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Music Sean Kingston's Mother Admits To Falsifying Money Transfers To Protect Him Amid Fraud Trial Sean Kingston and his mother face various fraud charges relating to their alleged $1 million swindling of multiple businesses. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 28, 2025
Music Sauce Walka Says He Will Not Retaliate Against Sayso P's Killers After Memphis Shooting Sauce Walka offered a heartbreaking tribute to his deceased artist Sayso P days after recovering from the shooting that took Sayso's life. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 28, 2025
Music Sheff G To Receive Five-Year Prison Sentence After Pleading Guilty To Attempted Murder Sheff G was one of 32 alleged gang members named in a 140-count indictment and accused of shootings, using stolen cars, and more. By Caroline Fisher March 27, 2025
Music Jay-Z Predicted To Proceed With Extortion Claim Against Lawyer Tony Buzbee Jay-Z ran into some legal red tape in his campaign against lawyer Tony Buzbee, but it's looking as though he will get his way. By Elias Andrews March 26, 2025
Music Yella Beezy's Bond Set At $2 Million Following Capital Murder Charge In Mo3's Death Yella Beezy has previously denied any involvement in Mo3's murder and downplayed the public's perception of the extent of their rivalry. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2025
Music Big U Makes His First Federal Court Appearance After RICO Arrest Big U's RICO Case drew a lot of controversy for how it roped in hip-hop media such as Wack 100 and No Jumper. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2025
Music Fivio Foreign's Lawyer Reveals Rapper Has Been Locked Up Since January Fivio Foreign is in a much trickier situation than any of us knew, but his lawyer is confident he'll beat his charges. By Elias Andrews March 21, 2025
Music 2 Chainz Calls Out Employee Who Allegedly Stole Everything From One Of His Businesses 2 Chainz may have recently released the "Life Is Beautiful" album, but life is also pretty hard sometimes. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 20, 2025
Gossip Sarunas Jackson Allegedly Exposed By Woman He Got Pregnant Amid Ex-GF's Abuse Claims Sarunas Jackson previously made headlines for requesting a restraining order against his brother Darius' ex, Keke Palmer. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 16, 2025
Music Drake Allegedly Agrees To Remove Some Mysterious Allegations From UMG Lawsuit Drake's defamation lawsuit against UMG over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" will reportedly look quite different now. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 22, 2025
Music Kanye West Fans The Flames Of Controversy By Suggesting Cassie Extorted Diddy This is far from the first time that Kanye West has defended Diddy, but specifically calling Cassie out is a new low. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 21, 2025
Pop Culture Charleston White Reportedly Arrested For Alleged Assault With A Deadly Weapon Charleston White is in more legal trouble. By Caroline Fisher February 19, 2025