MURDER

On Sunday this past week, we received the tragic news that both of Toya Wright's brothers were murdered in New Orleans, at the intersection of Pauge & North Miro in the 7th Ward.

Last night, as you might already know, a protest went down in support of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, two black men recently slayed by white police officers, each in unjustified circumstances.

It's been just over four months since the death of Bankroll Fresh. In a shocking new interview, a rapper who goes by No Plug, a childhood friend of Bankroll's, has admitted to his involvement in Bankroll's killing.

RondoNumbaNine has been sentenced to 39 years in prison in the 2014 murder of a livery driver, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

Yet another inspiring young artist has been taken too soon. Yesterday (June 25) at around 7PM, 23-year-old Tyriece Watson, aka Lor Scoota, was fatally shot while driving in his hometown of Baltimore.

Troy Ave has been incarcerated since May 26, when he was arrested at the hospital for his alleged role in the shooting that took place the night before at a T.I. concert at NYC's Irving Plaza.

We recently passed the one-year anniversary of Chinx's untimely death. Veronica Clinton, Chinx's mother, used the anniversary as an opportunity to speak out against those close to Chinx, whom she feels disrespected by-- calling out French Montana, Chinx's

A Chicago teen charged in the murder of his 16-year old friend admitted to the crime in a snapchat video, which was sent from the backseat of a patrol car after his arrest.

The infamous trial of OJ Simpson received a huge jolt recently thanks to the FX show, "The People v. O.J.

An 8th grade math teacher in Mobile, Alabama has been placed on administrative leave after several parents complained about the language and gang-related subject matter that was used on a 10-question quiz.

Last Thursday (May 26), after a shooting put an abrupt end to a T.I.

Chinx was gunned down in Queens the early hours of May 17, 2015 as he left a hookah lounge in his Porsche. NYPD detectives are now saying that they believe the murder was carried out by someone jealous of his success.

This could not have been planned better if it was a viral marketing trick (jury’s still out on that theory). In the midst of the OJ Simpson trial’s revival with the show “The People v.

Kendrick Lamar is capping off 2015 with an interview that reflects on his youth in Compton and his struggle in coping with fame and success off the back of a platinum debut album, and more recently, 11 Grammy nominations.

Quintavius Waters, who was a security personnel for Young Thug, was found shot and killed in his southwest Atlanta home on Monday night (Dec. 7), reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution. 

It is common knowledge that the culprits of Tupac and Biggie were never apprehended. But that is no anomaly -- as it turns out, it is extremely common for rap homicides to go unsolved.

Lil Wayne protégé Widner "Flow" DeGruy was arrested Friday after he was indicted in the murder of brothers Kendrick “Muddy Cup” Bishop, 22, and Kendred Bishop, 18, in New Orleans on May 25.

It was almost a year ago that we first reported that Ice T's grandson, Elyjah Marrow, had been charged with involuntary manslaughter following the shooting of his roommate, Daryus Johnson. 

Things aren't looking up for Suge Knight yet, who is currently in jail with bail set at $10 million. The former music executive plead not guilty to the murder charges, and trail is expected to get underway on July 7th.

Early Sunday morning Coke Boy's next up, Chinx (real name Lionel Pickens), was sitting in his Porsche Panamera with a fellow Coke Boy when a barrage of bullets killed him. Few details have been released thus far, although Chinx's team released a stat

Suge Knight was back in court today -- where he pleaded not guilty to charges of murder. While Knight's lawyer had requested bail to be reduced from $10 Million to a more reasonable 5, the bail reduction was denied by a judge today.

Suge Knight will stand trial for murder charges stemming from a January hit-and-run incident that left one dead and one injured.

Suge Knight is currently fighting charges of murder and second degree murder following a fatal hit-and-run earlier this year.

Suge Knight's legal situation isn't showing signs of improvement, especially now that the full video footage from Suge's alleged hit-and-run has surfaced.

Suge Knight's not going anywhere until he's tried for murder. After the hip-hop mogul received his charge for fatally running over a man (and injuring another) last week, his bail was originally set at $2.2 million, and now it has been revoked altogether.

It has not been a good year for Suge Knight. In the past twelve months, he's been shot and been arrested on robbery charges, and now he could very well be facing a count of vehicular manslaughter. TMZ reports that Knight ran over a man with his car in L.A.

Investigators in Gwinett County, Georgia suspect that a rivalry between rap groups Migos and 2G was behind the murder of a local man on June 11th.