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Reports are circulating that Lil Durk has been held in solitary confinement for the past four months.
The Chicago rapper was allegedly caught with an Apple Watch, which prompted his attorney to file a motion requesting an update on the status of his case. As Durk has been locked up with no clear trial timeline. Christy O’Connor, Durk’s lawyer, states that he has been in solitary confinement for the last 131 days, with only one phone call per month and no in-person visits.… Read more
L.A. Reid will stand trial next week in a sexual assault lawsuit brought by a former employee who worked under him during the mogul’s time at Arista Records. Drew Dixon claims that L.A. Reid sexually assaulted her in 2001 and essentially tanked her music executive career for denying his advances.
As reported by Page Six, L.A. Reid, 69, was accused of sual assault by Drew Dixon, who worked under Reid as Vice President of A&R for Arista Records.… Read more
The capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has created countless questions about its legality, who will fill the power vacuum in Venezuela, and how much involvement the U.S. will have in stabilizing the country. The Trump administration has not provided straight answers for any of those questions, though it’s been abundantly clear about its intentions to control the nation’s oil industry. So what does that mean for Venezuela and the United States?
Let’s get into it.… Read more
Not two full days have gone by since it was reported that the Trump administration had begun deploying some 2,000 federal agents, including ICE agents, to Minneapolis, escalating his immigration crackdown in the city in what is also purported to be the Trump administration’s response to the fraud scandal in Minnesota — and already, someone has been shot and killed.
According to NBC News, a woman has died after being shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Wednesday morning, and while the victim hasn’t even been publicly identified yet, the Department of Homeland Security would like the public to know that the agent did nothing but follow his “training,” that the woman caused her own death, and that she was among violent protesters trying to stop noble officers of the law from ridding the U.S.… Read more
According to reports, there’s some unhappy employees who work for Diddy, but not because he’s currently in prison. It’s because they aren’t getting paid, leading to some making their departures. Representatives for Diddy are denying the claims.
The allegations are pointed at the business management firm Tri Star Sports & Entertainment, who have been handling Diddy aka Sean Combs’ money since he began serving his 50-month sentence after being convicted on two counts of violating the Mann Act last year after a highly lurid trial.… Read more
Entertainment mogul Tyler Perry is facing another lawsuit from another actor, who alleges that Perry subjected him to multiple unwanted sexual advances over several years. Mario Rodriguez, an actor who appeared in Perry’s 2017 film Boo! A Madea Halloween, filed the suit on Thursday (Dec. 25) in California.
In the lawsuit, Rodriguez claims that Tyler Perry first approached him through a gym trainer at Equinox in 2014. The two connected, and after he auditioned for and accepted the role offered to him in Boo!… Read more
A little more than three years ago, Marvel announced that the new Candyman, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, would be joining their ever-growing superhero family as their new Wonder Man. And now it’s finally coming to fruition as Marvel Studios has just released its first trailer for the upcoming Disney+ series.
Starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as the titular character, the trailer for the series follows Simon (Wonder Man) as he struggles to find his footing as an up-and-coming Hollywood actor.… Read more
If you’re reading this article, then congratulations—you survived 2025 and made it into 2026! Let’s all take a moment to let that sink in and collectively exhale. No, really. Pause right here to take one deep breath in through your nose, hold it for four seconds, then blow it out through your mouth.… Read more
By now, the phrase “Hip-Hop changed my life” is a well-worn cliché, but that won’t stop me from saying it.
I’m from the small Central Illinois town of Decatur. My hometown is one of the sites where the war on drugs and many of its battles took place. In 2018, Decatur was listed at number seven in USA Today’s “15 worst cities for Black Americans” and ranked third nationally in their 2019 “America’s fastest shrinking cities” poll.… Read more
Sonny Digital revealed online that his Atlanta studio was recently robbed, leaving him fuming.
The 34-year-old producer has worked with major artists such as Beyoncé, Future, Travis Scott, 21 Savage, and many more. Along with collaborating with some of the biggest names in music, Sonny has also been a strong supporter of up-and-coming artists like Seddy Hendrix, Tony Shhnow, and Landstrip Chip.
After discovering the break-in, the Atlanta producer took to social media to express his disappointment, emphasizing the time and effort he’s invested in his craft.… Read more
