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Music Lil Durk's Bail Proposal Gets Firm Rejection In Murder-For-Hire Case Lil Durk will remain behind bars until his trial on October 14, 2025 after being arrested in the murder-for-hire case, last year. By Cole Blake June 10, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Wins Big At The BET Awards As Chris Brown Prevents Him From Sweeping Kendrick Lamar has been having an incredible start to 2025, and it should come as no surprise that he keeps cleaning up at awards shows. By Alexander Cole June 10, 2025
Music Hitmaka Tells Wild Alleged Story About Draya Michele Being At Diddy's Mansion With Cassie Present There's been a mixture of serious and gossipy allegations made about Diddy, especially in relation to his turbulent relationship with Cassie. By Zachary Horvath June 09, 2025
Music Cardi B Claps Back At Critics Of Her Writing Skills In Fiery ASCAP Award Speech The ASCAP Award win comes as Cardi B continues to prepare for the release of her long-awaited sophomore album. By Cole Blake June 09, 2025
Music Young Guru Rips Timbaland's A.I. Entertainment Company, Timbo Reacts Timbaland held a Instagram Live with Young Guru, 19Keys and Swizz Beatz over Verzuz and Artificial Intelligance. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 08, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Cheekily Responds To A Fan Daring Him To Drop His New Album "BABY BOI" Ever since early "Whole Lotta Red" leaks, Playboi Carti mastered the art of teasing fans with new material. But not the art of dropping it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 08, 2025
Music Social Media Argues If Big Sean Had The Best Verse On Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter VI" With Most Claiming It Big Sean released his latest album, Better Me Than You, in 2024 with hit song "Who You Are (Superstar)" and "Together Forever." By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 07, 2025
Music Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter VI" Draws Middling Opening Day Streams Lil Wayne has not been receiving the most positive feedback for his new album and the streams sort of reflect that. By Zachary Horvath June 07, 2025
Music "The Joe Budden Podcast" Debates Their Issues With Lil Wayne's New Album "Tha Carter VI" While "The Joe Budden Podcast" had some criticisms of Lil Wayne's new album, they also had praise for "Tha Carter VI" and its lyricism. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 07, 2025
Music Ray J Goes Off After YouTuber Alleges He Was Involved In Whitney Houston’s Death In a now-deleted Instagram post, Ray J shut down a conspiracy theory related to Whitney Houston's tragic passing. By Caroline Fisher June 07, 2025
Music "Jane" Allegedly Promised Diddy An "All Star Party" With Alleged Male Sex Workers This anonymous alleged sex trafficking victim made various allegations during the Diddy trial about his alleged sexual preferences. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 06, 2025
Music “Jane” Alleges She Brought Drugs From Los Angeles To Miami For Diddy Today, one of Diddy's alleged sex trafficking victims, who is testifying anonymously under the pseudonym "Jane," took the stand. By Caroline Fisher June 06, 2025