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Music Former Escort Claims Lawyers Exploited His Cassie Allegations Against Diddy Clayton Howard's lawsuit against Cassie alleges prosecutors in Diddy's trial used his story to arrest him and then ignored his other claims. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 14, 2025
Music Silento Breaks Silence After Getting Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Killing His Cousin Silento, best known for his song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)," pleaded guilty to charges related to the killing on Wednesday. By Cole Blake June 12, 2025
Music BMW From Tupac's 1996 Las Vegas Shooting Now Selling For $1.75 Million Tupac Shakur was shot in this BMW after a Mike Tyson fight almost 30 years ago, and died in a hospital days later. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 11, 2026
Music Fans Debunk Fake Tweet Alleging That Nicki Minaj Told Cassie To Stay With Diddy Despite Abuse Journalist Matthew Russell Lee has been covering the Diddy trial extensively, and clarified Cassie didn't mention Nicki Minaj in this way. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2025
Music ASAP Rocky's Defense Strategy May Have Already Backfired ASAP Rocky claims he only fired a prop gun as a warning. By Cole Blake January 28, 2025
Life Kodak Black Collaborator NFL TueWop Reportedly Dead After Fatal Shooting In Florida Prior to his alleged untimely death, TueWop was in the news for exposing rumoured snitching done by Real Boston Richey. By Hayley Hynes November 04, 2023
Music Lil Durk Allegedly Tried To Destroy An Apple Watch After Being Caught In Jail Authorities arrested Lil Durk, last year, accusing him of allegedly orchestrating the shooting of Quando Rondo. By Cole Blake October 07, 2025
Music Fani Willis Addresses Backlash Over No Murder Convictions In Young Thug & YSL RICO Trial Fulton County's District Attorney, Fani Willis, began litigation against Young Thug and YSL three years ago, and the Georgia case is now over. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 06, 2025
Music Ksoo's Codefendant Found Guilty Of Murder & Burglary Ksoo stands accused of murdering another man back in 2020, and his own father identified him as the alleged shooter. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 31, 2025
Music Pras Files Appeal To Reverse 14-Year Prison Sentence For Money Laundering Federal authorities accused Pras of accepting over $100 million from a Malaysian businessman to sway U.S. politics and prevent extradition. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 05, 2025
Music Kay Flock Addresses His RICO Conviction & Murder Acquittal Kay Flock will receive his sentence for his RICO, firearm, and assault convictions on July 16, almost four years after he entered custody. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2025
Music Jay-Z Uses Diddy's Legal Trouble To Argue Against His Accuser's Anonymity Various Diddy accusers were not able to stay anonymous in court, and Jay-Z cited this in his defamation lawsuit over sexual assault claims. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 22, 2026