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Music Kay Flock Faces Life In Prison As Prosecutors Push To Use Lyrics As Evidence Kay Flock's legal battle continues. By Caroline Fisher February 19, 2025
Music Chris Brown Reportedly Arrested In The UK For Alleged "Grievous Bodily Harm" Chris Brown's alleged arrest reportedly stems from a bottle-throwing incident from two years ago at a London nightclub. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 15, 2025
Music Biggie Smalls' Son CJ Wallace Sues Publicist For Diddy Sexual Assault Claim Jonathan Hay initially sued CJ Wallace and Diddy anonymously, claiming CJ lured him to a place where Sean Combs sexually assaulted him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 15, 2025
Music Diddy Faces More Obstacles In His Bid For Bail Thanks To Scathing Filing From Prosecutors Diddy continues to face major pushback in court. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 18, 2024
Music Judge In Lil Durk's Trial Rules On Key Severance Motion From Codefendants Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial was recently delayed from April to August, and now we have more details about what's next. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 28, 2026
Music Charleston White Explains Why He Believes D4vd Is Innocent In Celeste Rivas' Death Police are still investigating after they discovered a dismembered body in a car registered to D4vd, earlier this month. By Cole Blake September 23, 2025
Music Lil Durk Claims A Snitch Is Misleading The Feds To Prevent Him From Getting Out On Bond Lil Durk will be behind bars until his trial on October 14 if he is unsuccessful in getting out of jail on bond. By Cole Blake June 02, 2025
Music Diddy’s Proposed Bail Package Includes His Mother’s House He's willing to do whatever it takes. By Zachary Horvath September 17, 2024
Pop Culture When Will D.Rose Be Released From Prison? Rapper's New Mugshot Comes With Shocking Incarceration Projection Rose was originally imprisoned in 2016 for the murder of a 14-year-old. By Ben Mock November 12, 2023
Music YNW Melly's Mom Reportedly Wore A Wire To Aid His Trial But It May Backfire YNW Melly's case is already complex, but his path to a more lenient sentence may have just become more difficult and very unlikely. By Zachary Horvath March 02, 2026
Music Diddy's Bodyguard Issues Scathing Response To Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against Them Big Joe isn't here for this heavy accusation. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 26, 2024
Music Yak Gotti Stabbed In Prison While Awaiting RICO Verdict We're hoping Yak recovers well. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 02, 2024