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Music Yak Gotti Stabbed In Prison While Awaiting RICO Verdict We're hoping Yak recovers well. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 02, 2024
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 Mark Geragos Avoids Questions About Judge In Diddy's Case Calling Him Out In Court Mark Geragos had previously criticized Diddy's prosecution team outside of the court, something Judge Arun Subramanian did not like. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 11, 2025
Music King Von Mural In O-Block Vandalized Just Days After Lil Durk Arrest Fans couldn’t help but keep Smurk’s case in mind when reacting to this. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 28, 2024
Music SlimeLife Shawty Clowns His Haters After Testifying In Young Thug Case Lots to say on and off the stand. By Elias Andrews October 23, 2024
Music Foolio Shooting: New Footage Shows Violent Aftermath Of The Attack Video from the scene of the crime has surfaced. By Cole Blake June 23, 2024
Music Jay-Z Uses Diddy's Legal Trouble To Argue Against His Accuser's Anonymity Various Diddy accusers were not able to stay anonymous in court, and Jay-Z cited this in his defamation lawsuit over sexual assault claims. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026
Music Chris Brown Expected To Enter Plea Deal For Alleged UK Assault Chris Brown will remain in custody in the UK until his next hearing for this alleged 2023 assault which will be on June 13. By Zachary Horvath May 19, 2025
Music Chris Brown Reportedly Arrested In The UK For Alleged "Grievous Bodily Harm" Chris Brown's alleged arrest reportedly stems from a bottle-throwing incident from two years ago at a London nightclub. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 15, 2025
Music Who Stabbed Tory Lanez? Everything We Know About The Attack Tory Lanez is currently recovering after he was attacked in prison this week. By Aron A. May 14, 2025
Crime Cardi B’s Friend Star Brim Released After Completing One-Year Prison Sentence News of Star Brim's prison release comes just in time for her close friend Cardi B's new song "Outside," which drops tomorrow. By Caroline Fisher June 19, 2025
Music Diddy Reportedly Gets Applause From Courtroom After Verdict The charges of transportation to engage in prostitution that Diddy was convicted for have no mandatory minimum sentence. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 02, 2025