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Music Kenneth Petty Ups The Ante In Years-Long Battle With Attempted Rape Accuser Nicki Minaj's husband, Kenneth Petty, is currently being sued by the woman who accused him of attempted rape in 1994. By Caroline Fisher November 27, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Wants To See Daphne Joy In 50 Cent’s New Diddy Docuseries 50 Cent's long-awaited docuseries, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning," is set to finally hit Netflix on December 2. By Caroline Fisher November 26, 2025
Music Joe Budden Finally Addresses Melyssa Ford's Departure With Jim Jones Mona Love has been appearing as a co-host on "The Joe Budden Podcast" in the wake of Melyssa Ford leaving the show. By Cole Blake November 24, 2025
Music King Combs Has His "Fingers Crossed" For Diddy's Early Release King Combs has been one of Diddy's most outspoken children during this time and he thinks there's a chance his pops will be home soon. By Zachary Horvath November 24, 2025
Music SZA Notches Stand-Alone Record At The Grammys Thanks To "SOS" Deluxe SZA had to surpass some all-time greats to set this impressive Grammy record including MJ, Lauryn Hill, Beyonce, and more. By Zachary Horvath November 24, 2025
Music 50 Cent Reportedly Had No Involvement In Ja Rule's Jumping When Ja Rule was jumped last week, there was some assumptions made that 50 Cent was behind it or potentially was given their long beef. By Zachary Horvath November 24, 2025
Music d4vd's Former Mansion Tied To Celeste Rivas Discovery Will Go Up For Rent We have gotten a few massive updates in the Celeste Rivas case recently, whose dead body was found in a Tesla registered to d4vd. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 23, 2025
Music ASAP Rocky Sells "Album Never Dropping" Merch And Fans Are Fuming ASAP Rocky is using the long wait for "Don't Be Dumb" as a marketing tactic ahead of his headlining Camp Flog Gnaw set this weekend. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 23, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Requests Sentencing Delay To Relocate His Mom After Home Invasion 6ix9ine is facing up to nine months in prison for violating the terms of his supervised release, earlier this year. By Cole Blake November 19, 2025
Music ASAP Rocky Teases Playboi Carti Collab On New Album "Don't Be Dumb" Although ASAP Rocky and Playboi Carti are still supporting each other these days, it's been a long time since we heard a collab from them. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 21, 2025
Music 21 Savage Is The Most Honest Rapper In Drake’s Corner 21 Savage may not be an elder statesman by age, but his measured honesty during Drake’s feud with Kendrick Lamar revealed a maturity few in rap are willing to practice. By Aron A. December 19, 2025
Music Hitta J3 Dares Adin Ross To Visit Compton Hitta J3 and Adin Ross have both had negative things to say about each other's friend/favorite rapper and it appears the beef is still alive. By Zachary Horvath December 18, 2025