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Relationships Brian McKnight Has Allegedly Made No Effort To Contact His Family After His Son Niko's Death Brian McKnight's son, Niko, passed away at the age of 32, last week, following a lengthy battle with cancer. By Cole Blake June 02, 2025
Music Lil Rod Wants To Serve Diddy’s Son Justin Combs & Cuba Gooding Jr. Through Newspaper Ads Justin Combs and Cuba Gooding Jr. are listed as co-defendants in Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones' lawsuit against Diddy. By Caroline Fisher April 09, 2025
Original Content Tyler, The Creator Sees What The Algorithm Did To Joy In Hip Hop Tyler, The Creator wants us to think about what we’ve traded away now that being watched comes before feeling free in the places where we go to move. By Erika Marie July 24, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Explains His Gang Testimony Against Cardi B & Jim Jones 6ix9ine thinks these assumptions about Cardi B and Jim Jones' mentions in his RICO case are just fake narratives making him look bad. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 10, 2025
Music Diddy's Ex Bodyguard Alleges Russell Simmons Influenced Diddy's Lifestyle He also names Uptown's Andre Harrell. By Elias Andrews September 19, 2024
Music SZA Thanks Kendrick Lamar & Their Teams After Closing Her Last "Grand National" Tour Shows SZA may be tapping out, but Kendrick Lamar still has shows to perform in Australia and Latin America for this "Grand National" tour. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 10, 2025
Music Beanie Sigel Uses AI To Recapture His Old Voice On New Song Beanie Sigel first announced plans for a new album with an AI version of his old voice in 2023, and this verse is the first look at the tech he's using. By Devin Morton July 04, 2025
Music Lil Durk's Murder-For-Hire Trial Delayed Once Again Authorities have accused Lil Durk of allegedly orchestrating the attempted murder of Quando Rondo back in 2022. By Cole Blake January 06, 2026
Music City Of Atlanta Denies Ever Issuing A Key To NBA YoungBoy Earlier today, it was widely reported that NBA YoungBoy received the key to Atlanta during the middle of his tour stop on October 15. By Zachary Horvath October 16, 2025
Music Beat It: Drake Becomes First Artist To Surpass 110 Billion Streams In Spotify History Drake continues to prove why he is the biggest act in music as he surpassed 110 billion streams on Spotify. The first ever to do it. By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 01, 2025
Music Lil Wayne Hypes Up "Tha Carter VI" With New Throwback Video Lil Wayne will officially be returning to "Tha Carter" series in June for the first time since 2018. By Cole Blake April 03, 2025
Music Diddy Hit With $10 Million Lawsuit From Male Dancer With Disturbing Allegations The lawsuit comes after the jury in Diddy's criminal trial found him not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering. By Cole Blake July 03, 2025