Crime

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Music Diddy's Legal Team Demands Prospective Witnesses And Their Lawyers Stop Speaking Out Diddy's lawyers are taking action as the allegations continue to mount. By Cole Blake October 20, 2024
Music Big U Faces Superseding Indictment Referencing Alleged Nipsey Hussle Beef Eugene "Big U" Henley has denied the federal RICO charges against him, which do not include claims about any role in Nipsey Hussle's murder. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 21, 2026
Crime R. Kelly Prosecutors Want Jury To Be Anonymous, Claims He Is "Capable Of Violence" R. Kelly is set to go to trial in New York in September, and prosecutors are asking that the jury remain anonymous. By Erika Marie July 09, 2020
Crime Lil Reese Shooting Update: Authorities Identify Person Of Interest In Ongoing Case The rapper was shot on November 11th and has been in recovery since. By Lynn S. November 27, 2019
Gram Jam Master Jay's Family Speaks About Arrests: "We Have Mixed Emotions" Two people have been arrested and indicted for the shooting death of the music icon 18 years after he was killed. By Erika Marie August 17, 2020
Music Foolio's Convicted Killer Cries In Court After Guilty Verdict Sean Gathright and three other codefendants were convicted on murder charges for the Foolio shooting almost two years ago. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 09, 2026
Music Soulja Boy Wants Blueface Beef Squashed, Offers To Put $1K On His Books Soulja realized when he expressed joy at the fact that the California rapper is in jail that he let things go too far in a petty disagreement. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 21, 2024
Music Prosecutors Confident That Keefe D Will Face Murder Trial For 2Pac's Death Prosecutors say that murder charges are "imminent." By Ben Mock August 19, 2023
Music Tory Lanez's Wife Files For Divorce Amidst His Prison Sentence The singer will become a single mind behind bars. By Elias Andrews June 10, 2024
Pop Culture Tory Lanez's New Trial Motion Denied, Rapper's Attorneys Seek To Have Judge Dismissed On top of the news, Lanez's attorneys filed another motion, this one seeking to disqualify Judge David Herriford from the Canadian's case. By Hayley Hynes May 09, 2023
Pop Culture Kim Kardashian Granted Temporary Restraining Order Against Alleged Stalker Kim Kardashian gets a restraining order against Charles Peter Zelenoff, a 32-year-old man who has allegedly stalked her for months. By Joshua Robinson May 29, 2021
Crime Teairra Mari Pleads Guilty To DWI, Avoids Jail Time There are a few conditions. By Erika Marie September 10, 2019