Crime

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Music Lil Baby Calls Young Thug A "Personal Friend," Not Just An Industry Relationship Baby admits that Thugger's incarceration hits different for him. By Erika Marie October 21, 2022
Music CNN Shuts Down Diddy Claim That They "Altered" Cassie Hallway Video Diddy's legal team leveled a bold allegations against the news network, and they claim they have evidence. By Elias Andrews March 13, 2025
Music Cassie Allegedly Told Diddy He Treated Her Like A Prostitute In Texts Shown To Jury Cassie Ventura has been one of the most notable alleged victims in Diddy's trial, as she's come up a lot even after her witness testimony. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 20, 2025
Music Silento Gets 30 Year Prison Sentence For Killing His Cousin The lengthy sentence comes after Silento pleaded guilty to several charges related to the killing on Wednesday. By Cole Blake June 11, 2025
Music Big U Pleads Not Guilty To Massive List Of Alleged Crimes Big U's trial will be kicking off on May 20th as he faces life in prison for a number of alleged crimes. By Cole Blake April 09, 2025
Music Diddy Prosecutors Ask Court To Let Accusers Testify Under Fake Names In Criminal Trial Prosecutors' latest request in the Diddy trial comes amid reports that Cassie allegedly has no problem with testifying under her own name. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 06, 2025
Music Mello Buckzz’s Father Hit With Federal Gun Charges Days After Album Release Party Shooting Earlier this month, a deadly shooting outside of Mello Buckzz's album release party in River North killed four and injured 14 others. By Caroline Fisher July 09, 2025
Music Diddy Trial Juror Claims Celebrity Status Didn't Influence Verdict Another individual involved in the case, an alternate juror in the Diddy trial, recently spoke to CNN about the "freak-off" videos they saw. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 04, 2025
Music Chris Brown Gets Lawsuit For Alleged Assault Dismissed, But There's A Catch Chris Brown is getting a big break in his current legal predicament amid the success of his "Breezy Bowl XX" world tour. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 30, 2025
Music Megan Thee Stallion's Legal Team Seeks To Question Tory Lanez Over Defamation Lawsuit According to reporter Meghann Cuniff, Tory Lanez's lawyers do not oppose this move from Megan Thee Stallion's legal team. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 24, 2025
Crime Young Chop Is All Smiles In His Mugshot Young Chop wore a wide grin in his mugshot following his arrest for reckless conduct after trying to hunt down 21 Savage in his Atlanta neighbourhood. By Lynn S. April 12, 2020
Pop Culture Courtney Tailor's Defence Alleges She May Have Been A "Victim Of Human Trafficking" After Bloody Video Emerges "Courtney acted in self-defence," attorney Frank Prieto has claimed. By Hayley Hynes April 09, 2022