Crime

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Original Content How Should Hip-Hop Respond To Kodak Black's Sentencing? Condemned to 46 months behind bars, we look to find the measured response to Kodak Black's latest trip to the penitentiary. By Robert Blair November 14, 2019
Crime Black Man Choked And Tasered By Police For Having Marijuana #BlackLivesMatter. By Aida C. August 30, 2019
Crime Kodak Black Court Photo Surfaces As Rapper Faces 8 Years In Prison Kodak Black is facing some hard time in prison. By Alex Zidel August 23, 2019
Random New Orleans 911 Operator On The Run After Allegedly Ending Calls On Purpose Precious Stephens, who has yet to be found, is currently facing five years in prison for her crimes. By Hayley Hynes September 06, 2021
Pop Culture R. Kelly Hires Bill Cosby’s Former Attorney To Help Challenge Racketeering Conviction: Report High-profile New York attorney Jennifer Bonjean helped get Bill Cosby out of prison earlier this year. By Hayley Hynes October 29, 2021
Crime Lil Baby Says He's Spoken With Young Thug: "He In Great Spirits" Lil Baby says that Young Thug is still in "great spirits" despite the ongoing YSL RICO case. By Cole Blake June 07, 2022
Crime Kodak Black's July Drug Trafficking Arrest Footage Has Been Released: Watch The Florida rapper's frustration was evident in the video as he smacked himself in the head while shouting, "F*ck, bro. Damn, dawg!" By Hayley Hynes August 01, 2022
Crime Michael Strahan's Ex-Wife Arrested For Criminal Contempt Jean Muggli Strahan was arrested for violating a restraining order filed by ex-girlfriend, Marianne Ayer. By Joe Abrams June 26, 2021
Music Fivio Foreign Reportedly Arrested For Assault Fivio Foreign, one of the game's up-and-coming rappers, was charged with an assault charge over the weekend. By Mitch Findlay October 12, 2020
Crime Young Buck's Girlfriend Arrested For Reportedly Shooting At Him Young Buck's girlfriend was arrested for reckless endangerment after allegedly firing a gun during a domestic dispute with the rapper. By Alex Zidel October 21, 2020
Music Jackboy Arrested For Gun Possession: Report The Sniper Gang affiliate ran into some trouble with the law while out in Georgia. By Madusa S. March 06, 2021
Crime NXIVM Cult Leader Keith Raniere Receives 120-Year Prison Sentence Prosecutors accused Raniere of leading an all-women sex cult where he branded his victims and forced them to perform sex acts. By Erika Marie October 28, 2020