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Music Tee Grizzley Lives In The Moment On Our New "Fire Emoji" Playlist Update This week's "Fire Emoji" playlist update is led by Tee Grizzley, BossMan Dlow, Little Simz, Kodak Black, 2 Chainz, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2025
Music Cassie Alleges Diddy Caused Fear Of Losing Safety, Career, & Love If She Didn't Partake In Freak-Offs Based on Cassie's testimony, it sounds like it was freak-off or bust whenever Diddy was down to party with escorts. By Zachary Horvath May 17, 2025
Viral DDG's Sister Refuses To Apologize To Halle Bailey And Her Fans For Defending The Rapper TeeTee's boyfriend Aries asked folks to stop sending her hate for defending her brother DDG against his ex Halle Bailey's abuse allegations. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2025
Music Diddy Allegedly Had Drugs, Lube & Baby Oil In His Hotel Room When Police Arrested Him DHS Special Agent Yasin Binda took the stand in the Diddy trial and recalled the mogul's September arrest in New York City. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2025
Music Diddy's Lawyers Play Audio Of Cassie Threatening Man For Allegedly Seeing Her Sex Video Cassie confirmed it was her in the audio, and spoke on whether or not alleged sexual escorts recorded their exploits. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2025
Music Diddy Jury Shown Graphic Gallery Of 13 Alleged “Freak Off” Participants Diddy's trial continued today, and Cassie identified herself and several others featured in photos and videos of his alleged "freak offs." By Caroline Fisher May 15, 2025
Music Diddy Might Have To Testify On Keefe D's Behalf In Tupac Shakur Murder Trial Keefe D and Diddy have both denied being involved in the murder of Tupac Shakur, but only the former faces criminal charges for it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 27, 2026
Music California Supreme Court Decides If They Will Uphold Tory Lanez's Conviction An appellate panel previously found more than enough evidence proving that Tory Lanez shot Megan Thee Stallion, affirming Lanez's sentence. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 27, 2026
Music T.I. Attempts To Get Final Word In On 50 Cent With Fourth Diss Track T.I. has now dropped two more diss tracks against 50 Cent within the last 24 hours, and he's trying to get the last word in on this one. By Zachary Horvath February 26, 2026
Music T.I. Has No Respect For 50 Cent, Claims 50 Agreed To "Verzuz" & Backed Out T.I. and 50 Cent have been going back and forth for a while now, and it all stems from a "Verzuz" challenge that remains unanswered. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 22, 2026
Music Klay Thompson Spoils Megan Thee Stallion With A Blue Bentley For Her Birthday Megan Thee Stallion recently turned 31, and to celebrate, her boo Klay Thompson gave her a gift worth approximately $275K. By Caroline Fisher February 17, 2026
Music Finesse2tymes Kicks Ladies Out Of His Studio After Suspecting One Was Underage Recently, Finesse2tymes put his foot down during a studio session, making a whole group leave over age concerns. By Caroline Fisher February 16, 2026