Shawn Setaro

6 days ago | complex.com | Shawn Setaro

Cassie Ventura (referred to as “Victim-1” in court papers) will have to turn over all draft copies of her memoir to Diddy’s team — a prospect she was fighting against, a judge in Manhattan federal court ruled on Friday, at a hearing occurring just weeks before the mogul’s trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges is set to begin. The attorneys were also seeking bank statements from the singer for a ten-month period of 2023.

1 week ago | complex.com | Shawn Setaro

Diddy has requested a little more time before beginning his upcoming federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial. On Wednesday (April 16), the disgraced mogul's legal team sent a letter to the case's judge, Arun Subramanian, requesting a two-month adjournment before jury selection in the case, which is currently scheduled to begin on May 5. Attorneys for the Bad Boy founder argued that the delay was needed for several reasons.

1 week ago | complex.com | Shawn Setaro

Cam'ron and Mase decided to hop into the current debate over a viral illustration of a "Mount Rushmore" of white rappers, and both of them took their choices back to the '80s. On Monday's episode of their sports talk show It Is What It Is, the Harlem rap icons were prompted by co-host Treasure "Stat Baby" Wilson to name their own top four. (The social media post that began the discussion cited Eminem, Mac Miller, Paul Wall, and Russ). Mase struggled at first. "There's only like two white rappers.

1 week ago | bkmag.com | Shawn Setaro

This weekend encompasses both Easter and the last days of Passover. To that end, we’re bringing you plenty of chances to celebrate (and to maybe get a little weird). But we’re also providing a few creepy and somber options. It’s only appropriate. After all, for these holidays, we’ll often gather with loved ones, but both get darker beneath the surface. (Metallica titled their song about the Passover story “Creeping Death” for a reason.)But enough Bay Area thrash classics (for now, at least).

1 week ago | complex.com | Shawn Setaro

Wale recently shared a story about the time J. Cole guided him through a bout of writer's block. He revealed that the North Carolina rapper's method of meditation worked well enough that the two created a well-loved collaboration right afterwards. On Monday (April 14), Wale took to the social media platform previously known as Twitter to discuss writer's block. "Music friends .. how do yall cure writers block ....over the years I've had different methods . Curious what yall do," he wrote.