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By Dennis Byron | Hip Hop Enquirer Sean “Diddy” Combs was reportedly transported from FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey for medical treatment early Saturday, October 10, after suffering a head injury. According to Page Six, citing TMZ’s reporting, an ambulance left the federal prison around 1 a.m. Combs reportedly returned before sunrise and was […]

By Dennis Byron | Hip Hop EnquirerOctober 12, 2026 OAKLAND, Calif. — Reality television personality Mackayla Paige, known to fans as Kash, was fatally shot in downtown Oakland early Sunday, October 11. She was 29. Police have arrested a woman from Richmond in connection with the shooting, KTVU reports. Officers responded shortly after 1:30 a.m. […]

By Dennis Byron | Hip Hop Enquirer Music Cardi B and Kehlani put hip-hop on the winners’ board at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards. Their collaboration, “Safe”, won Best Hip-Hop at Sunday night’s ceremony in Los Angeles, topping a field that included Drake, Megan Thee Stallion, Travis Scott and Tyler, the Creator. Madonna led […]

By Hip Hop Enquirer Staff Remy Ma has a new project out, and the title alone is enough to make the group chat sit up straight. The Bronx rapper surprise-released Alimony, an EP led by “Why I Get Married?” featuring Keke Wyatt. The song has a new video, too. But if that title has fans […]

By Hip Hop Enquirer Staff | September 28, 2026 Jay-Z is taking his legal fight with attorney Tony Buzbee back to a California appeals court. After a woman who once accused the rapper of sexual assault formally withdrew her allegations, Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter asked the court to reconsider its ruling against his extortion and defamation […]

By Dennis Byron | Hip Hop Enquirer | September 26, 2026 Lil Durk won a sweeping verdict on September 11: a federal jury in Los Angeles found the Chicago rapper, whose legal name is Durk Banks, not guilty on every charge he faced in his first trial over the 2022 shooting that killed Saviay’a “Lul […]

In an era where producers often remain in the shadows, Ashwin Gane is stepping into the spotlight — not just as a beatmaker, but as a global architect of sound. From Detroit to Mumbai, from drill to R&B, Ashwin’s fingerprints are stamped across a catalog that reads like a cross-continental blueprint for modern hip-hop dominance. […]

DJ Akademiks is firing back at Megan Thee Stallion—and this time, he’s not joking around. The media personality says he spiraled into a real depression after Megan blasted him on X (formerly Twitter), calling him a “fat ass” in front of her millions of fans. According to Akademiks, that one moment sparked an avalanche of online body-shaming so intense that it […]

Words by Dennis Byron Kash Patel, I hear you. You wear the title of FBI Director today, but let’s be real—you weren’t even around when Assata Shakur’s name shook the system. You didn’t live through the era when the government put a bullseye on Black revolutionaries, when “justice” was too often just another word for […]

New York, NY – August 22, 2025– Jukebox Records proudly announces the release of “Free Diddy”, a powerful new anthem executive produced by Jukebox Bully and performed by rising star Makia. The track serves as both a celebration of resilience and a rallying cry for supporters of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who continues to […]

Reporting by Investigative Journalist Dennis Byron New York — August 15, 2025. A federal judge in Manhattan has largely dismissed the $60 million civil lawsuit filed by Sara Rivers—a former member of MTV’s “Making the Band” and the hip-hop group Da Band—against music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, handing Combs a significant legal victory and sharply […]

By Dennis Byron, Investigative Journalist | August 4, 2025 New York, NY – In a bombshell legal filing submitted on the late night hours o to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, attorneys for music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs accused federal prosecutors of trampling over a jury’s not guilty verdicts and […]

By Dennis Byron, Investigative Reporter for Hip Hop Enquirer New York, NY — May 27, 2025 The high-profile federal criminal trial of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs took a dramatic turn Tuesday as the courtroom heard explosive testimony from Capricorn Clark, a former executive and close associate of the defendant. Under intense questioning, Clark described […]

By Dennis Byron | Hip Hop Enquirer MagazineMay 26, 2025 | New York, NY In an exclusive and revealing interview conducted by veteran journalist Dennis Byron, Legendary Blue — the pioneering Harlem jeweler and party promoter who helped usher Sean “Diddy” Combs onto the New York music scene — breaks his silence for the first […]

By Dennis Byron, Senior Reporter – Hip Hop Enquirer Magazine New York, NY – May 15, 2025 — The Southern District of New York was brimming with tension on Day 6 of the federal criminal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, as Cassie Ventura, the platinum-selling artist and longtime partner of the music mogul, returned to […]