Skilla Baby has been shot in his hometown of Detroit. Bullets grazed the 26-year-old’s head and back and struck his hand. He was taken to a local hospital and is expected to survive. Some reports say that he was shooting a music video when gunmen opened fire. Skilla Baby was allegedly shot in the head […]
During a chat with Shannon Sharpe, 2 Chainz remembered recording with Eminem and Dr. Dre’s home studio. Shady was in recovery at the time, so Chainz was told he couldn’t smoke around. [Jump to 2:30] . @2chainz Couldn’t Smoke Around @Eminem “When it was time to work with Eminem, it was actually kind of funny… […]
Kid Cudi took the stand Thursday in the Diddy trial and spoke about a 2012 incident in which Puff had his car blown up because the disgraced mogul had learned the Ohio rapper was smashing The Diddler freak-off star Cassie on Cassie’s own time. During his testimony, Cudi said he had already broken up with […]
During a group chat, Wack 100 suggested that Lauren London and Nipsey Hussle were involved in Diddy’s freakoffs. His evidence of their involvement is mostly just personal relationships: Cassie and London were best friends, and Diddy was quick to console London when Nipsey was killed, sparking rumors that the two were dating. However, there […]
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An escort who goes by The Punisher was among those to testify at the Diddy trial this week. He told the court that the first time he participated in a freak off, things got weird. It was 2012. Puff summoned him to the Trump Tower in Manhattan. He believed he was going to be doing […]
A Kanye West Playboi Carti beef has been brewing for a minute now. In its latest chapter, Carti lashed out at Kanye West for stealing his song. Earlier today, Ye dropped the track “Alive,” featuring NBA YoungBoy. The track samples Playboi’s I Am Music track “Crank.” According to Carti, that was his original song. So […]
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The Diddy trial has entered his second week. After about a week of Cassie, we’ve gotten Cassie’s mom, Danity Kane member Dawn Richard, Cassie’s friend Kerry Morgan, Puff’s drug male David James, a male hooker and more. Kid Cudi is expected to take the stand later this week. As for Puff, he’s mostly sat there […]
When Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones filed a sexual harassment suit against Diddy last year, Meek Mill’s name came up. He wasn’t named in the suit, but Jones claimed that Diddy had sex with a rapper during a freak off, and many said it was Meek. The Philly rapper already denied the claim, but a lot of […]
We recently passed the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the Drake-Kendrick Lamar beef. The most significant track in the battle was Kendrick’s Drake diss, “Not Like Us.” The song led to Drake’s massive lawsuit against his UMG and was a huge hit. How big of a hit. This week, it set the record for […]
The Diddy trial will get some extra star power tomorrow. Kid Cudi is expected to take the stand and testify against Puff. We know from the federal indictment against The Diddler, and from various lawsuits, that Diddy had Kid Cudi’s car blown up when he found out that Cassie was hooking up with the rapper […]
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The Diddy trial is like Christmas and a birthday rolled into one for long-time Puff hater 50 Cent. Fif has been trolling since well before people called it trolling, and he’s been sure to provide commentary as the trial moves forward. For his latest, he goes back in time and forwards a meme made from […]
Joey Bada$$ and TDE rapper Ray Vaughn have been dissing each other in songs since January. One of the latest cuts in their exchange is Joey’s “My Town,” where he not only throws more shots at Ray, but he calls out Kendrick Lamar again after doing so in previous songs. [embedded content] “I’m the real […]
As the Diddy trial enters its second week, we are learning a little more about the men Puff hired for his notorious “freak offs.” Here are photos of some of the escorts involved in the debauchery. Prosecutors reveal images of the sex workers that took part in the Diddy and Cassie “Freak-offs” pic.twitter.com/XsJxBNGNsA — SAY […]
Timmy Bandsome, a non-binary with a large social media following, has posted screenshots suggesting a sexual relationhip with Bossman DLow. Dlow has responded to the receipts. “I Ain’t Trynna Beat Nobody On The Internet Ion Even Play Them Games,” he typed. “Just Keep Sh*t In The Streets When You Decide You Wanna Play With A […]
It’s no surprise that Drake bets on hockey. He’s a Canadian and a degenerate gambler, after all. Yesterday, he lost a little over a million dollars after his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs dropped Game 7 in their Eastern Conference semi-final series against the Florida Panthers 6-1. Drake’s fellow Canadian Justin Bieber was at the game, […]
Bow Wow and Chris Brown have a new song together, “Use Me”, and Bow is likely to be involved with Breezy’s upcoming European tour. That tour is in jeopardy after Brown was arrested upon arrival in the UK on charges that he had roughed up a producer in 2023. He is being held without bail […]
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A month ago, YSL removed all references to Gunna from their social media Words like “rat” and “snitch” have followed Wunna around since he copped a plea in the YSL RICO case and walked out of jail in late 2022. Wunna and his lawyer have both insisted he didn’t tell on anyone. However, YSL boss […]
Earlier this week, we learned that Kelsey Harris’ ex-bodyguard has been telling folks that he overheard Kelsey admit that she, not Tory Lanez, shot Megan Thee Stallion. It’s a theory that Tory’s team has forwarded in the past. In light of this, gossip king Jason Lee released some text messages he exchanged with Tory, in […]
OVO demon Top5 has been terrorizing social media ever since Drake helped him beat a murder charge last year. That may have just come to an end. Here’s a video of York, Ontario police taking in Drizzy’s shooter. Toronto rapper Top5 arrested by York regional police 👀pic.twitter.com/fMpRlLQtFj — No Jumper (@nojumper) May 17, 2025 It’s […]
Drake and Tory Lanez haven’t always been on the best of terms. However, Drake was team Tory during his entire Megan Thee Stallion shooting arc, which resulted in ten years in prison. There have been two big Tory developments this week. One, Tory was stabbed 14 times in the prison yard. (He is expected to […]
Things got wild tonight at Adin Ross’s boxing event. Ex-NFL star and CTE haver Antonio Brown opened fire during a brawl outside the venue. Some folks say he was trying to fight off goons trying to steal his chains. Antonio Brown has been arrested at Adin Ross’s boxing event after allegedly pulling out a f*rearm […]
The beef between Soulja Boy and DDG is heating up. SB started it by threatening DDG after he heard the rapper/streamer’s baby mama, Halle Bailey, got a restraining order against DDG after telling a judge he roughed her up. DDG denies putting his hands on Bailey and clapped back at SB by claiming the “Crank […]
Chris Brown thought he was flying over to England for some fun before his European tour. Instead, he’ll be spending at least the next month in jail. The R&B singer has been charged with one count of grievous bodily harm for the 2023 London beating of producer Abe Diaw, and he’ll be locked up until […]
Soulja Boy took a shot at DDG after learning Halle Bailey got a 100-yard restraining order against her baby’s father after convincing a judge DDG roughed her up on multiple occasions. “You a bitch ass n*gga for putting yo hands on Halle li n*gga if I catch u im beating the f*ck out u,” Soulja […]
Is this going to be the summer of NBA YoungBoy? The oft-incarcerated rapper is currently a free man, with a 27-date tour slated to start on September 2. That suggests he will soon be dropping an album. As for now, YB has been leaving his Utah compound more and more, and fans believe he is […]
A new documentary from TMZ suggests that Justin Bieber, who’s made well over $500 million during his career, was forced to sell his catalog for $200 million because he was broke. They also reported that an independent audit found that he owes his ex-manager, Scooter Braun, $9 million. Bieber had believed that Braun owed him […]