50 Cent is back at it.

The Queens rapper and filmmaker continues to troll Diddy as the Harlem mogul’s sex trafficking trial heads into its second week. This time, he posted an AI-generated picture of himself on Instagram wearing a white “Free Diddy” shirt in front of a courthouse and followed that up with a screenshot of an article referencing testimony from Cassie‘s mother, Regina Ventura, in which she testified that Diddy requested $20,000 that he spent on her daughter after he found out she was dating Kid Cudi, forcing Cassie’s parents to take out a loan.

“He only made Cassie’s mom take out a home equity loan to pay 20k for him to not put out sex tapes,” 50 wrote in the caption. “Free itty bitty Diddy! LOL wait is that legal.”

Just over the weekend, 50 Cent joked about people being offered $20 an hour to wear “Free Diddy” shirts in front of Manhattan federal court, writing, “Diddy paying people to wear Free Diddy shirts is diabolical, but $20 a hour ain’t bad. I might go throw that on for a hour tomorrow.”

In another picture he posted, this time wearing a black “Free Diddy” shirt, his caption read: “Ok now where do I send my $20 invoice guys, a deals a deal. If you want I can be there tomorrow from 3 to 4 OK!”

In other Diddy trial news, Kid Cudi is expected to testify sometime this week, according to prosecutors. And it’s pretty safe to assume that the subject of Diddy allegedly blowing up Cudi’s car over his relationship with Cassie will be broached.

Indie-rock veterans Guided By Voices have claimed that rumors of their demise are greatly exaggerated, pointing to a forthcoming record as proof.

The prolific Ohio outfit became the center of rumor on Monday (May 19) when a new episode of Lou Barlow’s RAW Impressions podcast unintentionally broke the news. In the latest episode, Lou spoke to Guided By Voices guitarist Bobby Bare Jr. with his wife Adelle, who admitted to having never seen the group live.

In response, Bare noted, “We’re breaking up, you never will.” After Lou adds “You never will, they’re done,” Bare seemingly confirmed the band’s status by adding “We’re never going to play again.”

However, the apparent revelation may have been a case of miscommunication due to technology, with the episode’s description on YouTube noting that it was “loaded with technical difficulties,” and that “the audio is often breaking up.”

Following the news apparently breaking, the episode’s hosts spoke to Brooklyn Vegan to clarify their own thoughts on the matter. “My understanding is that they didn’t have plans to play more live shows,” Adelle explained. “But I think they are still recording! Not broken up. And yea, I had a lot of technical difficulties during the podcast episode.”

Lou echoed this by adding that the group were in the process of making a new record, though he understood that there were to be “no more live shows.”

In the wake of the rumor mill going into overdrive, a representative for Guided By Voices spoke to Rolling Stone to deny that the band were splitting, and even noted that a new album called Thick Rich and Delicious would be arriving on Halloween. Currently, the band have not shared any further information on the upcoming record.

News of a breakup announcement from Guided By Voices wouldn’t be entirely unexpected, however. Having first formed in 1983, the Robert Pollard-led outfit released a total of 15 albums before splitting in 2004 – including their highest-charting release, 2002’s Universal Truths and Cycles, which hit No. 160 on the Billboard 200 and No. 3 on the Heatseekers charts.

After reforming in 2010, a further six albums followed before another split in 2014. Since reforming again in 2016, the group have been immensely prolific, with 19 albums arriving in the past nine years, including February’s Universe Room. Pollard will also release the debut album from his Rip Van Winkle side-project this year, with Blasphemy set to arrive in July.

Giving credence to Bare’s claims about not playing live again, however, Guided By Voices have not performed since an October 2024 show in Dallas, with reviews of that show reporting Pollard had claimed it was to be their final gig. Indeed, no further live dates are listed on their website at the current time.

Whenever Drake supports a team with his rooting interest or backs them with his six-figure bets and that franchise ends up losing, the 6 God hears all the noise from sports fans about the “Drake Curse.”

Drake was finally asked about the mythical curse in a mock interview he posted to his Instagram on Monday (May 19) in promotion of his partnership with Stake.

“I feel like I don’t play sports, whether I picked the wrong team or not, if I could get out there and win for all your favorite teams, I would,” he said.

Ultimately, Drake feels vindicated that a “curse” doesn’t exist because the Toronto Raptors captured their first NBA championship in 2019.

“The Drake curse is funny to me,” he revealed. “First of all, the Toronto Raptors are NBA champions. If there was a Drake curse, Kawhi [Leonard] would’ve never hit that shot, we would’ve never beat the Warriors. There is no Drake curse, but it’s funny, though.”

However, Drake did concede that he isn’t a sports gambling savant and has taken his fair share of monetary losses with bad bets over the years.

“I am a flawed sports better,” Drizzy admitted. “I will not deny that. That’s not my gift. I’ll let everybody roll with it. I’m sure if you’re a Drake curse believer, there will be plenty more content in the future to confirm your theories because my slips do not cash out. But one day I’m gonna have a parlay that’s insane.”

Drake added to the “Drake Curse” theories on Sunday night when his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs were eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs after a 6-1 thrashing at the hands of the Florida Panthers in Game 7.

Drizzy actually ended up betting $1.25 million on the Maple Leafs to take home the game 7 victory and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.

However, Drake jokingly flipped the script and blamed the “Bieber Curse” in his IG Story, as Justin Bieber, who’s a massive Leafs fan, was in attendance front and center at Scotiabank Arena with his wife, Hailey, to watch the excruciating loss in person.

“I don’t remember a time in my life when I haven’t been obsessed with the leafsssss,” Bieber wrote following the loss on his Instagram. “This year we made it farther than we have in so long and im happy about that. I can be patient cuz I know this is the team to do it.”

Watch the full interview clip with Drake below.

Post Malone is opposing an attempt by his ex to move their nearly three-year-old daughter permanently to California, saying in a new court filing that the child has lived in Utah most of her life and should remain a resident there.

The star (Austin Richard Post) filed a motion Monday (May 19) to dismiss the custody petition brought in Los Angeles court last month by his ex, Hee Sung “Jamie” Park. Post and Park share a child, referred to anonymously in court filings as “DDP,” who was born in May 2022.

According to the motion, the family lived together in Utah until Post and Park ended their relationship this past November. Park then decided to relocate to Los Angeles, and Post says he agreed to share custody and move the child between California and Utah every two weeks.

In April, however, Post says he learned that Park was planning to file for primary physical custody and change their daughter’s residence to California. Park “rushed to enroll DDP in every type of activity she can” in Los Angeles to demonstrate the child’s residence there, Post claims, even though he says DDP’s nanny and doctor are in Utah and she has long attended daycare, music classes and swimming lessons there.

Post filed a paternity action in Utah on April 14 after learning of Park’s plans, he says. Park then brought her California petition for primary custody two days later, and the singer alleges Park’s petition “intentionally misleads” the Los Angeles judge by failing to mention that the child has lived in Utah nearly her whole life.

“I do intend to work cooperatively with Jamie to ensure that DDP has frequent and equal custodial time with her mother,” wrote Post in his declaration. “I do not consent to Jamie’s back door attempt to change DDP’s residence from Utah to California. I request that the California court admonish Jamie for her lack of candor, gamesmanship in attempting to forum shop, and her intentional action to try to mislead the court about DDP’s home.”

Post wants the California custody petition dismissed. He says the former couple’s dispute should be resolved in Utah, where he was the first to bring a custody action and where their daughter has spent nearly three years.

“Jamie’s conduct of attempting to forum shop to change DDP’s home state without Post’s consent or a Utah court order should not be condoned by the California court,” wrote Post’s attorney, Laura Wasser. “California law provides that, under the facts of this case, DDP’s home state is Utah, and subject matter jurisdiction over her custody remains with the Utah court.”

A judge in Los Angeles County Superior Court is scheduled to consider Post’s dismissal motion in late July. Park’s attorney did not immediately return a request for comment Monday.

Post is currently headlining his Big Ass Stadium Tour and is next scheduled to play U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Tuesday (May 20).

Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro has apparently put to bed any hopes of further shows from the group, claiming there’s “no chance” of them playing live together again.

Navarro’s comments came about in a recent interview with Guitar Player where the famed musician looked back on the best and worst gigs of his career. 

In the latter category, Navarro turned to the band’s last run of shows in 2024, noting that some of those gigs were his favorite, with the group working together in perfect unison. “If you combined Grateful Dead and Radiohead, there were moments like that — just weird, experimental jams that we’d never done before as a band,” he claimed.

However, it’s Jane’s Addiction’s final performance, at Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion on Sept. 13, that takes the dubious honor of being his least favorite. That show made headlines last year when frontman Perry Farrell threw a punch at Navarro during a rendition of “Ocean Size.”

Navarro walked off stage following the incident, ending the show early, and soon after, Jane’s Addiction announced the cancellation of the remainder of their tour dates. The announcement included a statement signed by Navarro, bassist Eric Avery, and drummer Stephen Perkins highlighting the “behavior and the mental health difficulties of our singer Perry Farrell”.

According to Navarro, the incident is “still very tender and unresolved,” with the guitarist taking care not to be “naming names and pointing fingers” while speaking to Guitar Player.

“There was an altercation onstage, and all the hard work and dedication and writing and hours in the studio, and picking up and leaving home and crisscrossing the country and Europe and trying to overcome my illness — it all came to a screeching halt and forever destroyed the band’s life,” he explained. “And there’s no chance for the band to ever play together again.”

Much of the sadness around the unexpected and unfortunate end to Jane’s Addiction relates to the fact that the shows prior to their final performance were some of Navarro’s favorite.

“I’ll just say that the experience prior to that gig, when we were in Europe and gelling, really, for the first time — because at our ages, in our 50s and 60s, everybody’s done what they’re gonna do, and we weren’t competitive with each other — we were getting along,” he explained. “There was no ego issue; it was just four guys making great music, just like we did in the beginning. I was just us on a stage, with people going f–king crazy.

“And that gig, September 13th, in Boston, ended all of that,” he added. “And for that reason, that is my least favorite gig that I have ever played.”

In the wake of Jane’s Addiction’s final gig, Navarro, Perkins and Avery have reportedly been working on new music together, though it’s unclear exactly what form this will take.