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Music DaBaby Admits Show Rates Plummeted After Homophobia Controversy During a recent interview, DaBaby opened up about the fallout From his infamous Rolling Loud Miami comments. By Caroline Fisher March 25, 2026
Music R. Kelly Victim Breaks Silence In Her First TV Interview The victim of R. Kelly is releasing a memoir titled "Who’s Watching Shorty?: Reclaiming Myself from the Shame of R. Kelly’s Abuse." By Cole Blake February 03, 2026
Music Kendrick Lamar Blows The Roof Off Crypto.com Arena After Popping Out For Playboi Carti's Show Kendrick Lamar made the most of his time back in Los Angeles on Tuesday night as he found himself at the Playboi Carti show. By Alexander Cole October 15, 2025
Pop Culture Chelsea Handler Praises 50 Cent For His Endless Trolling Of Diddy Chelsea Handler even joked that she should consider getting back together with 50 Cent during the podcast episode. By Cole Blake January 19, 2026
Music Cash Out Ordered To Pay Sex Trafficking Victim $40 Million Amid Life Sentence One of Cash Out's sex trafficking victims has been awarded $10,000,000 in compensatory damages and $30,000,000 in punitive damages. By Caroline Fisher January 13, 2026
Music Tia Kemp Delivers Hilarious Take On Cardi B & Nicki Minaj’s Messy Beef Recently, Nicki Minaj and Cardi B reignited their years-long feud with a few scathing tweets, dissing each other's family and more. By Caroline Fisher September 30, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Hot 97 Told Him "Ebro In The Morning" Was "Mailing It In" For Years Hot 97 shockingly canceled the iconic talk show, "Ebro in the Morning," last week and DJ Akademiks has had plenty to say. By Cole Blake December 16, 2025
Politics Democrats Label Kenneth Petty A Sex Offender To Address Nicki Minaj's Donald Trump Praise Nicki Minaj described herself as Donald Trump's biggest fan at a summit to promote "Trump Accounts" on Wednesday. By Cole Blake January 28, 2026
Music Kanye West Forced To Rely On Unconventional Lender For $3.5M Yeezy HQ Loan According to real estate expert Eddie Martini, folks usually turn to unconventional lenders if they don't qualify for traditional financing. By Caroline Fisher December 11, 2025
Music A History Of Drake & Future's Shaky Relationship From close collaborators to their fall out, we're exploring the highs and lows of Drake and Future's relationship. By Chukwudi Onyewuchi May 09, 2024
Music Dame Dash Calls Jay-Z Corny For Bragging About Stabbing Lance "Un" Rivera Lance "Un" Rivera and Dame Dash were some of Jay-Z's many targets during his Roots Picnic freestyle last weekend. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 05, 2026
Relationships Kim Kardashian Says Kanye West Played DJ While North Was Being Born Kanye West was clearly ready to instill his passion for music into North West from the moment she was born. By Zachary Horvath January 22, 2026