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Music Cassie Essential Songs Cassie's top 5 essential songs, from "Me & U" to "Love a Loser," showcase her range and contributions to the music industry. By Rain Adams July 12, 2024
Music 50 Cent’s Ex Daphne Joy Deletes Rape Accusations Amid Defamation Lawsuit 50 Cent previously denied the allegations, calling them "disturbing." By Caroline Fisher July 10, 2024
Music Diddy Could Be Indicted “Very Shortly,” Alleged Sex Trafficking Victim’s Attorney Speculates Ariel Mitchell-Kidd theorizes that officials are preparing to bring the hammer down on Diddy. By Caroline Fisher July 10, 2024
Music B.G. Suggests No One Will Miss Turk If He Doesn't Reunite With Hot Boys B.G. compared Turk not returning to LeToya Luckett being absent for a Destiny's Child reunion. By Zachary Horvath July 10, 2024
Sports Drake Loses $300K After Betting On Canada In Copa America Game The Drake curse continues. By Elias Andrews July 10, 2024
Music Andre 3000 Claims Pimp C Hated His "Int'l Players Anthem" Verse Pimp C had a problem with drums. By Elias Andrews July 09, 2024
Music DJ Quik Admits He Cried During Kendrick Lamar's "Pop Out" Show The rapper regrets not being there. By Elias Andrews July 09, 2024
Music Drake Fans Catch Possible Kojo Menne Asamoah Reference On "Family Matters" Amid UMG Lawsuit Kojo Menne Asamoah is the man Drake is trying to serve with a subpoena in his defamation lawsuit against UMG over "Not Like Us." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 09, 2025
Original Content Drake Tours, By The Numbers: A Complete Ranking Of Box Office Revenue Drake has been on several different tours since 2010, and this is a look back at the enormous numbers he's racked up over the years. By Devin Morton August 16, 2025
Music Cassie Returns To Social Media Months After Emotional Diddy Trial Testimony In May, Cassie took the stand in her ex-boyfriend Diddy’s federal trial to recall the years of abuse she allegedly endured. By Caroline Fisher August 08, 2025
Music Young Thug Teases A YSL Project From Label's Newer Generation Young Thug's new gen YSL project could tap 1300SAINT, Yung Kayo, Nine Vicious, and more. But this announcement amid a Gunna release? Huh... By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 08, 2025
Music JID Fans Are Blown Away By New Album "God Does Like Ugly" JID enlisted a lot of very special guests for this album, but fans mostly praised the writing and production approach on "God Does Like Ugly." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 08, 2025