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Music YNW Melly's Mom Reportedly Wore A Wire To Aid His Trial But It May Backfire YNW Melly's case is already complex, but his path to a more lenient sentence may have just become more difficult and very unlikely. By Zachary Horvath March 02, 2026
Music Zeethewizard's Friend Responsible For His Death In New Year's Shootout Dallas rapper Zeethewizard was tragically killed earlier this month and more and more developments in the investigation are coming to light. By Zachary Horvath January 23, 2026
Crime Tommie Lee Arrested For Battery In Miami: What We Know Tommie Lee found herself in trouble with the law once again following an alleged altercation outside of Miami's Club Liv. By Axl Banks June 10, 2024
Music Big U's Massive 43-Count Indictment Unsealed The longtime alleged gang leader, Big U, is facing a number of charges after authorities arrested him in Los Angeles, last week. By Cole Blake March 27, 2025
Pop Culture DJ Akademiks Ruthlessly Taunts Taxstone Over New Charges Taxstone is currently behind bars serving a 35-year sentence for the fatal shooting of Troy Ave's bodyguard. By Caroline Fisher March 08, 2025
Music Pooh Shiesty Reacts With Jubilation After Being Released Early From Federal Prison Pooh Shiesty had previously been convicted of firearms and drug trafficking charges. Last night, he was released from prison early. By Alexander Cole October 07, 2025
Relationships Diddy Apologizes To Cassie For Abuse In Letter To Judge Diddy will receive his sentence for violating the Mann Act today (Friday, October 3), for which Cassie shared a victim impact statement. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 03, 2025
Music 6ix9ine Wants To Risk Life In Prison To Get Revenge On Men Who Jumped Him Considering all of 6ix9ine's probation issues and a lot of legal trouble, a confrontation would likely hold severe consequences for him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 25, 2025
Music Kodak Black's Lawyer Calls Out Negative Media Coverage Of Him Bradford Cohen questioned why everyone knows Yak's rock-throwing incident, but not enough people heard about his philanthropy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 23, 2024
Music Tory Lanez Demands Prince From "L&HH" To Sit For Deposition In Assault Case The 'Love & Hip Hop: Miami" star accused Lanez of threatening him with an armed man in a settlement deal. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 03, 2023
Music Charleston White Clowns Lil Durk Over Florida Arrest Charleston White has little sympathy for Lil Durk. By Caroline Fisher October 25, 2024
Music New Indictment Alleges That Men Contracted To Kill Quando Rondo Have Ties To Lil Durk's OTF The allegations are serious. By Elias Andrews October 24, 2024