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Relationships Kanye West's Cease And Desist Letter To Kim Kardashian Is Reportedly Fake Both Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's camps have allegedly responded to this news of a cease and desist letter over custody rights and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 09, 2025
Music Lil Durk Reportedly Denied Bail In Murder-For-Hire Case While there have been positive strides for Lil Durk when it comes to his lyrics' exclusion from his trial, things still look grim for the MC. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 08, 2025
Pop Culture Big Meech Appears To Be In Good Spirits In New Post-Prison Photo Big Meech is spending the remainder of his sentence at a Florida halfway house. By Caroline Fisher October 20, 2024
Crime Quando Rondo Reportedly Released From Prison Quando Rondo was sentenced to 33-months in prison on federal drug charges. By Aron A. June 02, 2026
Music Dawn Richard Takes The Stand In Diddy Trial And Alleges She Saw Him Abuse Cassie Dawn Richard's witness testimony follows Cassie's time on the stand during the Diddy trial, which had a similarly shocking start. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2025
Music Chris Brown Officially Charged With Grievous Bodily Harm While In U.K. Prison Chris Brown was arrested in the United Kingdom earlier this week for an alleged nightclub brawl from a few years ago. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2025
Music Smokey Robinson Reportedly Faces Criminal Investigation For Sexual Assault Claims Smokey Robinson's lawyer has denied the sexual assault accusations from four of the singer's former housekeepers. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 15, 2025
Music Lil Durk Is Making Yet Another Attempt At Getting Out On Bond Lil Durk has been behind bars since his arrest on alleged murder-for-hire charges in October of last year. By Cole Blake May 15, 2025
Music Drake's UMG Lawsuit's Dismissal Shows Up In Fat Joe's Defamation Case Lawyer Tyrone Blackburn is representing Fat Joe's former hype man Terrance "T.A." Dixon in a defamation lawsuit not quite similar to Drake's. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 12, 2025
Music Diddy's Prosecutors Accuse Him Of Forcing An Alleged Victim To Undergo Mystery Procedure Diddy's prosecutors and his legal team have clashed a lot over the possible evidence for his federal criminal trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2025
Music Prosecutors Seeking 13 Years For Tory Lanez In Megan Thee Stallion Shooting Tory Lanez may be looking at 13 years in prison if prosecutor get their way. By Cole Blake June 07, 2023
Music XXXTENTACION Trial: Drake's Armed Guards Accused Of Blocking Subpoena According to a codefendant's attorney, the Canadian artist's team actively sought to ignore or dismiss the court order. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 19, 2023