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Music Fetty Wap Announces "Zavier" As His First Album Since Prison Release In addition to the album announcement, Fetty Wap shared a cinematic trailer for "Zavier," which is arriving this month. By Cole Blake March 16, 2026
Music Diddy Suffers Legal Loss In Disturbing Jonathan Hay Assault Lawsuit Jonathan Hay's sexual assault lawsuit also named Biggie's son, CJ Wallace, whose arguments were shut down by a judge last month. By Zachary Horvath March 13, 2026
Music Chad Hugo Expands $1 Million Copyright Lawsuit Against Pharrell Earlier this year, Chad Hugo filed a lawsuit against Pharrell, alleging that he hasn't received his fair share of royalties. By Caroline Fisher March 12, 2026
Politics Shyne Loses Reelection Campaign As His Future In Politics Falls Into Uncertainty Shyne was originally elected to the Belizean House of Representatives back in the 2020 general election. By Cole Blake March 13, 2025
Music Playboi Carti & Spotify’s New “I AM MUSIC” Teaser Has Fans Convinced It’s Imminent Over the weekend, Playboi Carti confirmed on his Instagram Story that his new album "I AM MUSIC" is complete. By Caroline Fisher March 12, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Concert Shooting Results In Three Injured Victims Boosie Badazz has a long and checkered history with shots being fired at his shows. Unfortunately, history repeated itself on Monday. By Elias Andrews March 11, 2025
Music Second G$ Lil Ronnie Murder Suspect Arrested In Fort Worth While nothing will bring back G$ Lil Ronnie, some justice is at least being served as police have detained both suspects. By Zachary Horvath March 08, 2025
Music Playboi Carti Fans Torch Rapper After New Snippet Bites Yeat's Sound Playboi Carti is really trying fans' patience with the rollout for his album, and now they have started to criticize the rapper's music. By Elias Andrews March 06, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Wonders If LeBron James Is Back On The “Drake Train” After Puzzling Post Just a few weeks ago, Drake seemingly threw shade at LeBron James during a stop on his "Anita Max Win" tour. By Caroline Fisher March 06, 2025
Music Diddy Prosecutors Ordered To Disclose Two Alleged Victims’ Identities As Trial Looms Despite the mountain of allegations Diddy is currently facing, his team appears confident that they will prevail in court. By Caroline Fisher March 06, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Reveals Title And Release Date For Upcoming Film Kendrick Lamar will seemingly continue his reign of pop culture dominance by producing an original film with Dave Free. By Elias Andrews March 05, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Finally Reveals Title & Artwork For His New Album Tory Lanez says the highly anticipated project will be a sequel to his 2020 album, "Daystar." By Cole Blake March 04, 2025