Crime

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Crime DaBaby Released From Florida Jail Following Battery Charge: Report The rapper is due back in court on Tuesday. By Aron A. January 05, 2020
Music Lil Tjay Arrested Again, Attorney Calls It "So Unfortunate" Tjay's attorney released a statement and debunked rumors. By Erika Marie January 27, 2023
Crime Young Thug & Gunna's Lyrics Will Be Used Against Them By Prosecutors For Indictment Prosecutors in the indictment against members of YSL plan to use Young Thug and Gunna's lyrics against them. By Cole Blake May 10, 2022
Gossip Lawyers Say Holding Travis Scott Financially Liable For Astroworld Tragedy Is “A Stretch” “I think it'd be a stretch to put this on [Travis Scott],” attorney Nick Rozansky has said. By Hayley Hynes November 21, 2021
Relationships Megan Thee Stallion Reveals How Tory Lanez Trial Impacts Her BF Pardison Fontaine During her testimony, the Houston native admitted to previously being intimate with the Canadian artist. By Hayley Hynes December 16, 2022
Music Summrs Reportedly Jumped By Homixide Gang At His Own Concert Summrs was mid-set at Box Fest when the incident occurred. By Ben Mock November 12, 2023
Pop Culture Tupac's Sister & Jada Pinkett Smith React To Keefe D's Arrest Both women expressed gratitude that justice was being served for Pac. By Ben Mock September 30, 2023
Crime Chris Brown's Massive 32nd Birthday Party Got Broken Up By LAPD Chris Brown can't seem to avoid drama even on his birthday, with the LAPD busting his 32nd b'day bash last night that was attended by over 400 guests. By Keenan Higgins May 06, 2021
Gossip Fetty Wap Allegedly Charged With Dealing Heroin & Fentanyl, Using Firearms: Arrest Update Fetty Wap and five others were arrested prior to his Rolling Loud set. By Hayley Hynes October 29, 2021
Pop Culture Washington Music Festival Arrest Prevented Potential Mass Shooting This Weekend, Police Say Witnesses notified security after seeing a man "inhale an unknown substance" from a balloon before producing two 9mm pistols from his trunk and loading them with ammunition. By Hayley Hynes August 21, 2022
Music Lil Durk Suffers Big Loss In Court Due To Death Threat Motion Falling Through Lil Durk's legal team had hoped to get his murder-for-hire case dismissed over death threats that prosecutors reportedly failed to disclose. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music Lil Durk Offers His Largest Bail Package Yet As Feds Confirm He's Not On Trial For Lyrics Lil Durk has been behind bars since October of last year after authorities arrested him in an alleged murder-for-hire case. By Cole Blake May 20, 2025