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TV Megan Thee Stallion Confronts 'Love Island' Contestant Over Shady Behavior Reality TV's hottest show welcomed back one of its biggest celebrity fans as Megan Thee Stallion returned to the Love Island USA villa. By Erika Marie June 29, 2026
Relationships Young M.A No Longer Identifies As A Lesbian: See Her Reason Why Young M.A doesn't want to be known as just a lesbian rapper. By Alex Zidel September 17, 2019
Music Diddy Allegedly Threatened To “Drug” And “Pimp” Danity Kane Members During a recent interview, Diddy's former bodyguard Gene Deal reflected on the mogul's relationship with Danity Kane. By Caroline Fisher December 10, 2025
Music Rick Ross Teases A New Single Produced By J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League With Some Shady Subliminals Rick Ross has largely been a feature artist in 2025, but it appears he's looking to mount a comeback and doing some with some venomous bars. By Zachary Horvath September 10, 2025
Music Dismembered Body Found In D4vd's Car Identified By Police Authorities discovered the body in a car registered to D4vd while he was performing on his "Withered" world tour. By Cole Blake September 16, 2025
Music Drake Jokes That Adonis Isn't His "Mini-Me" Anymore Drake shares his only son, Adonis Graham, with Sophie Brussaux, who welcomed him back in October of 2017. By Cole Blake December 24, 2025
Pop Culture Jada Pinkett Smith Hit With $3 Million Lawsuit For Allegedly Threatening Will’s Friend Bilaal Salaam alleges that he was confronted by Jada Pinkett Smith and her entourage at a birthday party in 2021. By Caroline Fisher December 02, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Shares Footage Of Drake Gifting Him OVO Owl Chain He's already shown that Drake gave him an iced-out chain, but now Akademiks has shared the moment he received the jewelry. By Erika Marie May 22, 2026
Sports YesJulz Re-Ignites LeBron James Rumors With Cheeky Social Media Post YesJulz has been linked to LeBron James in the past, and recently, the influencer came through with a post that had fans talking. By Alexander Cole July 09, 2026
Music Drake Pokes Fun At Memes About Him While Sharing Fan's Beat Recreation "Drake be like" memes were inescapable back in 2010, but these days, the assessment of that era is nowhere near as derogatory. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 18, 2026
Music Kanye West Surpasses J. Cole Thanks To “BULLY” Streaming Success Over the weekend, Kanye West dropped his long-awaited twelfth studio album, earning mixed reactions from listeners. By Caroline Fisher March 31, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Claims That Cam'ron Beat Jay-Z In 2000s Rap Battle Ak has another unpopular rap take. By Elias Andrews May 22, 2024