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Pop Culture Young Thug's Questions For Jurors In YSL RICO Case Unveiled "Do you associate Hip Hop artists/rappers with criminal behaviour or believe they break the law more than average citizens?" is just one of the questions Thugger and his attorneys have prepared. By Hayley Hynes October 04, 2022
Crime A Judge Throws Out George Zimmerman's Defamation And Conspiracy Lawsuit A Florida judge has dismissed George Zimmerman's defamation and conspiracy lawsuit against Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin. Judge John Cooper states that Zimmerman did not display "any fraudulent representation." By Brianna Lawson February 15, 2022
Music Fivio Foreign Shuts Down NYPD's Claims That Drill Music Is Related To Rising Gun Violence "It's not the music that's killing people. It's the music that's helping n*ggas from the hood get out the hood." By Hayley Hynes February 08, 2022
Crime Miami Rapper Baby Cino Killed In Drive-By Minutes After Exiting Jail: Report The 20-year-old's friend picked him up and they were just about to get on the expressway when someone fired approximately 40 shots. By Erika Marie March 19, 2022
Crime Boosie Badazz Responds After Shooting Breaks Out At Music Video Scene Fans were worried about Boosie on Saturday after reports surfaced that he was at a music video shoot that fell victim to a shooting. By Alexander Cole May 30, 2021
Politics Police Arrest Man In DC Carrying 500 Rounds Of Ammo & Fake Inauguration Credentials Police arrested a man in Washington D.C. carrying over 500 rounds of ammunition and fake inauguration credentials. By Cole Blake January 16, 2021
Politics Meek Mill Speaks Out Following Walter Wallace's Shooting Death In Philadelphia Walter Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old Black man, was shot by police in front of his mother in Philadelphia. By Alex Zidel October 27, 2020
Crime Minnesota Files Civil Rights Charge Against Minneapolis Police Department The Minnesota Department of Human Rights will be launching an investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department. By Rose Lilah June 02, 2020
Crime Two White Men Charged In "Attempted Lynching" At Indiana Lake Sean Purdy and Jerry Cox have been charged with multiple crimes. By Karlton Jahmal July 18, 2020
Crime R. Kelly Ordered To Use Royalties To Pay Child Support Another L for Kelly. By Noah C October 30, 2019
Crime Fake Nurses Are Allegedly Stealing Packages In Washington State Fake nurses are stealing packages from homes in Washington State By Cole Blake May 03, 2020
Pop Culture Harvey Weinstein Requests Change Of Venue For Trial Due To "Stealth Jurors" Weinstein questions the impartiality of two prospective jurors. By Noah C January 19, 2020