Since that time, many have been waiting to see how this case would play out. Many felt as though an arrest was an inevitability. Just last week, D4vd was officially arrested, although it took until today for charges to be officially filed.

According to TMZ, D4vd has been charged with murder and first-degree murder with special circumstances. This specific charge means D4vd could wind up getting the death penalty if he is officially convicted. There were additional charges tacked onto the case, including mutilating a body and lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14.

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D4vd Officially Charged

The District Attorney believes D4vd allegedly killed Celeste Rivas back on April 23rd of last year. They also believe that he allegedly killed her for financial reasons. The D.A. believes their relationship is a likely motive for the alleged murder.

Following an autopsy, it was determined that Celeste Rivas’ death was a homicide. However, they have yet to announce what the official cause of death was. The investigators in the case are fighting to make sure that all of the correct medical records are eventually made public.

The police chief for the LAPD claims that there is forensic evidence that ties the singer to the alleged murder. Of course, the prosecution will look to make its case at trial, if it gets there. This remains a very sensitive case, and many are looking for answers.

This is a trial that we will certainly be paying close attention to as it plays out. These charges were seven months in the making, and there is still a lot that is unknown.

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The former Migos rapper was the first to take legal action, doing so in March 2025. ‘Set claimed that ChaseTheMoney got him in contact with a man named J. Hill, who said he was the producer’s manager. After discussing “logistics,” ‘Set says they agreed on a producer fee of $20,000 along with a four percent royalty.

However, things weren’t open and shut, according to the Atlanta native. He alleges that Chase came back with a different manager and that they demanded five times the initial agreed upon compensation breakdown. That led to Offset suing to reinstate those aforementioned numbers.

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ChaseTheMoney did try to countersue back in September, but it went south. Now, as recently as April 16, per Complex, the beat smith has come back with another attempt.

This time, he’s alleging that Offset “knew, or reasonably should have known” that J. Hill was no longer managing him during that agreement. Chase adds that him and Hill haven’t been working that way together since 2019. Additionally, he alleges Hill’s only involvement with Offset was to figure out the logistics of the recording and not sign a contract.

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Offset’s Legal Issues

Chase wants to retain the song’s ownership interest, restitution, and coverage of attorney fees. Since this has come out, Offset and a spokesperson have come forward to blast his request. The former called it “greed” under an Instagram post about the situation.

As for the latter, they said: “These claims are completely meritless and nothing more than a money grab. A deal was negotiated with Mr. Rose and his management, and he agreed to compensation and credit for his contribution. After the record was released, and with new management in place, he refused to honor that agreement and has attempted to renegotiate for fees well beyond industry standards under the threat of litigation.”

In other legal news surrounding Offset, he recently issued a court order for Cardi B to take a DNA test following the birth of her fourth child. That of course was a result of her relationship with Stefon Diggs.

Moreover, he’s facing a suit from MotorCity Casino Hotel over an alleged $100,000 credit line he opened with them so he could gamble there. Allegedly, he never paid them back for the debt.

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“Come with this album. Let’s hear it,” Ebro said. “People are very excited. You’re one of the biggest artists in the game. You lost a battle. It’s not a big deal. It’s over, on to the next.” When Laura Stylez argued that Drake just needs to come back with a hit song and the battle will be forgotten, Ebro remarked that he already did: “Everybody said that, and he did, ‘Nokia.'”

“Akademiks really tapped into it right there,” Ebro added, responding to a clip of the livestreamer speaking on his Drake fandom. “The level of sickness that I was referring to, where there are these like– What are you standing on, exactly, Akademiks, when you say ‘flip-flopping?’ We’re just fans of music, we’re fans of the culture, we’re fans of hip-hop. What exactly are you standing on or standing for when you say you’re on Drake’s side? What is that, what is the side? What’s the platform? What do you guys stand for?”

From there, he questioned the entire culture of artist-specific fandom. “What other fans in hip-hop are only fans of that particular artist, that are real hip-hop fans? I would love to learn,” he continued. “Those are pop music fans. Hip-hop fans like a plethora of hip-hop and are fans of whatever is dope.”

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Drake’s “ICEMAN” Album

DJ Akademiks has repeatedly said that the constant attention around Drake’s upcoming album, ICEMAN, is a sign that people who criticized him during his beef with Kendrick Lamar were actually fans of his music all along.

“Stall them out. That’s my advice,” Akademiks said during one recent stream. “I think every day Drake don’t drop, it makes another f*cking hater realize he was a f*cking fan all along. Every day Drake doesn’t drop, another b*tch ass n***a that started hating in the last year realizes he’s a f*cking fan. You know why? Because he doesn’t have anything to talk about, nothing to listen to, and all he keeps talking about is what he thinks Drake’s gonna do or not do. F*cking fan, be a fan.”

Drake has yet to confirm a release date for ICEMAN, but he was spotted filming a new music video for the project on Sunday. Videos of him in a parking lot in Toronto surrounded by massive blocks of ice started circulating online.

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However, Ebro Darden is taking this conversation to another place this week. The former Hot 97 show host is theorizing that Ice Spice staged this entire fight to promote a new album. Moreover, he believes that she did this because her name hasn’t really been popping lately either.

In a clip from The Ebro Laura Rosenberg Show caught by joebuddenclips on X, Ebro states, “This is kinda what made me feel like this might be kinda promo. Y’all know I be looking for promo,” he jokes before adding, “Ice Spice needs promo right now… I feel like it was wrestling.”

Co-host Laura Stylez can’t get onboard with his take and neither can most of the folks in the comments. “Is he just trying to rage bait for attention or is he really this [dumb],” one user asks.

Another writes, “This dude a clown. Just say dumb sh*t cus a camera and a mic on. I’m rich as sh*t. Why tf would I fake a fight in the middle of the street.”

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Statements Following Ice Spice’s McDonald’s Fight

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While Ebro does sound off base to some, interestingly enough, Ice Spice did in fact use this moment to tease a new single. So, maybe he’s onto something?

Since she was slapped last Wednesday, a handful of people from that day including herself, have spoken on it. The attacker, Vayah, explained why she went after the performer with TMZ. After trying to be nice, she claims Spice was immediately hostile. Things then started to escalate and after the rapper allegedly called her a “b*tch” that’s when she unleashed.

Another person to address the fight was Spice’s legal rep, Bradford Cohen. He said in a statement: “The unprovoked attack on my client has been reported to the LAPD and we will be pursuing any and all avenues to hold the perpetrators responsible for their actions, including criminally and civilly. We are also exploring holding the location responsible for their lack of appropriate security.”

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When Akademiks shared the clip on Instagram, fans had mixed reactions in the comments section. “He dnt care about tht fan lol when did Gucci ever care about wht people say. Man been living in Miami for over 10 years now with a wife and 2 kids,” one fan wrote. Another countered: “Gucci went out sadder than Tekashi and Gunna cause we actually believed he was ‘gangsta.'”

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Pooh Shiesty’s Arrest

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Authorities arrested Pooh Shiesty for the alleged kidnapping and robbing of Gucci Mane, earlier this month. They claimed that he and several other co-conspirators organized a “coordinated takeover” of a Dallas music studio on January 10, 2026, in an effort to force Gucci to release him from a contract with 1017 Records. His father and Big30 are among the other co-conspirators facing charges related to the incident.

Earlier this month, a judge shot down Pooh Shiesty’s request to get out of jail on bond. Shiesty’s lawyer, Bradford Cohen, spoke with reporters after the unsuccessful hearing. “What we didn’t hear today was [that] there is no contract — this mystery contract — they have no contract. They have no video of this alleged signing of a contract. They have no guns, no jewelry — they have none of that physical evidence,” he said. “What they have is allegedly five individuals, one of them being a very well-known individual, that is allegedly cooperating with the government and making these allegations…”

Fans aren’t the only people to have trolled Gucci Mane in response to the arrest. 50 Cent also joked about him allegedly snitching in the case in a recent video on Instagram. “Could be worse, you could be Gucci,” he remarked to Uncle Murda. RXKNephew and RXKZeroTheGod also condemned him with their new song, “Dear Gucci.”

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But still, it feels like the album is right around the corner. So, with that in mind, we want to throw out some early predictions for arguably the most anticipated release across all genres this year. Today, we want to focus on first week sales numbers and what a realistic outcome would be.

There are a couple of factors that will play into our guess. For example, as most of you probably know, the rap genre has been struggling commercially. There have definitely been a lot of strong projects over the last few years. But nothing has really latched on for an extended period of time.

Even J. Cole’s The Fall-Off feels like it’s come and gone to an extent and that’s a project that a lot of people were waiting on for several years. Overall, hip-hop just hasn’t felt like the “it genre” this decade. Pop and country are the faces of music right now.

Another thing we are taking into account is how Drake has performed in recent debuts on the Hot 200.

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What’s The Latest Update On ICEMAN?

His last solo album, 2023’s For All The Dogs, moved just a hair over 400,000 copies. While that’s most rapper’s career bests that’s his second worst premiere for a solo LP. It beats out Honestly, Nevermind by just under 200,000 units.

It’s not all that surprising though as that’s one of if not the most inconsistent album he’s put out. Then, there’s his joint effort with PARTYNEXTDOOR which moved 246K. This project also has the same issues as FATD but amplified even more.

But if Drake really is delivering some of his best rapping of his career like his fans/insiders say he is, then it could have a chance to do something serious. However, it’s hard to look past how the genre as a whole has had a hard time capturing and holding music listeners’ attention spans.

With that in mind, we feel there’s a good chance ICEMAN fails to reach the level of a Certified Lover Boy or even a More Life. In the end, we could see his 13th overall LP doing anywhere from 300,000-350,000.

As for an update on the album, Drake was recently spotted filming another potential music video. Photo and video show him performing around tons of blocks of ice in Toronto.

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Footage of the altercation originally surfaced on Friday, showing a fan walking up to Ice Spice and slapping her while she was dining at the fast-food restaurant. She and the friend were chatting in a booth, enjoying their meal, when the fan approached them.

After the slap, another group stepped in to prevent a fight. “Let me fight the bi—,” Ice said in response. “Let me fight her. On your momma, let me fight her. Let me fight the bi—. Why would you want to fight me? Are you a bi—? You’re 120 pounds, let’s get at it then! Y’all think because a bi— famous… F— you mean, what happened? Where she at?”

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Ice Spice Slap Video

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Ice’s attorney, Bradford Cohen, previously addressed the incident in a statement. “The unprovoked attack on my client has been reported to the LAPD and we will be pursuing any and all criminal and civil avenues to hold the perpetrators responsible for their actions,” he told Billboard. “We are also exploring holding the location responsible for their apparent lack of appropriate security.”

“Not to mention that the individuals involved obviously did not realize that we would get the video from inside the McDonald’s where the unprovoked attack occurred,” he continued. “They then turned their cameras on after the initial attack as if to set our client up, and as they say on the video to ‘go viral.’ The only thing that will be going viral for them is their mugshots.”

The fan in question spoke about the incident with TMZ, telling the outlet: “Ice Spice was just being rude. She was like, ‘Why are you over here? You could leave.’ Then she calls me a bi—. So after she calls me a bi—, I hit her.”

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For Memphis femcee GloRilla she’s had to deny being pregnant for a few years now. They have fallen to the wayside at times, but over the last few weeks or so, they have picked up steam again.

It appeared to start after the “Yeah Glo!” hitmaker shared a photo dump on Instagram in late March. In some of the pictures, fans noticed the smallest bit of her stomach showing underneath her gray hoodie.

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That was enough for her fan base to run with this gossip, and it hasn’t slowed down since. But even with it coming back up, GloRilla has tried to be somewhat nice/subtle about shutting it down.

For example, she shared these lyrics from one of her Ehhthang Ehhthang tracks in an Instagram Story post. “Crop tops in the wintertime, showing off my flat-a*s bеlly / Got to watch my back, though, all these f**k n****s want to get mе pregnant.”

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GloRilla Family Drama

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Then, earlier this month, while at the Memphis Grizzlies home game against the Toronto Raptors, she showed up on the jumbotron. While onscreen, she rubbed her belly, making fun of those spreading this false news.

But it seems these efforts haven’t helped at all. So, she’s taking a more blunt and angry approach. As caught by The Shade Room, Big Glo took to her IG once more to show a video of herself presenting her still flat stomach.

Her caption though is where she communicates that she’s done playing and wants the culprit to step forward. “& yeah which one of yall started dat rumor,” she wrote. Unfortunately, her putting her foot down probably won’t amount to anything.

Social media allows for people to speak their mind and rarely does anyone’s threats put a stop to anything.

Speaking of ending things though, GloRilla’s sister, Victoria Woods, has folks wondering why she can’t help her dad financially. Victoria, who’s gone viral lately for accusing Glo of not sharing her wealth with her family, put her father on blast for going to that aforementioned Grizzlies game despite allegedly having issues with the bills.

Fighting back against all of the backlash for her take she said, “The f**k I look like paying this n**** light bill when he got online and lied on me to try to justify what y’all know was going on? Y’all ain’t hear him on live lying on me? I had to come with receipts and prove everything.”

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When asked for parenting advice that he’d give the couple, Murphy joked: “Oh you don’t give advice like that. You know your kids don’t go by your advice. Your kids go by the example you set. They watch you. The stuff you be saying, they don’t even pay that sh*t no mind. They watch and see what you do. So, I don’t give a lot of advice.”

Eric and Jasmin got married at a private ceremony in 2025. They announced the pregnancy earlier this year. “Thank you Jesus, for the greatest gift,” they wrote on Instagram at the time. Lawrence added in his own Instagram post: “My heart is overflowing with love and gratitude. Watching Jasmin and Eric begin this journey into parenthood means everything to me.”

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Eddie Murphy’s Life Achievement Award

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Martin Lawrence was present at the American Film Institute ceremony over the weekend to support Eddie Murphy. Other attendees included Dave Chappelle, Spike Lee, Chris Rock, and Arsenio Hall, among others.

Murphy pointed out how many of his friends and family were in the audience while accepting the award. “Seeing all of my family, all my kids, my beautiful wife, and seeing all the different people I worked with, I’m just really filled up,” he said. “This is a special moment. I wish y’all could feel what l’m feeling, see what I’m seeing. I almost teared up. I’m going to get backstage and cry. Thank you for giving me this night that I will remember forever and ever and ever. I love you.” The tribute will air as a special on Netflix on May 31.

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Meanwhile, Bubba Wallace has also been having a solid start to the season. He finished fifth at Kansas this past weekend and is now tied for seventh in the standings. Overall, this has brought quite a few eyeballs to the sport, and MJ himself has become the story most weekends.

He attends the races, and more often than not, his celebrations go viral. Unfortunately, some of this virality has been for negative reasons. For instance, some people thought MJ was touching Reddick’s son inappropriately following the Daytona 500. This was eventually cleared up, and people stopped talking about it.

Now, Jordan is going viral all over again thanks to his post-race interaction with 23XI Racing co-owner Denny Hamlin. Despite co-owning 23XI, Hamlin still drives for Joe Gibbs Racing and was looking to win the race for himself on Sunday. On the final restart, Hamlin had the lead but was bumped out of the way by Kyle Larson, which allowed Reddick to get a run and win the race.

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Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin on Pit Road

As you can imagine, Hamlin was less-than-amused about the situation, and he looked upset after the race. While hanging out on pit road, Hamlin was approached by MJ, who put his hand over Hamlin’s neck and kissed him on the side of the head before walking away.

Hamlin just stood there and barely even looked at Jordan. He was clearly upset with how the race went, and wasn’t looking to celebrate despite his driver taking home the trophy. Hamlin is in search of his first championship, and losing races like that is only going to make his quest more difficult.

Meanwhile, Jordan’s manhandling of Hamlin has taken social media by storm. The clip is going viral, and every big aggregator seems to be spamming it all over the X timeline.

Despite this, MJ stays winning. He has won five of the first nine races of the season. With Talladega coming up next week, there is a very good chance Bubba Wallace is the next 23XI driver to end up in Victory Lane.

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