Crime

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Life Tiwa Savage Nearly Kidnapped, Singer-Songwriter Safe After Nigerian Police Find Four Suspects The 43-year-old was targeted by her newly-hired domestic staff, according to reports. By Hayley Hynes April 16, 2023
Crime Drill Rapper & YouTuber Nas EBK Arrested & Charged With Terroristic Threats: Report Police charged popular Bronx drill rapper Nas EBK for assault and terroristic threats. By Aron A. February 24, 2023
Music ASAP Relli Denies “Snitching” On ASAP Rocky Amid Tense Encounter Outside Court ASAP Relli recently testified about ASAP Rocky allegedly shooting at him in 2021. By Caroline Fisher January 29, 2025
Music Diddy Kisses Birdman In Resurfaced Clip, Fans React The two were giving each other respect as young music and business moguls, and fans took their closeness as a now-dark indicator. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 07, 2024
Life Pop Smoke Fans Angered As Pics Of Accused Killer Eating Pizza Hut In Jail Surface The 17-year-old accused of killing the "Dior" artist was photographed in his cell with a phone and several pizza boxes. By Hayley Hynes October 08, 2022
Sports Glen Davis Sentenced To 40 Months In Prison For Scheme To Fraud NBA Healthcare System Big Baby Davis finally sentenced for health care scheme. By Jamil David May 09, 2024
Music Celeste Rivas Pregnancy Rumor Receives Massive Update While Cause Of Death Is Still Pending There are still a lot of unknowns in this Celeste Rivas/d4vd investigation, but one aspect of it was put to rest via a death certificate. By Zachary Horvath September 30, 2025
Music DJ Swamp Izzo Recalls How Hospital Allegedly Misled Young Scooter's Family About His Passing DJ Swamp Izzo hosted Young Scooter's first mixtapes, and recently reflected on the late rapper's relationship with making music. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 14, 2025
Music Luce Cannon & Bricc Baby Reveal They Are Cellmates Amid Big U RICO Case Luce Cannon and Bricc Baby had both allegedly made comments supposedly connected to the Big U RICO case on the "No Jumper" platform. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 05, 2025
Music Lil Zay Osama Is A Free Man Again After A Brief Prison Sentence Lil Zay Osama has been released from prison after serving several months for gun charges stemming from an incident in 2022. By Cole Blake February 23, 2025
Pop Culture Jonathan Majors Says "Faith" Is Helping Him After Guilty Verdict Jonathan Majors is staying positive ahead of his sentencing. By Cole Blake January 30, 2024
Pop Culture Sidney Starr Prosecutors Seek To Block Teen Accuser’s Sexual History From Court The state is asking a judge to restrict sexual-history evidence involving Sidney Starr’s teenage accuser ahead of her next court hearing. By Erika Marie August 31, 2026