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Doechii Calling “A Straight Man” A Dating Red Flag Has Social Media In Shambles

Doechii’s biggest dating red flag is “a straight man,” she revealed on “Hot Ones Versus.” Check out how social media reacted. Doechii’s biggest dating red flag in a man is being heterosexual, she revealed on Friday (March 7). During an airing of “Hot Ones Versus” with DJ Miss Milan, the “Nosebleeds” artist was asked about […]

Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing

 Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some laid-off federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their firing. The country’s bitterly tribal politics are spilling into text chains, social media posts and heated conversations as Americans absorb the reality of cost-cutting measures directed by President Donald Trump and carried out by […]

Did Trump really order 280 million acres of national forest to be cut down?

It’s a viral Instagram post that makes a startling claim. President “Trump has ordered over 100 million hectares of forest” — the equivalent of 280 million acres — “to be chopped down,” reads the text superimposed over a photo of towering redwoods. “That’s nearly three times the size of California.” As of Friday afternoon, this […]

50 Cent, With Help From Cam’ron, Takes Shot At Jim Jones Album Sales Numbers

50 Cent has continued his trolling of Jim Jones, and this time he’s apparently gotten some help from one of Dipset‘s own: Cam’ron. On Friday (March 7), 50 posted a now-deleted photo to Instagram that appeared to show a text conversation with Cam, in which the It Is What It Is co-host was sharing Jones’ […]

R. Kelly Says He’s Written 25 Albums While In Prison: ‘I’m Always Singing’

R. Kelly may be in prison for the next several decades, but he has said that he’s not letting that stop him from making music. In an interview with the podcast Inmate Tea with A&P released on Sunday (March 2), the singer and convicted sex trafficker said that he’s still composing and performing while in federal prison. “Singing is a […]

Drake Makes a Major Move in Exchange for Documents in Lawsuit

Drake has made a major chess move in exchange for documents in his lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” Drake Drops iHeartMedia From Texas Court Probe On Monday (March 3), Rolling Stone reported iHeartMedia is no longer a defendant in Drake’s probe into alleged payola in connection to Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” The two parties have come to an “amicable resolution” after Drizzy […]

Famous Dex Says Rich The Kid Wouldn’t Be Who He Is Without Him, But Is He Right?

Famous Dex is convinced he’s the reason why Rich The Kid is the star he is today. On Saturday (March 1), the Dex Meets Dexter artist took shots at his Forever Rich label head following what’s been a relatively slow start to the year for the two. “Rich, you wouldn’t even be who you are if it weren’t […]

Drake and PartyNextDoor’s Some Sexy Songs 4 U No. 1 Billboard 200

Drake has finally put a number in the win column in his nearly year-long beef with Kendrick Lamar by knocking K-Dot out of the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart. Drake and PartyNextDoor’s $ome $exy $ongs 4 U Album Tops Billboard 200 On Sunday (Feb. 23), Drizzy further entrenched himself in Billboard history by notching his 14th No. 1 album, […]

A$AP Rocky Expands His Empire With New Ray-Ban Creative Director Position

Rapper A$AP Rocky will continue to make his mark in the fashion world as the first creative director of Ray-Ban. Ray-Ban is stepping into a bold new era, and they’re doing it with none other than A$AP Rocky at the helm. The legacy eyewear brand just announced the multi-hyphenate artist as its first-ever creative director, solidifying his […]

Today in Chicago History: Arrest photo of a young Bernie Sanders emerges

Chicago police officers carry Bernie Sanders, 21, to a police wagon from a civil rights demonstration at West 73rd Street and South Lowe Avenue in August 1963. He was charged with resisting arrest, found guilty and fined $25. He was a University of Chicago student at the time. (Tom Kinahan/Chicago Tribune) The Champaign native is […]