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Music Mal Explains Why Drake's UMG Lawsuit Isn't Over Yet Despite Judge's Dismissal Drake filed his lawsuit against Universal Music Group, earlier this year, accusing them of defamation due to Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." By Cole Blake October 14, 2025
Music Cardi B Reveals She Missed Her Kids' First Days Of School Due To Assault Trial Cardi B sounded off on this immediately after securing her win against Emani Ellis, who tried to sue her for $24 million. By Zachary Horvath September 17, 2025
Music Sada Baby Arrested On Felony Drug Charge Stemming From Traffic Stop Last month, Sada Baby pleaded guilty to failure to display a valid license, and was ordered to pay $200 in fines. By Caroline Fisher April 09, 2025
Music Dame Dash May Lose The Rights To His Life Story Amid $25 Million Bankruptcy Dame Dash allegedly owes money in unpaid taxes, child support, legal judgments, and more as he recently filed for bankruptcy. By Cole Blake September 16, 2025
Reviews Earl Sweatshirt "Live Laugh Love" Review Earl Sweatshirt's personal growth over the past few years may have just made "Live Laugh Love" his most definitive album experience. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 25, 2025
Music Young Scooter Tributes Pour In From Playboi Carti, Quavo, ATL Jacob, And Many Other Hip-Hop Stars These heartbreaking tributes from the hip-hop world follow Atlanta police's initial update on Young Scooter's passing, which is still vague. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 29, 2025
Music Offset Reveals His One Regret About Marriage To Cardi B Offset and Cardi B's relationship ended in ugly fashion, with the latter initiating the divorce last summer. By Zachary Horvath October 09, 2025
Music J Cole Recalls Nerve-Racking Moment He Had To Record A Verse In Front Of Jay-Z & Beyonce J Cole took fans back to 2009 with a performance of his verse on Jay-Z's classic "The Blueprint 3" track, "A Star Is Born." By Cole Blake April 07, 2025
Music Timbaland Trolls Those Criticizing His Controversial AI Label With AI Video Timbaland, one of the most decorated producers of all time, just launched an AI label called Stage Zero and he's already got an artist signed. By Zachary Horvath June 07, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Flashes Trump Gold Card, Suggests She Fast-Tracked U.S. Citizenship An old post in which Nicki Minaj admitted to being an illegal immigrant recently resurfaced amid backlash for her support for Donald Trump. By Caroline Fisher January 29, 2026
Music Nicki Minaj Stirs Controversy By Supporting Donald Trump’s Granddaughter Kai Recently, Donald Trump’s granddaughter Kai participated in a TikTok trend featuring Nicki Minaj's hit, “Beez In the Trap." By Caroline Fisher October 30, 2025
Music Tina Knowles Seemingly Responds To Kanye West’s Awful Comments About Jay-Z & Beyonce’s Children Amid his latest Twitter tirade, Kanye West suggested that Jay-Z allegedly wants him dead, and shared why he feels betrayed by him. By Caroline Fisher March 20, 2025