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Pop Culture Rich Dollaz Speaks On Daughter's Arrest: "I'm Baffled As Anyone Else" This week, it was revealed that Rich's daughter, Ashley Trowers, was arrested after allegedly shooting the father of her child. By Erika Marie January 26, 2023
Music Lil Durk’s Father Believes The Murder-For-Hire Trial Is Weak Lil Durk's father speaks out before closing statements during a stream with N3on. By Aron A. September 08, 2026
Original Content A Guilty Verdict Still Doesn’t Bring Closure To Tupac’s Murder Keefe D’s conviction gives Tupac’s murder its first guilty verdict, but 30 years of mythology won’t disappear with it. By Erika Marie September 02, 2026
Crime Skrilla Arrested For Allegedly Shooting Cop With Gel Pellets This weekend, Skrilla's music video shoot in Kensington took an unexpected turn for the worse when he had a run-in with police. By Caroline Fisher August 18, 2025
Politics Inside Donald Trump's History Of Pardons & Commutations In Hip Hop Boosie Badazz's appeal for a presidential pardon offers another look at Donald Trump's history of clemency in Hip Hop. By Erika Marie July 20, 2026
Music Kid Cudi Fires Back At M.I.A. Lawsuit By Invoking First Amendment Kid Cudi responded to M.I.A's lawsuit. By Aron A. September 10, 2026
Music Keefe D Addresses Tupac's Family & Diddy In First Interview Since Conviction A jury found Duane "Keefe D" Davis guilty of the murder of Tupac, which had also been subject to conspiracy theories involving Diddy. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2026
Relationships LAPD Investigating Lena The Plug Identity Theft, Divorce After claiming reports of their pending divorce were false, Lena The Plug has asked authorities to step in to stop an alleged stalker. By Erika Marie June 08, 2026
TV Sidney Starr Told Police Alleged Victim Said He Was 18 Before Hotel Encounter An opened condom reportedly fell from Sidney Starr’s clothing as police detained her at a Georgia hotel. By Erika Marie August 05, 2026
Pop Culture Adrien Broner & Deen The Great React Live To Broner's Sexual Battery Lawsuit Deen The Great is also part of the lawsuit against Adrien Broner, as Havana Saint accused Deen of defamation and causing emotional distress. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 24, 2026
Music Bic Fizzle Arrested In Connection With Arkansas Murder Arkansas rapper Bic Fizzle, once signed to Gucci Mane's 1017 label, is facing a murder investigation following a deadly shooting. By Erika Marie July 07, 2026
Crime Chicken P Reportedly Indicted On Charges Of Rape, Public Indecency & More Chicken P is currently serving time behind bars for various drug and gun charges after being sentenced to six years in August. By Caroline Fisher November 26, 2025