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Pop Culture Touré Calls Out Jaguar Wright For Her Bold Claims About Saving Girls From Diddy's Alleged "Freak-Offs" Touré's comments about Jaguar Wright come as Diddy's criminal trial has been underway for weeks in New York City. By Cole Blake June 02, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA Fans Gather Outside San Francisco Stadium To Watch Concert For Free Kendrick Lamar, SZA, and Mustard have a few more "Grand National" shows in North America this month before heading to Europe in July. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 01, 2025
Music Kanye West Drops Holy Version Of His Controversial “Heil Hilter” Song Kanye West revealed three new albums in the works, including WW3, Cuck, and Bully. He released Donda 2 on streaming platforms in May. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 31, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks & Wack 100 Question If Kendrick Lamar's "GNX" Album Is A "Classic" DJ Akademiks acknowledged the hit songs on Kendrick Lamar's GNX after proclaiming himself a supporter of rival Drake. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 01, 2025
Music Hot Boy Turk Reignites 2000s "Best Cash Money Hot Boys Member" Debate At Atlanta Reunion Tour Stop Hot Boy Turk and the Hot Boys broke onto the Billboard charts in the 2000s with classic album, 'Guerilla Warfare.' By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 31, 2025
Music Ray J Goes Off On Fans Over Backlash For His Support Of Diddy Ray J made comments about Suge Knight recently, claiming the former executive assaulted men and women while out. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 31, 2025
Music Clipse Storms Back Into Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update New hip-hop releases on "Fire Emoji" this week came from Clipse, Meek Mill, G Herbo, MAVI, Earl Sweatshirt, XXXTENTACION, and Juice WRLD. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 31, 2025
Music Drake’s Attorneys Call Out UMG’s Motion To Dismiss Allegedly Ignoring The Millions of People Who Believe The Allegations In “Not Like Us” Drake released his joint album, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, with PartyNextDoor while beginning a legal battle with UMG over defamation. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 31, 2025
Music Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez Denies Allegations In Daughter's Detainment Lawsuit Desiree Perez faced lesser backlash last year over the Super Bowl halftime show selection, which she is close to as Roc Nation's CEO. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 31, 2025
Music Playboi Carti, Young Thug, & Lil Baby Snippet Surfaces Amid Album Hype For All Three Artists Young Thug has "UY SCUTI," Playboi Carti is working on "BABY BOI," and Lil Baby possesses "DOMINIQUE." Who will drop first? By Zachary Horvath May 31, 2025
Music 50 Cent Plans To Talk Donald Trump Out Of Potential Diddy Pardon When asked whether or not he'd consider pardoning Diddy today, Donald Trump said he'd "certainly look at the facts." By Caroline Fisher May 30, 2025
Music Ab-Soul Doubles Down On DJ Akademiks Beef Despite Trolling At First DJ Akademiks popped off on Ab-Soul in response to some recent lyrics, which seems to have fueled the TDE MC even more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 30, 2025