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South African rapper Da L.E.S opened up about the stroke that hit him after dealing with massive grief from losing his dad and multiple friends within a couple of years. The Love and Hip Hop SA star told an outlet he struggled with mobility and speech after the medical emergency, and he ended up...

Young Stunna thanked Emtee after landing features on the rapper's DIY 3 album, calling the collaboration a dream come true. The amapiano artist posted about working with someone he used to cover back in the day, and fans are losing it over their chemistry on tracks one and ten. He deleted his...

Mac G's Podcast and Chill locked down the top streaming spot on Spotify for South African podcasts two years running. The platform confirmed the show stayed at number one through the entire stretch, and fans are hyping up the team's ability to figure out what works after experimenting with...

South African actor Sello Maake KaNcube reflected on his iconic Generations role as Archie Moroka, which viewers still associate with him years after leaving the show. The character paired him with Connie Ferguson's Karabo Moroka, and he admitted he was surprised by how much fans connected with...

South African Gqom artist Babes Wodumo broke down while visiting her dead husband Mampintsha's grave after reading a letter her teenage niece wrote for him. The singer posted footage of herself at the cemetery, where she was supposed to bury the note without opening it. She caved and read it...

Nigerian artist 2Baba came out to squash rumors about his marriage to politician Natasha after people online started claiming she was abusing him. The singer denied posting a concerning help me message that showed up on his Instagram Stories, and he said someone else had access to his account...

Ray J got slapped with a lawsuit from American Express for almost $140,000 in unpaid credit card bills. The company filed against him and his media business, Tronix Network, in the Los Angeles Superior Court after he stopped paying back his debt. This mess dropped right before cops arrested him...

D4vd hit the top of global search trends after police discovered a dead teenager in a Tesla connected to him. The 20-year-old musician became the most searched person worldwide when authorities found 15-year-old Celeste Rivas wrapped in a black bag inside the vehicle's trunk at a Hollywood tow...

Halle Berry went off on California Governor Gavin Newsom at a summit for blocking a menopause care bill twice. The Oscar-winning actress said he overlooked half the population by devaluing women in midlife, and she threw shade at his potential presidential ambitions. Berry runs Respin, a...

GloRilla told Complex she has no beef with Young Thug after he clowned her looks during a jailhouse call with his girlfriend, Mariah the Scientist, that leaked online. The Memphis rapper fired back with a diss track called Brianna where she roasted both of them, but she says grudges are not her...

TikTok rolled out a location-based feed that surfaces restaurants, bars, attractions, and local happenings for people based on where they are physically standing. The Nearby Feed hit the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Germany after some earlier testing in Southeast Asia, and it only works...

Amazon might ditch its partnership with USPS and roll out a competing postal operation after contract negotiations broke down. The retail giant pays the postal service over six billion dollars per year, which makes up around 7.5 percent of government mail revenue, and the existing deal expires...

Kim Kardashian broke down on The Kardashians after revealing her ex Kanye West told people she staged the Paris robbery for ratings. She said he threw the accusation around in front of their crew and family, which hit her like getting stabbed, considering how much the attack had messed up her...

A former CIA agent named John Kiriakou told LADbible that the agency can definitely spy on people through their phones and cameras after spending 14 years working counterterrorism operations. The guy said surveillance tech goes way deeper than most folks realize, pointing to that massive Vault 7...

GloRilla dropped some breadcrumbs about her thing with Brandon Ingram during a Complex sitdown but kept most details locked away. The Memphis rapper confirmed they linked up at a Grizzlies versus Pelicans matchup during Thanksgiving when he was still repping New Orleans, and she made it clear he...

Uber started letting people book driverless rides through its regular app in Dallas, and the Avride robotaxis can pop up when you request UberX or Comfort options. The service covers a nine-square-mile chunk hitting Downtown, Uptown, Turtle Creek, and Deep Ellum, with bigger expansion coming...

Mondelez pulled 70 cases of Ritz Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwiches after the packaging got mixed up and said cheese when peanut butter was actually inside. The mislabeled six-packs shipped to Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Missouri, New York, and New Jersey with best-by...

DStv is dropping a dozen channels at year's end after Canal Plus took over MultiChoice and decided the Warner Bros Discovery bundle costs way too much for what people actually watch. Subscribers are losing CNN International, Discovery Channel, Cartoon Network, Food Network, and a bunch of others...

FIFA and CAF pushed the player release deadline back, and Zimbabwe's AFCON prep just got wrecked since their foreign-based guys cannot show up until mid-December. Coach Marian Marinica has to work with mostly domestic players while the overseas talent trickles in late, which means tactical work...

Bulawayo officials are swapping out Give Way signs for full-stop ones at intersections all over the city, and town clerk Christopher Dube says drivers need to actually halt their cars completely before rolling through. The Transport Ministry authorized the changeover back when some 2016...