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Music Diddy Is Allegedly Boasting About Potential Donald Trump Pardon In Prison It looks like Diddy is feeling pretty confident that he'll be released from prison long before serving his full sentence. By Caroline Fisher November 04, 2025
Music Russell Simmons Finally Pays Outstanding Settlements To Sexual Misconduct Accusers Russell Simmons has maintained his innocence regarding the allegations he's faced in recent years for sexual misconduct. By Cole Blake November 04, 2025
Music Chris Brown Isn't Worried About Mixed Fan Reactions To New Album "Brown" Chris Brown is used to catching flack at this point, but he thinks his new album "Brown" will eventually grow on people. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 10, 2026
Music Diddy Remains Optimistic As He Delivers Powerful Message To Family After Acquittal Hearing Diddy's mother Janice Combs and six of his children appeared in court today to support him as his sentencing approaches. By Caroline Fisher September 25, 2025
TV Joe Budden Podcast Clowns Lil Wayne For Having Drake-Like Abs The Joe Budden Podcast recently weighed in on the viral conversation surrounding Lil Wayne's abs, and it led to some jokes. By Alexander Cole August 05, 2026
Music Rick Ross Tells 50 Cent He Can Wash The Bottom Of His Yacht Rick Ross and 50 Cent do not like each other, and Ross seems totally pleased with keeping their feud alive. By Alexander Cole May 26, 2026
Music Dame Dash Wants To Squash Beef With Cam'ron & 50 Cent Dame Dash thinks that he, 50 Cent, and Cam'ron can give folks an example of unity by working together on a joint production project. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 21, 2025
Music "XXL" Reveals The 2025 Freshman Class This "XXL" Freshman Class is headlined by newly turned rapper GELO (LiAngelo Ball), Ray Vaughn of TDE, and ian based in Dallas. By Zachary Horvath June 24, 2025
Music Drake Proclaims "It's Still Personal" In Post Flexing His Years Of Success Whether this is an "ICEMAN" tease, a message to his haters, or just another random photo dump, Drake had something to get off his chest. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 15, 2025
Music Drake Is On Pace To Have His Biggest Year Ever On Spotify After Latest Feat With the new album "ICEMAN" presumably coming soon, it's likely that Drake will have even more success to boast by the end of the year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 19, 2025
Music Charlamagne Tha God Claims One Of Drake's Biggest Foes Is On "ICEMAN" More and more updates about Drake's "ICEMAN" continue to roll in and this latest one from Charlamagne Tha God is quite interesting. By Zachary Horvath March 12, 2026
Music 21 Savage Inspires Various Hip-Hop Artists To Condemn "The Streets" Pooh Shiesty, YFN Lucci, and G Herbo are the latest rappers to follow 21 Savage's lead and seemingly leave "the streets" behind. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 19, 2025