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Lil Durk Beat the Murder-for-Hire Case—But When Is He Coming Home?

A federal jury in Los Angeles just found Lil Durk not guilty on all charges tied to the 2022 shooting that prosecutors claimed was a revenge plot targeting Quando Rondo.…

Shenseea Becomes First Female Dancehall Artist Nominated at Billboard Latin Music Awards

Shenseea just made history in a way nobody saw coming. Her single "Echo" featuring Daddy Yankee has earned her a nomination for Crossover Artist of the Year at the 2026…

Kenneth Petty Produces Accuser’s 1994 Letter in Bid to Dismiss $20M Civil Suit

The most striking detail in Kenneth Petty's latest legal move is not that he filed for dismissal, but what he filed alongside it. A 1994 notarized letter, written by Jennifer…

Kendrick Lamar’s $100M Slavery Comedy Shelved by Paramount

The most surprising thing about Kendrick Lamar's shelved film project is not that it got delayed, it's that Paramount's own head once called the script "one of the funniest and…

DJ Akademiks Says Feds Put His ‘Life in Danger’ After Lil Durk Trial Mention

The detail that caught everyone off guard was not the trial itself, but who got pulled into it. DJ Akademiks went public this week saying that federal prosecutors put his…

Inside the Sarkodie–Stonebwoy Social Media Clash: What We Know

The whole thing started with what looked like a peace message. On September 7, Sarkodie posted a note to his SarkNation fanbase asking them to support his music without going…

Lil Durk Jury Enters Second Day of Deliberations, Seeks Charge Clarification

The jury deciding Lil Durk's federal case in Los Angeles pushed into a second day of deliberations Thursday, with no verdict yet in sight. Jurors also sent a request to…

Jury Begins Deliberations in Lil Durk’s Murder-for-Hire Trial

Streamers have pulled up outside the Los Angeles courthouse where Lil Durk's fate is now in the hands of a jury, and the scene is quieter than you might expect.…