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Music Bad Bunny Hit With $16 Million Lawsuit Over Allegedly Stolen Vocal Sample Bad Bunny received a similar lawsuit in 2023 from his ex girlfriend, alleging that he and his team used her vocals without permission. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music Diddy Faces New Sexual Battery Investigation From The L.A. County Sheriff's Department The alleged incident is unconnected from the two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution that have Diddy residing in prison. By Cole Blake November 18, 2025
Music Former FCI Fort Dix Inmate Claims Diddy Will Have A "Sweet & Easy" Prison Bid Diddy recently started his first prison job after checking in at FCI Fort Dix, and we got our first public look at him in over a year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 02, 2025
Music Diddy Makes Friends With Fellow Inmates In Cheery New Prison Photos We are getting even more new pictures of Diddy than we expected, considering that the public hadn't seen him in over a year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 02, 2025
Music d4vd's Alleged Farm Tools At Rental Home Lead To Suspicion A private investigator is looking into the d4vd and Celeste Rivas case, in which police still haven't determined a suspect or cause of death. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 31, 2025
Crime Mystikal Receives 20 Years In Prison For Rape Following Guilty Plea Mystikal pleaded guilty to rape back in March, and on Tuesday, he was officially hit with a whopping 20-year prison sentence. By Alexander Cole June 17, 2026
Sports Kash Patel Unleashes On Stephen A. Smith's Commentary On NBA Gambling Arrests Yesterday, the FBI made a sweeping arrest of 30+ NBA players, coaches, and mafia members linked to two different illegal gambling cases. By Zachary Horvath October 24, 2025
Music Diddy's Team Puts Judge's Sentencing On Blast While Announcing Plan To Appeal Diddy's team is heading back to court next Monday, October 6. Their client received a four-year sentence on Friday. By Zachary Horvath October 04, 2025
Music Dez Bryant Claims Offset Once Owed Him $8k In Gambling Debt Offset was the victim of a shooting near the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Florida on Monday night. By Cole Blake April 07, 2026
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
Music Foolio Murder Suspect Claims Diss Tracks Caused Grandmother's Heart Attack Davion Murphy was reportedly interrogated by law enforcement investigators about Foolio's diss tracks towards him and others. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2026
Music Judge Dismisses R Kelly's Leak Lawsuit Against Tasha K R Kelly accused Tasha K of leaking his confidential prison records to the public, but she came out on top of this legal situation. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 10, 2025