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Music Young Thug Offered To Pay For Brian Steel To Help Lil Durk's Case Young Thug had a bit of an online ruckus with Lil Durk's OTF crew, but Thug still wants his lawyer Brian Steel to help his colleague out. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 03, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Reportedly Swatted Due To Fake Shooting Report According to a TMZ report, Nicki Minaj wasn't even in her Hidden Hills home when law enforcement investigated a false shooting call. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 10, 2025
Music 50 Cent Wants Judge To Reopen His Bankruptcy Case To Stop Incoming Lawsuit A woman had won $5 million from 50 Cent in 2015 for commentating a video of hers without permission, which led him to file for bankruptcy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 01, 2025
Politics The Hip-Hop World Reacts Divisively To Donald Trump Assassination Attempt Vince Staples, Freddie Gibbs, 50 Cent, Sleepy Hallow, and many more rappers addressed the Trump shooting with fans. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 14, 2024
Crime Lil Zay Osama Enters "Not Guilty" Plea In Machine Gun Case The Chicago rapper is looking at two decades behind bars for gun charges. By Elias Andrews April 04, 2024
Life Rod Wave Arrest: 25-Year-Old Reportedly In Florida Police Custody Blogs are alleging that Wave was taken into custody today (April 3) after authorities found weapons/ammo on his person. By Hayley Hynes April 03, 2024
Crime NBA Youngboy Arrested In Utah As He Awaits Federal Gun Charge: What We Know So Far NBA Youngboy faces new legal hurdles. By Axl Banks April 17, 2024
Music DJ Akademiks Collapses After Seeing Lil Durk’s Mugshot Akademiks was overcome with emotion upon hearing about Durk's arrest. By Caroline Fisher October 25, 2024
Music Key Glock Scathingly Reacts To Young Dolph's Alleged Murderer's Not Guilty Verdict Hernandez Govan was accused of allegedly masterminding Young Dolph's murder, and Dolph's collaborator Key Glock wanted a conviction. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 22, 2025
Music Lil Woody's Alleged Snitch Video Drives Social Media Crazy Many lamented the three-hour footage of Woody snitching on YFN Lucci and Young Thug. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 19, 2023
Life Lil Uzi Vert's Artist Lotta Cash Desto Killed During Houston Drive-By Shooting HPD officers reportedly responded to a shooting near 5500 Richmond Avenue around 2:40 on Saturday morning. By Hayley Hynes September 24, 2022
Music YNW Melly's Friend YNW Bortlen Reportedly Told Police About Shootings Recently surfaced audio shows the YNW associate detailing his experience in the incident that locked Melly up. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 16, 2023