 2025
Music Disturbing Video Shows Young Thug Using Walker After Alleged Police Altercation In noydcam footage from Young Thug's prison stay, he alleges that an officer "picked [him] up and slammed [him]." By Caroline Fisher October 23, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Enjoys Australian Hike Amid Last "Grand National" Tour Shows Kendrick Lamar has been touring pretty much all year amid his "GNX" album and Drake-dissing hits, and it's wrapping up pretty soon. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 06, 2025
Music Joe Budden Attempts To Clarify His Megan Thee Stallion Call Of Duty Comments Joe Budden fired up a lot of Megan Thee Stallion fans after she said she turned down an offer to appear in a "Call Of Duty" game. By Zachary Horvath November 24, 2025
Music Cardi B Officially Welcomes Baby Boy With NFL Star Stefon Diggs Congratulations to Cardi and Stefon! By Tallie Spencer November 13, 2025
Politics Nicki Minaj Faces Backlash For Sharing Donald Trump's Supposed Achievements It's far from the first time Nicki Minaj has spoken out in support of President Donald Trump in recent weeks. By Cole Blake November 11, 2025
Music Joyner Lucas Eviscerates DJ Vlad's Copyright Lawsuit Against Him DJ Vlad claims that Joyner Lucas reposted a VladTV interview clip without his permission and without providing credit. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 09, 2025
Music SZA Publicly Addresses Her Nicki Minaj Twitter Feud SZA and Nicki Minaj got entangled in a pretty random and nasty Twitter exchange starting in mid-July of this year. By Zachary Horvath November 06, 2025
Politics Lizzo Proposes Interesting Theory About Nicki Minaj's Donald Trump Support Lizzo's comments on Nicki Minaj and Donald Trump apply not just to this example, but to the general intersection of celebrity and politics. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 27, 2025
Music The History Of Russell Simmons & Def Jam: How He & Rick Rubin Established Hip-Hop's First Powerhouse Label A prolific rise, to a highly controversial exit. By Demi Phillips June 30, 2023