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Music Lil Wayne Seeks To Disprove Airplane Assault Claims Via Pilot's Testimony Lil Wayne was sued by his former assistant Andrew Williams in 2022 for allegedly punching him on a private jet. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 25, 2026
Music Drakeo The Ruler's Security Guard Claims YG Had A Knife During Fight Drakeo The Ruler's security guard testified under oath about allegedly seeing YG at the festival where Drakeo was fatally stabbed in 2021. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 25, 2026
Music Graphic Evidence In D4vd Murder Case Forces Spectators To Leave Courtroom A courtroom emptied as disturbing testimony and crime scene photos were presented during D4vd's preliminary hearing. By Erika Marie July 24, 2026
Music YG Responds To Drakeo The Ruler Murder Allegations A reporter asked YG about his song "WE KNOW THE TRUTH," which seems to deny involvement in Drakeo The Ruler's murder. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 24, 2026
Music Trey Songz Dodges Prison Time For Alleged Fight At New York Club As long as Trey Songz doesn't get into legal trouble in the next year, he will not go to jail for this nightclub incident. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 24, 2026
Music D4vd's Legal Team Challenges Alleged Blood Evidence In Court Prosecutors and criminalists claim D4vd's DNA was found in a bag that also contained the blood of Celeste Rivas Hernandez. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 24, 2026
Music YG References Detainment Over Drakeo The Ruler Murder During Verzuz YG had a successful and fun Verzuz against The Game last night, but it almost got derailed by a long-running case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 24, 2026
Music Chris Brown Pleads Guilty To Fighting Man At London Nightclub The court dropped more serious assault charges against Chris Brown regarding his altercation with producer Abe Diaw at a London club. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 24, 2026
Music JAŸ-Z Demands Money From Godmother Of Man Who Claims To Be His Son Lillie Coley's filed for bankruptcy but Hov doesn't want that interfering with the $119K he was awarded from the court. By Aron A. July 24, 2026
Music Diddy Allegedly Placed In Solitary Confinement After Getting In Prison Fight It's reportedly unclear if Diddy is still in solitary confinement after he allegedly brawled with a fellow inmate who dissed him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 24, 2026
Pop Culture Adrien Broner & Deen The Great React Live To Broner's Sexual Battery Lawsuit Deen The Great is also part of the lawsuit against Adrien Broner, as Havana Saint accused Deen of defamation and causing emotional distress. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 24, 2026
Sneakers CoolKicks Co-Owner Indicted In Alleged Nike Theft Scheme Federal prosecutors indicted CoolKicks co-owner Bereket Abraham over an alleged multi-year Nike theft scheme. By Ben Atkinson July 23, 2026