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Music 50 Cent Celebrates As $50 Million Entertainment District In Shreveport Gets Approved 50 Cent's team says that construction on Shreveport's new entertainment district will begin in the next few months. By Caroline Fisher September 25, 2025
Music Jay Electronica Claims He Was "Living With" Diddy On "A Written Testimony: Leaflets" Jay Electronica shocked the hip-hop world this weekend, unloading tons of new music on streaming platforms for his 49th birthday. By Zachary Horvath September 20, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Reportedly Refused Plea Deal, Would Have Served Four Years Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison last month. By Caroline Fisher September 07, 2023
Music Babyface Details Studio Session Between Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston Babyface recently reflected on how Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston recorded, “When You Believe." By Cole Blake January 01, 2023
Music Steve Lacy Lists His Influences Including Paramore, Faye Webster, Prince, & More Steve Lacy has shared his biggest influences for "Gemini Rights." By Cole Blake December 26, 2022
Original Content The Rise & Fall Of C-Murder: A Complete History Re-tracing and untangling the series of events that led to C-Murder's rise and catastrophic fall. By Mitch Findlay October 06, 2020
Music Kanye West's New "WW3" Single Becomes The Most Viral Song In Germany This is presumably Kanye West's lead single for his upcoming album "Cuck," although he's still changing a lot of details on the record. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 04, 2025
Relationships RZA Shares His Thoughts On A$AP Rocky & Rihanna Naming Their Son After Him RZA's comments on A$AP Rocky and Rihanna come after a woman fired several gunshots at their home in Beverly Hills. By Cole Blake March 16, 2026
Music Rihanna's Home Shot At With AR-15-Style Rifle: Everything We Know Police have already arrested a woman in her 30s as a suspect in the shooting at Rihanna's house from over the weekend. By Cole Blake March 09, 2026
Music Claressa Shields And Fan Go Back And Forth Over Papoose Claressa Shields is going back and forth with whoever has something to say. By Tallie Spencer February 26, 2026
Music Drake & Central Cee's "Which One" Heads For High-Ranking Debut On The Billboard Hot 100 Drake and Central Cee ended up performing the song together at a concert in Manchester over the weekend. By Cole Blake July 28, 2025
Music Drake Says There Will Be "A Lot To Talk About" On "ICEMAN" Drake had a similar message for his Australian fans this year which is where he first revealed that he had another solo tape in the works. By Zachary Horvath July 22, 2025