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Music Diddy Brought To Tears As King Combs Calls His Dad The Greatest Ever Six of Diddy's seven kids spoke during his sentencing today, with Quincy and King Combs' words particularly moving him to tears. By Zachary Horvath October 03, 2025
Music Quality Control CEO P & Ralo Respond To Young Thug's Snitching Allegations Young Thug accused Ralo and P of snitching in several places recently, and they both addressed the allegations in different ways. By Devin Morton September 07, 2025
Music Anthony Fantano Rap Verse Has Some Saying He Had Bar of the Year Anthony Fantano’s verse on Yuno Miles’ “Bobos Chicken” has fans joking he delivered Bar of the Year. By Tallie Spencer November 28, 2025
Music Diddy's Lawyers Fire Back At Bombshell Allegations In New Lawsuit Diddy is already facing another civil lawsuit after being found not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering. By Cole Blake July 08, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's GNX Toronto Show Sees Spike In Ticket Sells As Drake & Kai Cenat Postpone Livestream Kendrick Lamar won several BET Awards this week, including Album of the Year and Music Video of the Year for GNX. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 12, 2025
Music Baby Keem Reveals Release Date For New Album "Ca$ino" Baby Keem hasn't given us an album since 2021 with "The Melodic Blue," and now, it appears as though his next album is here. By Alexander Cole February 10, 2026
Politics 50 Cent Uses Nicolás Maduro's Arrest To Troll Diddy 50 Cent teamed up with Netflix to executive-produce the new documentary, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning," last month. By Cole Blake January 05, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Drake Chimed In On "ICEMAN's" Future Feature Rumors DJ Akademiks doesn't think Drake's mind may have changed since he initially responded to rumors that he squashed his Future beef. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 14, 2026
Music What Went Wrong Between 50 Cent & Maino? Maino recently questioned 50 Cent's street cred after dissing him on "Bleed Like Us." By Aron A. March 18, 2026
Music Drake Eyes Another Massive Streaming Milestone Ahead Of “ICEMAN” Release Earlier this month, it was confirmed that Drake is now the first artist in Spotify history to rack up over 120 billion streams. By Caroline Fisher September 24, 2025
Music Diddy's Businesses Removed From Dawn Richard's Ongoing Abuse Lawsuit While many of Diddy's companies are in the clear for now, Dawn Richard is reportedly prepping a second complaint. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 16, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar & SZA Reclaim No. 1 Chart Position Thanks To “Luther” Kendrick Lamar and SZA recently topped the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart once again, surpassing BigXthaPlug and Bailey Zimmerman. By Caroline Fisher September 15, 2025