Crime

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Music New Diddy Trial Evidence Reveals Hotel Planning & Cleanup Logistics For Alleged "Freak-Offs" The twenty-fourth day of Diddy's criminal trial kicked off in New York City on Monday morning with more testimony. By Cole Blake June 16, 2025
Crime R. Kelly Allegedly Broke Jail Rules With Illegal Communication: Report R. Kelly's facing new allegations as his court case looms. By Aron A. January 22, 2020
Crime Florida Rap Beef Reportedly To Blame For Mass Shooting At Banquet Hall A deadly shooting in the Northwest Miami-Dade area of Florida has left two people dead and roughly 20 to 25 people injured, and reports are now saying it may have all started due to a local rap rivalry. By Keenan Higgins June 05, 2021
Crime Soldier Charged With Assault After Viral Video Shows Him Berating A Black Man A two-minute video showed Jonathan Pentland screaming at a Black man walking down the street saying, "You're in the wrong neighborhood." By Erika Marie April 15, 2021
Crime Minneapolis Man Dead After Cop Cuts Off His Airway Despite Desperate Pleas A Minneapolis man has been declared dead after a police officer cut off his airway in a disturbing video. By Alex Zidel May 26, 2020
Crime 6ix9ine's Legal Team Is Fighting For A 2019 Release 6ix9ine misses his playdates with Akademiks. By Mitch Findlay October 07, 2019
Pop Culture Tommie Lee Had Epilepsy Medication Not Coke During Arrest, Reps Claim The reality star was arrested in Miami last night. By Ben Mock August 20, 2023
Music YSL Co-Founder Defends Gunna From Snitching Allegations YSL Mondo says he was wrong to speak on Gunna. By Cole Blake August 04, 2024
Music Tory Lanez Insinuates The Industry Is Blackballing Him After Dropping New Album "PETERSON" Tory Lanez recorded his new album "PETERSON" entirely behind bars, and also focused on incarceration heavily in his lyricism. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 07, 2025
Crime R. Kelly May Have Good News In Coronavirus Prison Release Plan An inmate on the same floor as R. Kelly has tested positive for COVID-19, which surely helps the singer's case to get out of prison. By Alex Zidel April 21, 2020
Crime Gunna's Legal Team Claims He's Innocent & Slams Prosecution For Using Lyrics Against Him Gunna's legal team says that he is innocent and "an advocate for his community." By Cole Blake May 11, 2022
Crime Yung Berg Responds To Accusations That He Pistol-Whipped “Girlfriend” Berg says he acted in self-defense and was set up for a home-robbery invasion instead. By Kevin Goddard March 17, 2020