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Music Sada Baby Arrested On Felony Drug Charge Stemming From Traffic Stop Last month, Sada Baby pleaded guilty to failure to display a valid license, and was ordered to pay $200 in fines. By Caroline Fisher April 09, 2025
Music Aubrey O'Day Warns Aspiring Artists After Diddy's Sentence Aubrey O'Day has spent years criticizing Diddy for his alleged misconduct and expressing solidarity with victims like Cassie Ventura. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 04, 2025
Music Finesse2tymes Dodges Criminal Case That Accused Him Of Terroristic Threat Finesse2tymes allegedly threatened the legal guardian of FNG King (also known as Lil King), a young artist who was under Finesse's wing. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 09, 2025
Pop Culture Vic Mensa Pleads Guilty In Shrooms Possession Case, Receives 12 Months Probation Vic Mensa is pleading guilty to possession of a controlled substance after being found with a stash of shrooms, back in January. By Cole Blake June 27, 2022
Pop Culture Billy McFarland Confirms Fyre Festival 2.0 After Serving Four Years In Prison "Tell me why you should be invited," the convicted felon asked Twitter users along with today's announcement. By Hayley Hynes April 11, 2023
Pop Culture NYPD Officer Pulled From Her Sex Crimes Cases After Twerking In A Music Video Some reports have emerged of alleged NYPD sources speaking out about Melissa Mercado's pole-dancing performance. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 10, 2025
Life A$AP Rocky Ordered To Return To Court To Determine If Shooting Case Will Go To Trial In addition to the criminal case, A$AP Relli filed a civil lawsuit against his former friend. By Erika Marie March 14, 2023
Sports OJ Simpson FBI File Has Been Released, Agents Went To Italy To Study Shoes For His Infamous Case The files reveal some interesting facts. By Jamil David June 07, 2024
Crime Jussie Smollett Is Fighting To Dismiss A Special Prosecutor From Reviewing His Case Jussie Smollett and his team call it double jeopardy. By Chantilly Post July 19, 2019
Life USC Sues YouTubers For Posing As Russian Mafia During "Classroom Takeover" Prank Video Eric Kanevsky and Yuguo Bai were arrested at gunpoint in a university parking lot. By Hayley Hynes April 12, 2022
Music Lil Tjay Denies Rumors That He Was Involved In Konvy Shooting Lil Tjay also denied posting emojis in reaction to Konvy being shot at in The Bronx during his Kick livestream. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 11, 2026
Music Dallas Shooting Leaves Boosie Badazz Demanding $150K To Perform In City Again As you may recall, Boosie suffered serious injuries to his leg when he was shot in the Lone Star State in 2020. By Hayley Hynes October 31, 2023