Crime

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Music YNW Melly's Jury Selection Will Be Livestreamed Before Double Murder Retrial A judge reportedly ordered 500 prospective jurors to be summoned for YNW Melly's jury selection in his double murder retrial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 16, 2026
Music Cops Were Bummed When Young Thug's Lawyer Brian Steel Showed Up To Atlanta Raid Newly released body cam footage of Young Thug's 2022 Atlanta arrest in the YSL RICO case features officers reacting to Brian Steel's arrival. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 16, 2026
Crime Lil Baby Not Connected To Keion White Shooting Suspects, Police Say Lil Baby's entourage was allegedly arguing with Keion White prior to the shooting, according to a witness. By Aron A. October 16, 2026
Music Diddy Transferred To New Federal Prison Following Recent Scandals Diddy has reportedly been facing a lot of trouble behind bars, including an alleged fight with a drug lord that the Bureau of Prisons denied. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 16, 2026
Music Chance The Rapper Scores Hefty Settlement After Winning Case Against Former Manager A judge found that Patrick "Pat" Corcoran repeatedly violated fiduciary obligations to Chance The Rapper. He must now pay up to $1.5 million. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 16, 2026
Music Pooh Shiesty's Lawyers Claim He's In Jail Cell For 23 Hours A Day Pooh Shiesty's lawyers alleged his visitation hours have been cut in solitary confinement, which authorities claim is for his protection. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 16, 2026
Music Man Convicted In Pop Smoke Case Wants To Apologize To His Mom Blockstar says an apology cannot change what happened, but he still wishes he had spoken directly to Pop Smoke’s mother. By Erika Marie October 15, 2026
Music Ye’s Malibu Mansion Lawsuit Bill Climbs Past $320K The fallout from Ye’s Malibu renovation keeps growing, with a judge awarding more fees to former project manager Tony Saxon. By Erika Marie October 15, 2026
Music Police Fangirl Over Young Thug’s Jewelry In Bodycam Video A newly circulated clip shows police passing around Young Thug’s diamond pieces while reacting to the collection. By Erika Marie October 15, 2026
Music Who Is Christopher "Dudus" Coke? The Jamaican Kingpin Accused Of Assaulting Diddy Christopher “Dudus” Coke was known as the leader of the Shower Posse before his incarceration at Fort Dix in New Jersey. Most recently, he returned to headlines over reports that he fought Diddy. By Aron A. October 15, 2026
Crime Lil Durk’s Co-Defendants Face Pushback From Feds Over Stalking Convictions Deandre “DeDe” Wilson and David “Browneyez” Lindsey want new trial or an acquittal over the stalking conviction. By Aron A. October 15, 2026
Music Nino Paid & Warhol.SS Hit With Murder And Armed Robbery Charges Nino Paid and Warhol.SS have been charged with murder, aggravated assault, and armed robbery stemming from an alleged incident on April 25. By Alexander Cole October 15, 2026