Crime

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TV "Tiger King" & Netflix Sued For Allegedly Using "Ace Ventura 2" Footage Without Clearance "Tiger King" reportedly used two clips from "Ace Ventura 2" without receiving proper clearance first. By Hayley Hynes December 28, 2021
Music Wu-Tang Clan 1-Of-1 Album Forfeited By Martin Shkreli Sold By U.S. Government Wu-Tang Clan's infamous one-of-one album "Once Upon A Time In Shaolin" has been sold by the U.S. government, completing Martin Shkreli's payment of forfeiture. By Aron A. July 27, 2021
Life 23-Year-Old Bizzy Banks Arrested On Drug, Money Laundering & Weapon Charges Bizzy was taken into custody on Friday morning after authorities raided his home in Hackensack, NJ. By Hayley Hynes January 09, 2022
Crime Courtney Clenney, OnlyFans Model Charged With BF's Murder, Denied Bond A judge denied bond for Courtney Clenney, the OnlyFans model charged with second-degree murder for the death of her boyfriend, Christian Obumseli. By Aron A. August 29, 2022
Crime Icewear Vezzo Celebrates Being Off Probation For First Time In Adult Life Icewear Vezzo is finally free, announcing that he's off probation for the first time in his adult life. By Alex Zidel August 25, 2021
Music Pop Smoke Was Shot & Then Kicked As He Lay On The Ground: Report Details of Pop Smoke's final moments were shared during a preliminary hearing for one of the suspects charged with his murder. By Erika Marie May 07, 2021
Crime Gucci Mane & Pooh Shiesty React To Foogiano Sentence Gucci Mane says he's "on top of it" after Foogiano was sentenced to 5 years in prison. By Alex Zidel May 04, 2021
Pop Culture Fetty Wap Speaks From Jail: "Never Bent, Never Fold" After entering a guilty plea in his drug trafficking case, Fetty faces a minimum five years in prison. By Erika Marie October 19, 2022
Crime 6ix9ine Gets Federal Co-Sign For Early Release The U.S. Attorney's office says there are no objections to releasing 6ix9ine early. By Aron A. April 01, 2020
Crime NYPD Busts WOOO & CHOO Gang Members After They Attempt To Make Music Together The attempted unification of the rival Woo & Choo gangs was halted by a major gun bust. By Dominiq R. February 06, 2020
Crime Kodak Black Sentenced To Over 3 Years In Prison Kodak Black gets much less time than expected. By Alex Zidel November 13, 2019
Pop Culture Shia Labeouf Charged With Battery And Petty Theft It has come to light that Shia Labeouf was charged early last month for an altercation that took place between him and another man in June. By Noor Lobad October 01, 2020