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Music Warden Says Foolio Murderer Shouldn't Get Death Penalty So He Can Be Put To Work Four people were convicted of rapper Foolio's murder, and while prosecutors want the death penalty, a warden has other ideas. By Erika Marie May 13, 2026
Music Lil Durk Trial's Prosecutors Ask Judge To Seal Witness List Prosecutors in the Lil Durk case reportedly indicated they have 35 witnesses ready to testify, with 20 of them being key to the trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 15, 2026
Music Jury Make-Up Of Keefe D's Tupac Murder Trial Has Been Revealed Opening arguments in Keefe D's trial for the murder of Tupac Shakur are expected to begin on Monday, August 17. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 14, 2026
Music Tupac's Estate Claims Daz Dillinger Stole Over $1 Million In Archival Material Tupac's estate responded to Daz Dillinger's lawsuit over alleged unpaid royalties, claiming he's responsible for over $1 million in losses. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 14, 2026
Crime Rod Wave Hit With 90GB Evidence Dump In Georgia Shooting Case Rod Wave has pleaded not guilty to the charges. By Aron A. August 12, 2026
Crime Suge Knight Warns He’ll Make Everyone Regret Putting Him On The Stand In Tupac Murder Trial Prosecutors want Suge Knight's testimony. By Aron A. August 10, 2026
Music Megan Thee Stallion Must Face Trial in Former Photographer’s Lawsuit Conflicting evidence over working conditions and compensation kept Emilio Garcia’s case against Megan Thee Stallion alive. By Erika Marie August 07, 2026
Music Glasses Malone Is "100 Percent" Confident That Drake Is Going After YG Glasses Malone recently claimed Drake is funding the investigation into Drakeo The Ruler's murder and trying to implicate YG. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 07, 2026
Music Wack 100 Clarifies Alleged Airport Chase Involving Big U & Future Wack 100's old claims about him and Big U chasing Future at the LAX airport have allegedly resurfaced in court documents against U. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 01, 2026
Music Diddy Receives New Release Date Following Prison Fight Diddy recently got into a fight at FCI Fort Dix, and as it turns out, his release date has been changed, yet again. By Alexander Cole July 29, 2026
Crime Nicki Minaj’s Alleged Alias Revealed Amid $106K Hotel Tab Dispute Court filings reveal an alleged alias as Nicki Minaj faces claims over a $106K hotel tab. By Aron A. July 28, 2026
Music D4vd Ordered To Stand Trial In Murder Of Celeste Rivas Hernandez A California court found prosecutors presented sufficient evidence to move forward with their case against D4vd, clearing the way for a jury trial on multiple felony charges. By Erika Marie July 27, 2026