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Music Yungeen Ace Tries To Stop His Mom From Dissing Foolio Foolio and Yungeen Ace engaged in heavy beef for a couple of years before the former's tragic murder last year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2025
Music Judge Rules On R. Kelly’s Home Detention Request One of R Kelly's alleged victims does not believe the singer's claims that Bureau of Prisons officers are trying to kill him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 20, 2025
Music Diddy May Demand A Mistrial If Black Juror Is Dismissed Diddy's legal team may be requesting yet another mistrial as more drama has ensued in his ongoing criminal case. By Cole Blake June 16, 2025
Music Diddy’s Ex-Assistant Details Alleged 24-Hour "Kings Night" Sex Parties This week, Diddy's former assistant Jonathan Perez took the stand amid his federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial. By Caroline Fisher June 14, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Reacts To Yung Miami’s Alleged Role In Diddy’s Trial Boosie Badazz has been an outspoken voice in support of Diddy, especially after trial testimonies indicated jealousy towards Yung Miami. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 13, 2025
Music Drake Fans' OVO Takeover At Kendrick Lamar's Toronto Concert Canceled By Police Drake's OVO fanbase include the rap star's most devoted fans. OVO stands for October's Very Own. OVO's mascot is an owl. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 12, 2025
Music Grammys Make Major Change To Country Category After Beyoncé's Historic Win Beyoncé became the first Black artist ever to win Best Country Album with her project, "Cowboy Carter." earlier this year. By Cole Blake June 12, 2025
Music Yung Miami Claps Back At Trolls Saying She Misses Diddy's Money Yung Miami and Diddy had a very public relationship from 2022 to 2023 and in turn, she was mentioned in his criminal trial, this week. By Cole Blake June 11, 2025
Music JPEGMAFIA Implores Drake To Rap About Something Else JPEGMAFIA has been going at Drake for years at this point and his latest stray stems from a new "Billboard" interview. By Zachary Horvath June 11, 2025
Music "Jane" Alleges Diddy Paid For Sex Worker To Cross State Lines For Alleged "Freak-Off" Parties An anonymous alleged sex trafficking victim referred to as "Jane" testified in the Diddy trial this week, also alleging physical abuse. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 06, 2025
Music Justin Bieber Sparks Concern With Lil Wayne FaceTime Reunion Justin Bieber's fans have had concerns about his wellbeing for months, and they've been reignited by a post about his check-in with Lil Wayne. By Caroline Fisher June 06, 2025
Music Russ Recounts Not Clearing An Old Sample Costing Him Up To A Milli Russ achieved fame in Atlanta with his debut single "What They Want." The song would land him a deal with Columbia Records. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 06, 2025