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Music Tim Westwood Secures Bail Amid Rape And Sexual Misconduct Allegations Last month, Tim Westwood was charged with four counts of rape, nine counts of indecent assault, and two counts of sexual assault. By Caroline Fisher November 11, 2025
Music Megan Thee Stallion’s “Lover Girl” Ends Hip-Hop’s Billboard Hot 100 Slump Last month, it was reported that zero rap songs landed in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in over two decades. By Caroline Fisher November 04, 2025
Music Chloe Bailey Inadvertently Sparks Anger Towards Beyonce After Revealing The Reason She's Been Unable To Perform Chloe Bailey wants to be performing more. By Cole Blake September 24, 2024
Music Pras Fails To Avoid Prison In Conspiracy Appeal, But It's Not All Bad News Pras received a 14-year prison sentence for charges of money laundering, conspiracy, foreign lobbying, witness tampering, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 23, 2026
Music Armon Wiggins Apologizes For Baby Oil Antics Outside Of Diddy's Trial Armon Wiggins was among a crowd of supporters as the jury found Diddy not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering. By Cole Blake July 03, 2025
Music Rod Wave's Lawyers Claim He Was "Profiled" In Gun Charge Arrest In Atlanta Rod Wave has since posted bail, but it's clear that his legal team is not happy that their client was still arrested, and unjustly so. By Zachary Horvath November 13, 2025
Music Fans Suspect The Weeknd Subtly Dissed Drake On His New Album The two artists have a rocky history. By Elias Andrews February 01, 2025
Music Yaris Sanchez AKA The Dalai Mama Gives Ab-Soul Heartfelt Birthday Tribute Yaris Sanchez celebrates her boyfriend Ab-Soul's birthday with an Instagram series. By Alex Zidel February 23, 2018
Music Keefe D Left Scrambling After Latest Update In His Tupac Murder Trial Duane "Keefe D" Davis will have to find new legal counsel to help him navigate the murder case against him regarding Tupac Shakur. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2026
Music Kid Cudi Announces "The Rebel Ragers" Tour With Tons Of Special Guests Kid Cudi previously stated he was going to take a long break from music, but that was short lived as he's readying a tour for the summer. By Zachary Horvath January 26, 2026
Original Content Remember When Drake & Tory Lanez Were Beefing? Exploring the tension that once existed between Drake and Tory Lanez. By Brandon Simmons May 08, 2023
Music Nicki Minaj's Sister Ming Li Labels Remy Ma & Lil Kim Overrated Ming Li has been going viral on social media in recent days for candidly calling out several iconic artists. By Cole Blake August 29, 2025