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Pop Culture XXXTENTACION Fan Explains Posting Snapchat Of Late Rapper After His Death Scott Barbieux and his ex-girlfriend were looking at bikes at RIVA Motorsports in June 2018 when they witnessed the "Jocelyn Flores" artist's robbery and fatal shooting. By Hayley Hynes February 18, 2023
Music Official Verdict Sheet From Diddy's Criminal Trial Revealed The jury found Diddy not guilty on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering in his recent criminal trial. By Cole Blake July 08, 2025
Music D4vd Charged With First-Degree Murder In Celeste Rivas Hernandez Case: Everything We Know After seven months, D4vd was arrested for the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Here’s everything you need to know about the charges. By Aron A. April 21, 2026
Music Jail Informant Claims Lil Durk's Alleged Hitman Confessed To Murder-For-Hire Plot These allegations against Lil Durk are related to the arrests of Preston Powell and Anthony Montgomery-Wilson over Stephon Mack's death. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 27, 2025
Music Adam22 Elaborates On Federal Police Visiting Him To See Big U's Cease & Desist Amid RICO Case Adam22 previously denied No Jumper's involvement in the Big U and Bricc Baby RICO case or any criminal activity of his own. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 29, 2025
Music Drake Admits iHeartMedia Did Nothing Wrong As Both Sides Finalize Their Settlement Drake had accused iHeartMedia of accepting illegal payola payments from UMG to boost the radio airplay of Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" diss. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 03, 2025
Music Young Dolph Murder Suspect Found Guilty & Receives Sentence The jury reached a verdict soon after deliberations began. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 26, 2024
Music Young Dolph Murder Trial: Prosecutors Explain Why Alleged Mastermind Was Not Tried Young Dolph's murder trial reached its closing statements today. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 26, 2024
Music 50 Cent Goes After His Ex In Court After Life Rights Battle Leads To A Loss A judge blocked 50 Cent's default judgement against his ex Shaniqua Tompkins earlier this month, and he refuses to take the loss. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 15, 2026
Music Judge In Lil Durk Trial Hands Down Ruling On Lyrics & Videos As Evidence Lil Durk and his lawyers argued against the use of songs, lyrics, and music videos as evidence in his murder-for-hire trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 14, 2026
Music Celeste Rivas Pregnancy Rumor Receives Massive Update While Cause Of Death Is Still Pending There are still a lot of unknowns in this Celeste Rivas/d4vd investigation, but one aspect of it was put to rest via a death certificate. By Zachary Horvath September 30, 2025
Pop Culture Druski Struggles To Fit Inside Cop Car In Newly Surfaced Arrest Footage Druski is trying to clear his name in another legal matter, that being a Diddy lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 28, 2025