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Music King Von's Cousin Reportedly Alleges Rapper Passed Away From Shock After Second Surgery Other relatives of King Von like his sister Kayla B have instead peddled narratives around his associates, such as his girlfriend Asian Doll. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 20, 2025
Music Top5 Buries The Hatchet With Hitta J3 And Calls Drake A Nail Polish Wearing Weirdo The move comes after Top5 posted a picture of Kendrick Lamar and praised his song, "Not Like Us," over the weekend. By Cole Blake December 08, 2025
Music Jay-Z's Alleged Son's Godmother Keeps Paternity Battle Alive In Court Rymir Satterthwaite's godmother Lillie Coley had her lawsuit against Jay-Z dismissed earlier this week, accusing him of neglect. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 07, 2025
Music Tekken Player Named "Joe Budden" Gets Kicked Out Of Tournament For Toilet Paper Antics This mysterious Tekken player, who has no real connection to Joe Budden, showed up to CEO 2025 with a (partial) Doctor Doom costume. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 16, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Falls Out Of The Hot 100 After Historic Run Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" will probably never be surpassed in terms of the success it achieved as a diss track. By Zachary Horvath May 28, 2025
Music Kanye West Returns To Twitter To Announce South Africa Concert Following his controversial cryptocurrency launch, Kanye West returned to his infamous social media page ahead of his new album "Bully." By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 20, 2025
Music Kanye West Reportedly Hit With Heavy Legal Fees For Neglecting "Donda" Copyright Lawsuit Kanye West has kept things pretty low-key in recent months, at least when compared to his controversial start to the year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 31, 2025
Politics Don Lemon Fires Back At Nicki Minaj's "Disgusting" Homophobic Rant Nicki Minaj was furious with Don Lemon for covering a controversial anti-ICE protest at Cities Church in Minneapolis. By Cole Blake January 19, 2026
Music Top5 Alleges Justin Bieber Is Going Broke And Asked Adin Ross For A Huge Loan Top5's financial claim comes as Justin Bieber has been making headlines for his erratic behavior in recent months. By Cole Blake June 19, 2025
Music Lil Wayne's Son Lil Novi Claims His Dad Wrote Most Of Drake's Music Lil Novi was asked whether Lil Wayne or Drake is the better rapper during a recent interview that's circulating online. By Cole Blake June 17, 2025
Music Tamar Braxton & Birdman Stir The Pot At Cash Money & No Limit "Verzuz" Toni Braxton's absence had folks bringing up her and Tamar's contentious sisterhood and Toni's relationship with Birdman. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 26, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Rug Pulls His Fans With "Punk Rocky" Video Release: "Shut The F*ck Up" A$AP Rocky was supposed to drop the music video for "Punk Rocky" on Monday, but in the end, fans got completely rugpulled. By Alexander Cole January 05, 2026