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Music LAPD Believes There Was No Murder In d4vd & Celeste Rivas Case Los Angeles police said the only crime in d4vd and Celeste Rivas' case – still without suspects – may be the concealment of her body. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 08, 2025
Music R Kelly's Projected Release From Prison Has Been Announced R Kelly has been in a medium security facility in Butner, North Carolina since April 2023 and trying anything to get out early. By Zachary Horvath January 26, 2026
Music Lil Durk Secures $12 Million Lawsuit Victory Amid Murder-For-Hire Case The court dismissed a $12 million lawsuit against Lil Durk over claims that he and his team messed up an investment deal. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 01, 2025
Pop Culture 50 Cent Reacts To Will Smith's Bombshell Sexual Harassment Lawsuit 50 Cent is one of many expressing shock over this lawsuit against Will Smith from a former tour violinist for alleged wrongful termination. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 02, 2026
Music Top5 Reportedly Stabbed In The Neck In London Top5 was allegedly talking to fans in London when a masked man ran up and stabbed him in the neck. He fortunately survived and is recovering. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 14, 2025
Music Keefe D's Tupac Murder Trial Delayed Due To Overwhelming Evidence Keefe D's defense will now have more time to comb through evidence in the Tupac trial, which comes amid other legal problems for him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 29, 2025
Music UK Rapper Ratlin Calls Top5 A "Police Bwoy" After Top's Stabbing Top5 was in London for his friend Drake's Wireless Festival takeover, and he narrowly escaped an attempt on his life. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 14, 2025
Sports Shannon Sharpe's Alleged Payout To Sexual Assault Accuser Has Been Revealed Rumors have emerged about the specific alleged settlement that Shannon Sharpe paid earlier this month, but they haven't been confirmed. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 28, 2025
Music Drake, Adin Ross & Stake Hit With Civil RICO Class Action Lawsuit This is the third lawsuit against Drake, Stake, and Adin Ross, and alleges that they used tips to artificially boost Drizzy's music. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 01, 2026
Music Young Thug Flamed On Social Media After Resurfaced Peewee Roscoe Audio Goes Viral Fans online have been quick to point out Young Thug's frequent criticism of Gunna following the YSL RICO trial. By Cole Blake August 27, 2025
Music Charleston White Implies He Had Something To Do With Lil Woody's Recent Atlanta Arrest Charleston White and Lil Woody have gone back and forth on social media a lot in recent years, but this arrest situation remains very unclear. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 03, 2025
Music Diddy's Prison Release Date Revealed Thanks To Federal Records Diddy allegedly survived a recent attack in prison in which an inmate allegedly put a knife to his throat as he slept. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 26, 2025
Music Diddy's Unique Prison Release Conditions Finally Revealed Diddy was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in his high-profile criminal trial. By Cole Blake October 15, 2025
Music Future's Brother FBG Casino Busted With Fentanyl And Gets Federal Charges Future's brother FBG Casino was arrested last week alongside a codefendant during an FBI and DEA raid in Georgia. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 23, 2025
Crime Duke Dennis Arrested In San Antonio On Trespassing Charges Duke Dennis went viral after the streamers university event following the reveal of how many children and baby mothers he has. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 03, 2025
Music Young Buck Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison, But There's A Catch Young Buck pleaded guilty to possessing a weapon after receiving a felony conviction in Tennessee court this week. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music YNW Melly Breaks Silence Behind Bars To Address Bond Denial Rumors YNW Melly's mother recently hinted at him getting out of prison soon, so this bond update came at a fitting but still unfulfilled time. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2026
Crime Diddy Allegedly Demanded $50K Back From Cassie & Alex Fine After Hearing Of Their Affair Cassie Ventura married Alex Fine, her former trainer, following the end of her and Diddy’s relationship in 2018. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 21, 2025
Music Former Escort Labels Cassie A "C** D*mpster" And Claims She Put Him In Danger Diddy was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and has begun his prison sentence. By Cole Blake October 08, 2025
Music Celeste Rivas' Former Teacher Speaks On Her & d4vd's Alleged Relationship Celeste Rivas was identified as the "severely decomposed" body in a Tesla registered to d4vd on September 17. By Zachary Horvath September 20, 2025
Music LAPD Confirms They Haven't Named d4vd As Suspect In Celeste Rivas Case This follows significant legal updates for d4vd as the Los Angeles Police Department continues to determine Celeste Rivas' cause of death. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 04, 2025
Music Diddy Prosecutors Drop Kidnapping And Select Sex Trafficking Charges The move from prosecutors in Diddy's sex trafficking and racketeering trial comes just before closing arguments. By Cole Blake June 25, 2025
Music Pregnant Detroit Rapper Siditty Shot & Killed, Family Alleges Targeted Attack Siditty, real name Qualeisha Barnes, was fatally shot in Atlanta. She was reportedly a nursing student in addition to her rap career. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 10, 2026

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