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Music Diddy Prosecutors Issue Fiery Response To $50 Million Bail Request Earlier this week, Diddy filed a motion requesting a retrial in hopes of getting his conviction overturned. By Caroline Fisher August 01, 2025
Pop Culture Sabrina Carpenter Participates In Usher's Seductive Cherry Feeding Tradition At The Met Gala The Met Gala this year was not as classy with several attendees breaking rules such as Usher and Sabrina Carpenter. By Zachary Horvath May 07, 2025
Music J. Cole Explains Why He Went Easy On Kendrick Lamar In “7 Minute Drill” During his recent conversation with Cam'ron on "Talk With Flee," J. Cole shared new details about Drake and Kendrick Lamar's beef. By Caroline Fisher March 26, 2026
Music Juelz Santana Claims Kids Don’t Need To Learn To Read During a recent podcast appearance, Juelz Santana shared his controversial take on education, raising eyebrows in the process. By Caroline Fisher November 26, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Immediately Chooses To Kill Megan Thee Stallion When Asked Who He'd F***, Marry, Kill 6ix9ine explained that his allegiance to Tory Lanez helped him make his firm decision on Megan Thee Stallion. By Cole Blake November 03, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy's Brother Arrested For Allegedly Pistol-Whipping Lil Dump's Girlfriend NBA YoungBoy's brother Kendell Gaulden is accused of trying to shoot rapper Lil' Dump and assaulting Dump's girlfriend. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2026
Music ASAP Rocky Confirms "Don't Be Dumb" Is Still Dropping This Year ASAP Rocky has been playing coy about the release date for his next studio album, "Don't Be Dumb," for months. By Cole Blake November 18, 2025
Music T.I. Pushed For King Harris’ Release After Onesie Arrest King Harris was recently hit with charges of willful obstruction of law enforcement officers and possession of a controlled substance. By Caroline Fisher April 15, 2026
Music Fat Joe Credits Drake For Hip-Hop's Dominance On The Billboard Hot 100 Fat Joe and Jadakiss also predicted that Drake's next album, "Iceman," will be a major success on the charts. By Cole Blake November 19, 2025
Music Blueface's Mom Karlissa Saffold Calls His Prison Sentence The "Cost" Of Disrespect Blueface's mother Karlissa Saffold took to Instagram Live to call his time in prison karma for his disrespect of her. By Devin Morton August 27, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Heavily Insinuates Drake Is Dropping Something Today Drake is set to drop "ICEMAN" on May 15, but according to a recent stream from DJ Akademiks, something could arrive much sooner. By Alexander Cole May 05, 2026
Music Drake Fans Catch Possible Kojo Menne Asamoah Reference On "Family Matters" Amid UMG Lawsuit Kojo Menne Asamoah is the man Drake is trying to serve with a subpoena in his defamation lawsuit against UMG over "Not Like Us." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 09, 2025