Crime

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Sports Tank Dell Wounded In Nightclub Mass Shooting Tank Dell was shot in Florida on Sunday. By Cole Blake April 28, 2024
Music Nicki Minaj Insinuates Amsterdam Arrest Was Racial Profiling, Brings Up Ari Lennox's Experience Nicki Minaj spoke on Ari Lennox's 2021 arrest in the city, which happened for bizarre reasons that suggest discrimination. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 26, 2024
Relationships Jonathan Majors: Ex-GF Plays Audio Demanding Michelle Obama-Like Behaviour & "Total Compliance" Majors also brought up Coretta Scott King when naming women he hoped to see Jabbari act like. By Hayley Hynes December 05, 2023
Crime YSL Defense Attorney Arrested On Gang Related Charges The charges come after a quiet period for new developments in the trial itself. By Lavender Alexandria February 16, 2024
Pop Culture YNW Melly's Ex-GF's Mom Takes The Stand, Admits To Feeling Threatened By Law Enforcement "I don't want to lie on the stand 'cause you're gonna take me to jail," she said in court today. "So I'm saying what you want me to say." By Hayley Hynes June 15, 2023
TV Brittney Taylor Of "L&HH" Fame Allegedly Beat Baby Daddy With A Bat, Charged With Assault & Arrested The bloody altercation reportedly took place when the victim, Afeez, flew to New York to see his children earlier this month. By Hayley Hynes March 28, 2023
Pop Culture Blueface Sued For Strip Club Shooting A woman who claimed to be injured in the Las Vegas shooting now filed a civil lawsuit against the rapper and the establishment in question. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 27, 2023
Crime Trey Songz Won't Face Vegas Sexual Assault Charges, Other Cases Still Pending Trey can take a deep breath-- for now. By Lawrencia Grose April 08, 2022
Politics Highland Park Mass Shooting Person Of Interest Revealed To Be Chicago-Area Rapper 78-year-old Nicholas Toledo was one of the six victims in today's mass shooting. RIP. By Hayley Hynes July 04, 2022
Music Pooh Shiesty Speaks Out From FDC Miami With Lengthy Instagram Statement Pooh Shiesty reassures fans that although he remains in jail, his mind is still free. By Joshua Robinson December 17, 2021
Pop Culture Alec Baldwin & Others Hit With Wrongful Death Lawsuit After Halyna Hutchins "Rust" Shooting Halyna Hutchins was killed on October 21st when a prop gun unexpectedly discharged on set. By Hayley Hynes February 15, 2022
Crime R. Kelly Defense Team Compares Him To MLK, Mike Pence, Hugh Hefner: Report During closing arguments, Kelly's defense reportedly recited portions of Dr. King's "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. By Erika Marie September 23, 2021