Crime

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Music Young Thug Trial: Prosecutors Reveal Whether Or Not YFN Lucci Will Testify Fans continue to wonder which fellow artists will be called to the stand in Young Thug's trial. By Caroline Fisher June 05, 2024
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
Music Fetty Wap Reportedly Arrested After Scuffle With Valet In Las Vegas Fetty Wap has a run-in with the law. By Milca P. September 02, 2019
Music Charleston White Explains Why He Believes D4vd Is Innocent In Celeste Rivas' Death Police are still investigating after they discovered a dismembered body in a car registered to D4vd, earlier this month. By Cole Blake September 23, 2025
Crime Rick Rubin Heads To Trial Over COVID-19 Quarantine Violation: Report The megaproducer was in Hawaii under a 14-day mandatory quarantine when a resident spotted him at the beach. By Erika Marie December 11, 2020
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 Taxstone Trial Begins, Troy Ave To Testify The long awaited trial is finally here, and Troy Ave has cooperated to testify. By Diya Singhvi February 15, 2023
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
Crime George Floyd Was Not Resisting Arrest Before Death, New Video Reveals New surveillance footage proves that George Floyd was not resisting arrest before police murdered him. By Aron A. May 27, 2020
Music Jay-Z Responds To Tony Buzbee's Claims Against Roc Nation & His Venereal Disease Accusations Hov came through with another scathing statement. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 19, 2024
Music Ralo Released From Federal Prison After Serving Six Years After six years, Ralo was met with tons of love right away. By Zachary Horvath November 08, 2023
Music YNW Bortlen’s New Mugshot Surfaces As He Begins 10-Year Sentence In YNW Melly Case Last month, YNW Bortlen accepted a plea deal in his double murder case just a day before his trial was set to begin. By Caroline Fisher October 09, 2025