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Music Lil Baby Fashooo Admits To The Aftermath Of His $10 Million Miami Airbnb Rental From Influencer Gabriel Reck Lil Baby original WHAM Tour line-up included BigXThaPlug and NLE Choppa. BigX would exit the world tour following a leg injury. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 28, 2025
Music Gunna Reveals Title Of His Last Album With YSL With Gunna and Young Thug's relationship seemingly being over now, this worked out for the "pushin P" rapper at the end of the day. By Zachary Horvath June 28, 2025
Music Diddy Defense Alleges Sex Trafficking Case Comes Down To Money Diddy's defense made their closing argument in the mogul's federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial today. By Caroline Fisher June 27, 2025
Music Maxo Kream Reportedly Arrested In Texas After Traffic Stop Maxo Kream was pulled over due to an expired license plate and now faces accusations of gun possession and misdemeanor fleeing. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Alleges Kendrick Lamar Is The Reason Why Drake Isn't On Playboi Carti's "MUSIC" Similar accusations have been launched in the inverse concerning the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef, such as with the upcoming Clipse album. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025
Pop Culture 50 Cent To Play Balrog In Upcoming Live-Action "Street Fighter" Movie 50 Cent will play disgraced boxer Balrog in the live-action "Street Fighter" movie, which has seemingly solidified its main cast. By Devin Morton June 26, 2025
Music Ian Clowned Over His Viral XXL Freshman Freestyle Ian is one of several up-and-coming rappers that XXL recently celebrated with its 2025 Freshman Class issue. By Cole Blake July 03, 2025
Politics Flavor Flav Calls For The United States To Ban Guns In Heart-Wrenching Op-Ed Piece Flavor Flav's op-ed comes shortly after he and Chuck D brought Public Enemy back for the new single "March Madness." By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 03, 2025
Music Kesha Joins In Solidarity With Cassie, Sharing Heartfelt Message After Diddy Verdict Kesha removed Diddy from her hit song after allegations went public. After she claimed Dr. Luke, allegedly sexually assaulted her. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 03, 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 Offset Reveals That Sabrina Carpenter Is His Celebrity Crush Once Offset and Cardi B finalize their divorce, will the former Migos rapper go after his new crush, Sabrina Carpenter? By Zachary Horvath June 24, 2025
Music Diddy Prosecutors Rest Their Case After More Alleged “Freak-Off” Revelations The prosecution's final witness, Homeland Security Investigations special agent Joseph Cerciello, testified in Diddy's trial today. By Caroline Fisher June 24, 2025