Crime

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Pop Culture YNW Melly Appears In Court As Double-Murder Trial Kicks Off: Where To Stream Melly is the first person to be tried under new state laws from Ron DeSantis which make his chances of being sentenced to the death penalty higher than ever before. By Hayley Hynes June 12, 2023
Pop Culture Saucy Santana Says Erica Mena's Drunken Behaviour Lead To Bar Fight As Mugshots Are Released When his night out with friends took a negative turn, Santana was quick to take himself out of the toxic environment. By Hayley Hynes August 26, 2023
Crime NLE Choppa Claims He Was Set Up To Be Arrested NLE Choppa issues a statement on his recent arrest, claiming he was set up. By Alex Zidel April 01, 2021
Crime Lil Durk's Brother OTF DThang Fatally Shot Outside Of Chicago Club: Report Calboy and Murda Beatz offered their condolences following reports of Lil Durk's brother OTF DThang's passing. By Aron A. June 06, 2021
Music Tory Lanez's Former Attorney Denies Allegation That She Has Roc Nation Ties More legal complications for the rapper. By Elias Andrews October 28, 2024
Music Diddy Prosecutors Drop Kidnapping And Select Sex Trafficking Charges The move from prosecutors in Diddy's sex trafficking and racketeering trial comes just before closing arguments. By Cole Blake June 25, 2025
Music Soulja Boy Questions His Alleged Net Worth And Seeks Appeal After Sexual Battery Verdict Soulja Boy also said in court that he has no health insurance as he explained how this civil lawsuit from an abuse accuser drained his cash. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 11, 2025
Music Young Thug's Lawyer Wants To Dismiss Other Jail Calls From YSL RICO Case Thug's attorney Brian Steel stated that calls made by anyone other than the rapper himself are just hearsay. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 08, 2023
Crime Young Thug Wants To Redact Video Threatening Lil Wayne From Evidence: Report Young Thug also seeks to gain information on a informant identified as K.C. By Aron A. March 16, 2023
Music Mase Recalls Being Trapped By Bloods After The Notorious B.I.G.'s Death Mase says a group of 70 Bloods trapped him at a hotel in L.A. after the death of The Notorious B.I.G. By Cole Blake October 10, 2023
Pop Culture Fetty Wap, R. Kelly, Ghislaine Maxwell & More Get Christmas Meals In Jail Some big names who are currently serving time will be fed a holiday-themed feast on Christmas Day. By Isaac Fontes December 25, 2022
Life Tee Grizzley's California Home Targeted By Burglars Who Took $1M In Jewelry & Cash The 28-year-old has been mourning the death of PnB Rock, and now he's faced with another tragedy. By Hayley Hynes September 17, 2022