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Music Ksoo's Brother Receives 12-Year Prison Sentence For Lil Buck Murder Ksoo's older brother, Abdul Robinson Jr, was also facing life behind bars, but opted for a 12-year plea deal instead. By Zachary Horvath October 16, 2025
Pop Culture Vladimir Putin Receives Arrest Warrant From The ICC The International Criminal Court is charging the Russian president with war crimes during the nation's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2023
Relationships Megan Thee Stallion Reveals How Tory Lanez Trial Impacts Her BF Pardison Fontaine During her testimony, the Houston native admitted to previously being intimate with the Canadian artist. By Hayley Hynes December 16, 2022
Pop Culture YSL RICO Case Update: Young Thug Gets Judge To Dismiss Key Evidence In a pre-trial hearing, the rapper's legal team was successful in getting some evidence suppressed. By Isaac Fontes December 16, 2022
Pop Culture Tory Lanez Tweets Bible Verses Following Megan Thee Stallion Hearing As the looming trial approaches, Tory Lanez seems confident in his case and posted Bible references in his "last tweet." By Erika Marie December 07, 2022
TV Cardi B Drags Casey Anthony Amid Peacock Series The Bronx rapper referred to Anthony as a "disgrace of a mother." By Jada Ojii December 06, 2022
Crime Tory Lanez Released From House Arrest Amid Megan Thee Stallion Trial Tory was released from house arrest on Monday days ahead of his trial against Megan Thee Stallion. By Lamar Banks December 05, 2022
Tech Elon Musk & Twitter's Legal Battle Will Go To Trial By October, Judge Rules Musk's lawyers previously pushed for a court date in early 2023, while Twitter was hoping for a September agreement. By Hayley Hynes July 19, 2022
Crime Tyga Sued By Former Business Partner For Fraud, Breach Of Contract: Report The rapper is accused of owing $1 million for services allegedly rendered from 2019 to 2021. By Erika Marie April 28, 2022
Music Young Thug Given October 2023 Court Date In $6M Legal Battle With AEG Presents Thugger could lose his YSL brands and portions of his publishing catalogue in his fight with the concert behemoth. By Hayley Hynes August 22, 2022
Crime Kevin Spacey To "Voluntarily Appear" In Court To Defend Himself Against Sexual Assault Charges Kevin Spacey, facing several sexual assault charges, has announced that he will appear in a U.K. court to defend himself. By Cole Blake May 31, 2022
Pop Culture Washington Music Festival Arrest Prevented Potential Mass Shooting This Weekend, Police Say Witnesses notified security after seeing a man "inhale an unknown substance" from a balloon before producing two 9mm pistols from his trunk and loading them with ammunition. By Hayley Hynes August 21, 2022