Crime

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Crime Yella Beezy Arrested On Weapons & Guns Charges In Dallas, Claims He Was Set-up Following reports of his arrest, the cause of his detainment has officially been revealed. By Madusa S. February 14, 2021
Music 50 Cent Makes It Clear He Has No Gang Ties By Distancing Himself From Embattled G-Unit MC 50 Cent recently reacted to former G-Unit rapper Bang Em Smurf seeking asylum in the United Kingdom due to alleged gang threats in Trinidad. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 12, 2025
Crime R. Kelly Files To Have Child Porn Charges Removed Due To Statute Of Limitations Give it up! By Noah C October 29, 2019
Music YSL Case: Lil Rod's Father Says D.A. Promised Freedom For Snitching On Young Thug He claims all his son had to do was say Thugger offered him money. By Erika Marie February 13, 2023
Crime R. Kelly's Crisis Manager Darrell Johnson Steps Down "For Personal Reasons" How bad does a crisis have to be for your crisis manager to quit? By Erika Marie July 22, 2019
Music The Game's Sexual Assault Accuser Claims He's Only Paid $500K Of $7M Judgement According to Priscilla Rainey, the rapper used shell companies and finance juggles to avoid his due payments to her. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 30, 2023
Music Taylor Swift Reportedly Takes Legal Action Against Kanye West Following His Wild Allegations Kanye West's obsession with Taylor Swift dates all the way back to the infamous 2009 VMAs, and has only gotten more complex since. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 11, 2025
Music Lil Durk Trial Derailed By Leaked Courtroom Photo Of His Codefendants This viral picture will likely have a huge impact on Lil Durk's attempts to secure an anonymous jury in his murder-for-hire case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 21, 2025
Crime Benzino Arrested After Jealous Incident With Althea Benzino was reportedly arrested for property damage after punching a man's car who was with Althea. By Alex Zidel August 04, 2020
Crime Bobby Shmurda's Release Sparks YNW Melly Debate Fans are divided on whether YNW Melly should be released from jail. By Alex Zidel February 24, 2021
Crime Kim Kardashian's Alleged Jewelry Thief Writes Tell-All About Paris Burglary One of the suspects accused of robbing Kim Kardashian in Paris recounts the heist more than four years later. By Joshua Robinson January 29, 2021
Music Fetty Wap Arrested On Federal Drug Charges At Rolling Loud: Report Fetty Wap didn’t make it to his stage set at Rolling Loud. By Hayley Hynes October 29, 2021