Crime

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Music 50 Cent Celebrates Chris Brown Making Bail By Labeling Him One Of The Best Ever Chris Brown was arrested in London for assault, last week, after an alleged incident at the nightclub, Tape. By Cole Blake May 21, 2025
Music Lil Durk Tries To Get Out Of Prison And Dismiss His Federal Indictment Via a new series of motions from his legal team, Lil Durk is questioning the evidence against him in his alleged murder-for-hire case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 19, 2025
Music Taylor Swift Reportedly Takes Legal Action Against Kanye West Following His Wild Allegations Kanye West's obsession with Taylor Swift dates all the way back to the infamous 2009 VMAs, and has only gotten more complex since. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 11, 2025
Music OMB Peezy Nightclub Shooting Suspect Arrested This April, OMB Peezy's sprinter van was shot at roughly 20 times in the parking lot of StarBar in Raleigh, North Carolina. By Caroline Fisher June 25, 2025
Music YNW Melly's Family Shows Up To Support Him At Court Hearing YNW Melly was recently denied bond ahead of his double murder retrial, for which he's been in prison since 2019. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2025
Music Fat Joe Accused Of Orchestrating An Attempt On 50 Cent's Life In Shocking Lawsuit 50 Cent and Fat Joe are cool right now, but Terrance "T.A." Dixon alleges that their feud in the 2000s almost ended in tragedy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 21, 2025
Crime Diddy Home Raid: What We Know About The Federal Investigation Into The Music Mogul Unpacking the recent home raids on Diddy's properties in Los Angeles and Miami. By Axl Banks March 26, 2024
Music Young Dolph's Murder Trial's Judge Removed, Will Get Replacement: Report The Court of Criminal Appeals recused Judge Lee Coffee due to his alleged mistreatment of a defendant in this trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 28, 2023
Music Pop Smoke's Alleged Killer Thinks He Deserved A More Severe Sentence Adam22 and No Jumper's controversial interview with Blockstar contained more revelations about Pop Smoke's murder. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 07, 2024
Music Young Dolph’s Convicted Killer Shares Cryptic Message About Snitching After Receiving Life Sentence Yesterday, 25-year-old Justin Johnson was sentenced to life. By Caroline Fisher September 27, 2024
Music Diddy's Lawyers Defend Jay-Z Amid Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against The Rap Moguls Diddy continues to deny any wrongdoing. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 09, 2024
TV Casey Anthony Says Caylee Anthony's Death Was Her Father's Fault In New Doc Casey was previously acquitted of the murder, manslaughter, and abuse of her young daughter, Caylee. By Hayley Hynes November 15, 2022