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Music TMZ's Harvey Levin Has Bad News For Drake As Lawyers Seek To Appeal UMG Verdict Drake recently had his defamation lawsuit against UMG thrown out, and to make matters worse, he is getting bad news from Harvey Levin. By Alexander Cole October 16, 2025
Music Drake Allegedly Returns To CN Tower To Continue "ICEMAN" Music Video Shoot Drake has been hyping Toronto up with presumed "ICEMAN" music video shoots, whether it's at a cemetery or a nighttime stroll on an ice truck. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 10, 2026
Sports Shannon Sharpe & Chad Johnson's $20 Million Defamation Lawsuit Dismissed Shannon Sharpe has resolved another lawsuit after the former NFL star's bombshell departure from ESPN, late last month. By Cole Blake August 08, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Has No Sympathy For J. Cole's Explanation Of Kendrick Lamar Apology DJ Akademiks has been very critical of J. Cole in the past, especially in regards to his apology to Kendrick Lamar amid the Drake beef. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2026
Music Soulja Boy Celebrates Release From Jail After Prosecutors Reject Gun Charge Earlier this week, Soulja Boy was booked on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm after a traffic stop in Los Angeles. By Caroline Fisher August 06, 2025
Music Brendan Paul Denies Being Diddy's Drug Mule And Claims He Was Allegedly Instructed To Buy Drugs Brendan Paul took the stand in Diddy's trial on Friday, June 20, and gave witness testimony about Sean Combs' alleged "freak-offs." By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 20, 2025
Music Diddy Victim Accuses Maurene Comey Of Silencing Him To Protect Cassie Clayton Howard recently discussed his allegations against Diddy and Cassie during "Sean Combs: The Reckoning." By Cole Blake December 15, 2025
Music SZA Shares Two New Song Snippets To Her Finsta SZA shared two new songs on her finsta, though neither seemed to be complete. Hopefully, we get to hear them soon. By Devin Morton August 17, 2025
Music Does “Not Like Us” Still Slap? X Debates Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-Winning Drake Diss Two Years Later Two years ago, Kendrick dropped "Not Like Us" on everyone's heads. By Aron A. May 04, 2026
Music Dame Dash Claims That Cam'ron & Ma$e's Relationship Is Transactional Dame Dash went on the "Art Of Dialogue" and ripped Cam'ron for beefing with him and claimed that "It Is What It Is" shouldn't exist. By Zachary Horvath April 27, 2026
Pop Culture Bhad Bhabie Shows Off Her Booty Gains, Says She's Had "Ass Shots Since [She] Was 17" The "Gucci Flip Flops" rapper weighed 83 pounds in March of this year; she's since brought her number up to 103. By Hayley Hynes August 31, 2022
Sneakers Odell Beckham Jr. Wears The Teyana Taylor x Air Jordan 3 "Concrete Rose Odell Beckham Jr showed up in the unreleased upcoming Teyana Taylor x Air Jordan 3 "Concrete Rose" at Super Bowl. By Ben Atkinson February 10, 2026