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Music Pooh Shiesty Hires Iconic Lawyer With Plenty Of Hip-Hop Clients Authorities charged Pooh Shiesty for allegedly kidnapping and robbing Gucci Mane at gunpoint in Dallas, earlier this year. By Cole Blake April 07, 2026
Music Feds Claim Pooh Shiesty Spoke With Probation Officer Before Gucci Mane Kidnapping Federal authorities also reportedly claimed they don't have any hard evidence proving their allegations that Pooh Shiesty robbed Gucci Mane. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2026
Music Lizzo Scores Major Legal Victory In Harassment Lawsuit Saga Things are looking up for the singer. By Elias Andrews December 05, 2024
Music Young Thug's Dad Goes Off On "Piece Of Sh*t" District Attorney After YSL RICO Trial Wraps Up Young Thug's father went off after the YSL RICO trial. By Cole Blake December 03, 2024
Music Yak Gotti Stabbed In Prison While Awaiting RICO Verdict We're hoping Yak recovers well. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 02, 2024
Music Boosie Badazz Celebrates Avoiding Jail Time In Federal Gun Case Boosie Badazz received a time served sentence in his federal gun case, and must pay a $50K fine and complete 300 hours of community service. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 10, 2026
Music Lil Durk Suffers Big Loss In Court Due To Death Threat Motion Falling Through Lil Durk's legal team had hoped to get his murder-for-hire case dismissed over death threats that prosecutors reportedly failed to disclose. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music Pooh Shiesty Has An Emotional Reunion With Big30 After Getting Out Of Jail Pooh Shiesty pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess firearms in furtherance of crimes of violence and drug trafficking back in 2022. By Cole Blake October 07, 2025
Pop Culture Charleston White Tears Shannon Sharpe Apart For His Sexual Assault Lawsuit Charleston White previously called Shannon Sharpe a "Black sellout" while dissing his "Club Shay Shay" program. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 26, 2025
Music Diddy's Legal Trouble Gets Yet Another Documentary Treatment From BBC This follows other Diddy documentaries from TMZ, MAX, and more. The new BBC doc also preludes the Bad Boy mogul's federal trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 24, 2025
Music Diddy's Judge Orders Cassie To Hand Over Memoir Drafts And Allows Anonymous Testimony Diddy's lawyers argued against the mogul's two alleged victims being able to testify against him anonymously. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Music Kanye West Asks Why Top5 Hasn't Gotten Revenge Yet After London Stabbing Kanye West has seemingly been waiting for Top5 to get his revenge on the people who stabbed him, and Top5 claims he has been looking for them. By Devin Morton August 03, 2025