Crime

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Pop Culture Dusty Locane In Jail After Pleading Guilty To Gun Charges After turning himself in, the Brooklyn rapper is set to serve one to three years in prison. By Isaac Fontes December 24, 2022
Crime Young Thug Co-Defendant Obama Is The 6th To Cop A Plea Antonio "Obama" Sumlin is the sixth co-defendant to plead guilty in the YSL RICO case. By Aron A. December 23, 2022
Music Unfoonk Can't Say "Slatt," "Slime" & Other YSL-Related Slang: Report Unfoonk details the strict recording stipulations of his plea deal. By Joshua Robinson December 23, 2022
Pop Culture Candace Owens Defends Megan Thee Stallion Against "Vultures" Her polarizing takes usually divide, and she is calling out the Black community for not canceling Tory. By Erika Marie December 22, 2022
Pop Culture Robert De Niro's NYC House Burglarized While He Was Home A woman broke into Robert De Niro's NYC home on Monday. By Cole Blake December 20, 2022
Music Man Charged With Murder Of Rapper Snootie Wild The Memphis rapper was killed last February in Houston after a roadside altercation. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 17, 2022
Crime YSL's Co-Founder Takes Plea, Follows Gunna Walter Murphy, who co-founded the collective along Young Thug in 2012, has also entered a plea deal. By Isaac Fontes December 15, 2022
Crime Drake, Joe Budden & Other Rappers Named As Potential Witnesses In XXXTENTACION Murder Case: Report The attorney for Dedrick Williams reportedly named several other rappers as potential witnesses , including Quavo and Offset. By Aron A. December 15, 2022
Crime Gunna To Be Released From Jail After Pleading Guilty: Report The rapper released a statement saying he hasn't cooperated with investigators. By Erika Marie December 14, 2022
Crime Hurricane Chris Found Not Guilty Of Second-Degree Murder A Lousiana jury acquitted Hurricane Chris on all charges in connection to the shooting death of 32-year-old Danzeria Farris Jr. By Aron A. March 15, 2023
Politics President Of Haiti Assassinated In "Barbaric" Shooting At His Home Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead overnight amid politically charged violence in the country. By Alex Zidel July 07, 2021
Crime Chris Brown Sued By Ex-Housekeeper Over Alleged Dog Attack: Report Chris Brown's facing a lawsuit from his former housekeeper and her husband after the singer's dog allegedly mauled her. By Aron A. July 06, 2021