Crime

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Music Jay-Z Accuses Tony Buzbee Of Covering Up Illegal Practice Via Fake Death Threat Tony Buzbee is the lawyer who helped an accuser pursue a since-dismissed sexual assault case against Jay-Z and Diddy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 29, 2026
Crime Chrisean Rock's Legal Drama: How An Assault & Drug Charge Landed Her In Jail The "Baddies" star began her journey as a promising track star in college. After meeting Blueface, her world took a drastic turn. By Erika Marie August 22, 2024
Music Jail Informant Claims Lil Durk's Alleged Hitman Confessed To Murder-For-Hire Plot These allegations against Lil Durk are related to the arrests of Preston Powell and Anthony Montgomery-Wilson over Stephon Mack's death. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 27, 2025
Pop Culture Megan, Halle, & Cassie Spoke Up — And Got Doubted, Not Defended Even as Megan Thee Stallion, Cassie, and Halle Bailey came forward with evidence, they were still mocked, doubted, memed, or ignored. By Erika Marie May 30, 2025
Crime Was PeeWee Longway Arrested In $280M Drug Bust? Here's A Breakdown Of What We Know So Far By Axl Banks September 17, 2024
Sneakers Nike Hit With Massive Data Breach As Jordan Brand Files Leaked On Dark Web WorldLeaks ransomware group leaked 1.4TB of Nike data including Jordan Brand SP27 files, design prototypes, and internal documents. By Ben Atkinson January 24, 2026
Original Content Did Diddy Beat The Case? Everything To Know About His Conviction & Sentencing Sean "Diddy" Combs was acquitted of trafficking charges but convicted of transporting women for prostitution. What's next for him? By Aron A. July 03, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Hit With Aggravated Assault Charge In Houston Boosie Badazz is going to court on Monday over an aggravated assault charge stemming from an alleged incident at a Houston nightclub. By Alexander Cole June 01, 2026
Relationships Gina Huynh: Inside The Years Of Love, Abuse, & Loyalty To Diddy In Diddy’s RICO case, Gina Huynh was identified as Victim 3. She accused him of abuse yet later defended him in a relationship spanning a decade. By Erika Marie August 15, 2025
Crime Allstar Jr Charged In NBA Ben10 Shooting NBA Ben10 reportedly has lost feeling below the waist. By Aron A. May 29, 2026
Crime Jaguar Wright's Recent Arrest In Texas: What We Know Jaguar Wright has been spreading industry gossip as of late. She's also been acting out of character. Last week, the singer was arrested in Dallas on property theft charges. Let's look at everything we know so far. By Christopher Gorrie June 11, 2024
Crime YNW Melly Case Update, Judge Allows His Tattoos To Be Used As Evidence Of Gang Affiliation If found as proof of gang affiliation, Melly might face the death penalty, By Lawrencia Grose April 11, 2022