Crime

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Music Silento Indicted For Murdering His Cousin: Report The "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" rapper has been indicted in the shooting death of his cousin. By Alex Zidel August 16, 2021
Music Jim Jones Welcomes Home Treyway Member Who Did Time With 6ix9ine Mel Murda, also known as Mel Matrix, served a six-year RICO sentence from the same case 6ix9ine cooperated in. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 29, 2025
Music Human Remains From 1982 Finally Identified As O'Jays Guitarist Frank Little Jr.: Report He left the famed group after being deployed to Vietnam, but he never returned and his paper trail went cold. By Erika Marie December 14, 2021
Music Chrisean Rock Has A New Mugshot Circulating Online Chrisean Rock is facing 8 years in prison. By Alexander Cole August 08, 2024
Music 50 Cent Expects Diddy To Get Out On Bail After His Next Hearing 50 Cent is posting about Diddy once again. By Cole Blake October 08, 2024
Crime AR-Ab Hit With 45-Year Sentence In Drug Trafficking Case: Report The Philly rapper has denied the drug-trafficking charges against him & addressed the court following his sentencing. By Erika Marie April 15, 2021
Crime Rapper Fatboi Gwalla Gwalla's Death Ruled A Homicide: Report The Milwaukee rapper's remains were found inside of a burning vehicle earlier this week. By Erika Marie May 20, 2021
Gossip CNN Producer Charged With Luring & Sexually Abusing 9-Year-Old Girl & Her Mother To His Vermont Ski Home 44-year-old John Griffin has been arrested and charged with enticing minors to engage in unlawful sexual activity. By Hayley Hynes December 11, 2021
Music Pop Smoke's Alleged Killer Demands No Jumper Pay Him For Prison Release Coverage After getting out of juvie, the man pulled up to No Jumper. By Cole Blake June 25, 2024
Crime YSL's Co-Founder Takes Plea, Follows Gunna Walter Murphy, who co-founded the collective along Young Thug in 2012, has also entered a plea deal. By Isaac Fontes December 15, 2022
Life Pooh Shiesty's Net Worth Revealed In Legal Documents Amid Firearms Conspiracy Sentencing The "Shiesty Season" rapper is facing up to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of firearms conspiracy. By Hayley Hynes March 14, 2022
Crime Prosecutors Claim Young Thug Rapped About Shooting At YFN Lucci's Mother During Thug's hearing, prosecutors read off lyrics that they claim to serve as a type of admission to the crime against Lucci's mom. By Erika Marie June 04, 2022