Crime

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Music Everything To Know About Diddy's Sentencing Today Diddy was acquitted on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, but was convicted for transportation to engage in prostitution. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 03, 2025
Music Diddy Allegedly Tried To Haggle Over Escort Rates For "Freak-Offs" The prosecution has finally called its final witness to the stand in Diddy's long-running sex trafficking and racketeering trial. By Cole Blake June 23, 2025
Music Big U Seeks Temporary Jail Release To Attend Son's Funeral Eugene “Big U” Henley's son, Jabari “Baby Uiie” Henley, was shot and killed in Los Angeles on Halloween night. By Cole Blake November 11, 2025
Crime Eminem Was Stalked By Obsessed Intruder For Over A Year: Report The rapper recently came face-to-face with a fan inside of his home who said he wanted to kill him, but reports state the man has been searching for Em since June 2019. By Erika Marie September 10, 2020
Life FBG Duck's Mom Reveals "Teezy" Shared Her Son's Location Prior To His Murder The first five arrests in connection with the late rapper's death took place in October 2021. By Hayley Hynes April 11, 2023
Music Tory Lanez Reportedly Received Letter Of Support From A Police Chief Despite all of these letters, Tory was still sentenced to 10 years. By Alexander Cole August 16, 2023
Crime Travis McMichael Testifies That Ahmaud Arbery Was "Just Running" Before Fatal Shooting The defendant said that he brandished his gun in order to "de-escalate" the situation, despite Arbery never having made any threats nor displaying a weapon. By Nancy Jiang November 20, 2021
Music Boosie Badazz Will Not Go To Prison Over His Federal Gun Case Boosie Badazz reportedly received a sentence of time served, a $50,000 fine, and 300 hours of community service. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music Young Thug's Dad Goes Off On "Piece Of Sh*t" District Attorney After YSL RICO Trial Wraps Up Young Thug's father went off after the YSL RICO trial. By Cole Blake December 03, 2024
Pop Culture SteveWillDoIt Seemingly Arrested During Livestream In Brazil The streamer was seen with illegal assault weapons earlier in the week. By Ben Mock November 17, 2023
Crime Minneapolis Trucker Who Drove Into Protestors Released Without Charges Truck driver Bogdan Vechirko has been released from police custody without any criminal charges after "unintentionally" driving his truck into a crowd of protestors on the 35W Bridge. By Alex Zidel June 02, 2020
Crime Rihanna, T.I. & Meek Mill Offer Help For Death Row Inmate Rodney Reed Many believe Rodney Reed was wrongly convicted of murder. By Alexander Cole November 04, 2019