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Music Lil Durk Reportedly Denied Bail In Murder-For-Hire Case While there have been positive strides for Lil Durk when it comes to his lyrics' exclusion from his trial, things still look grim for the MC. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 08, 2025
Music Diddy's Prosecutors Accuse Him Of Forcing An Alleged Victim To Undergo Mystery Procedure Diddy's prosecutors and his legal team have clashed a lot over the possible evidence for his federal criminal trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2025
Music "Free Diddy" Supporters Outside Of His Trial Were Allegedly Hired Off Craigslist Diddy's has been on trial for alleged charges including sex trafficking and racketeering over the last several weeks. By Cole Blake May 28, 2025
Music Diddy's Former Assistant Explains Why He Stopped Being Mogul's Alleged Fixer George Kaplan alleged Diddy ordered him to clean up his messes and get money for him. Kaplan is one of many witnesses in this federal trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 22, 2025
Music d4vd Cancels His Seattle Show After Police Identified The Body Found In His Tesla d4vd has performed in a few cities since this dead body investigation got underway earlier this month. But things are getting more serious now. By Zachary Horvath September 17, 2025
Gossip Star Brim Under Fire After Mocking Disabled Man For Writing Her In Prison Cardi B's close friend Star Brim recently took to social media to reflect on her time behind bars shortly after getting out. By Caroline Fisher July 21, 2025
Music Judge Dismisses R Kelly's Leak Lawsuit Against Tasha K R Kelly accused Tasha K of leaking his confidential prison records to the public, but she came out on top of this legal situation. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 10, 2025
Music Cassie's Friend Begs Judge Not To Release Diddy After Not Guilty Verdict Deonte Nash previously testified about allegedly witnessing Diddy's physical abuse of Cassie in the criminal trial. By Cole Blake July 02, 2025
Music Second 6ix9ine Robber Arrested For Home Invasion A group of three masked men broke into 6ix9ine's home in Florida and held his mother at gunpoint back in November. By Cole Blake February 03, 2026
Crime Prosecutors Allege D4vd Purchased Two Chainsaws Before Celeste Rivas’ Murder In a new filing, prosecutors accuse D4vd of murdering 14-year-old Celeste Rivas to protect his music career. By Caroline Fisher April 30, 2026
Music "Jane" Alleges Diddy Threatened To Send Sex Tape To Her Child's Father "Jane," the anonymous alleged sex trafficking victim testifying in the Diddy trial, also accused the mogul of other forms of manipulation. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 09, 2025
Music Rod Wave Allegedly Had A Lean-Filled Baby Bottle During His Arrest Rod Wave was charged with reckless driving, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, and possession of a firearm or knife. By Cole Blake November 11, 2025