Crime

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Music YNW Melly Refuses To Attend His Latest Status Hearing Following another delay, YNW Melly's double-murder retrial is currently scheduled to commence in January of 2027. By Cole Blake April 01, 2026
Music Lil Baby Reunites With HoodRich Pablo Juan After His Release From Prison Lil Baby was able to work with HoodRich Pablo Juan several times before the rapper's recent prison sentence. By Cole Blake October 20, 2025
Music Who Is Still Supporting Diddy In Hip-Hop? The Diddy scandal has caused many folks in the culture to shift the blame away or speculate on systemic intervention. How are they different? By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 22, 2025
Music Diddy's Sentencing Gets Tentative Date After Divisive Mixed Verdict Diddy was acquitted on racketeering and sex trafficking charges, but his trial's jury convicted him for transportation to commit prostitution. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 04, 2025
Music Young Threat, A Feature On Kendrick Lamar's "GNX," Was Hit With Murder Charges Young Threat was one of many Los Angeles-based collaborators Kendrick Lamar worked with on his 2024 album, "GNX." By Cole Blake January 06, 2026
Crime Chrisean Rock's Legal Drama: How An Assault & Drug Charge Landed Her In Jail The "Baddies" star began her journey as a promising track star in college. After meeting Blueface, her world took a drastic turn. By Erika Marie August 22, 2024
Music BossMan Dlow Has Fans Cracking Up With His Old Mugshot It seems like this recently surfaced picture is from BossMan Dlow's 2019 arrest, and we wonder how he feels about folks clowning it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 11, 2024
Music Drake Claims He's Spending Money To Help Young Thug Beat RICO Charge OVO + YSL. By Elias Andrews October 10, 2024
Pop Culture Clavicular Avoids Lengthy Jail Sentence As Fake ID Arrest Charges Are Dropped Authorities charged Clavicular with two felonies and a misdemeanor after he was allegedly caught with a fake ID in Arizona. By Cole Blake February 11, 2026
Pop Culture FBI Thwarts Another Alleged Assassination Attempt On Donald Trump's Life Three men have been charged in this case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 08, 2024
Politics Diddy's Close Associates Are Reportedly Trying To Get A Pardon From Donald Trump Suge Knight recently theorized that Diddy could try to get a presidential pardon from Donald Trump if things don't work out for him in court. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz "Flexes" His Ankle Monitor At The BET Hip-Hop Awards: Watch You might have never seen anything like this before. By Zachary Horvath October 04, 2023