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Music OMB Peezy Nightclub Shooting Suspect Arrested This April, OMB Peezy's sprinter van was shot at roughly 20 times in the parking lot of StarBar in Raleigh, North Carolina. By Caroline Fisher June 25, 2025
Music Dave Chappelle Chastises DJ Khaled For His Silence On Gaza War Dave Chappelle slammed DJ Khaled for his continued silence on what's happening in Gaza, despite being Palestinian. By Devin Morton July 02, 2025
Music Sex Worker Suing Diddy Has Medical Diagnoses Publicized Despite Pleas To Seal Documents Clayton Howard is suing Diddy and Cassie for an alleged pattern of abuse and coercion, and he recently had a herpes diagnosis made public after motioning for privacy. By Devin Morton July 27, 2025
Music 50 Cent's Attempt To Clown Rick Ross For Kissing A Man Goes Wrong After Internet Corrects Him 50 Cent and Rick Ross have traded a lot of jabs over the years, and sometimes, they aren't always going to land. By Zachary Horvath July 23, 2025
Music 21 Savage’s “What Happened To The Streets?” Receives Disappointing First-Week Sales Projections Last week, 21 Savage dropped his fourth studio album "What Happened To The Streets?" just days after announcing it. By Caroline Fisher December 17, 2025
Music Timothée Chalamet Finally Answers Whether Or Not He's Really EsDeeKid EsDeeKid is a rising rapper in the UK underground, and there are legions of fans who believe he is actually Timothée Chalamet. By Alexander Cole December 11, 2025
Music Milagro Gramz Starts New Media Fund After Losing Megan Thee Stallion Case A jury recently found Milagro Gramz liable for defaming Megan Thee Stallion, and now, she owes the femcee $75K. By Caroline Fisher December 02, 2025
Music Tyler The Creator Receives High Honor From Apple Music To Cap Off His Historic 2025 You can easily argue that no other rapper has had a bigger 2025 than Tyler The Creator and Apple Music feels that way given this award. By Zachary Horvath November 20, 2025
Music Lil Rod Also Trying To Sue Diddy For Publishing On Top Of His Sexual Assault Claims Lil Rod started a GoFundMe page to help cover attorney costs and is not going to "let [this] happen." By Zachary Horvath February 27, 2024
Pop Culture "MR. TAKE YA B*TCH" Goes No. 1 On TikTok Music Charts, Chrisean Rock & Lil Mabu Celebrate Rock may not be bringing in money on the Blueface diss track, but she's still proud of its success. By Hayley Hynes October 30, 2023
Original Content Who Is Mozzy? Sacramento's Standout Rapper Now a free man after being released from his nearly one year prison sentence, here's everything you need to know about the rapper Mozzy. By Chris Mobley May 22, 2023
Music Finesse2tymes' Beef With His Brother Explained, Rapper Says He's Jealous According to the Memphis MC, his brother hasn't yet put the work for the business in to earn a chain from him, which has him feeling mad. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 09, 2023