Crime

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Crime Daunte Wright Shooting: Family Calls For Life Sentence For Kim Potter If convicted, it's reported that Potter faces upwards of 10 years in prison. By Erika Marie April 15, 2021
Crime Megan Thee Stallion's Ex-BFF Kelsey Nicole Wants Everyone To Take Polygraph Test She reportedly witnessed the shooting event involving the two artists and has repeatedly denied taking hush money from Lanez. By Erika Marie January 26, 2021
Crime YNW Melly's Cameraman Ordered To Appear In Court For Rapper's Case: Report A judge ordered reportedly DrewFilmedIt to appear in court in regards to YNW Melly's case. By Aron A. March 21, 2022
Gossip Quavo & Saweetie Could Both Be In Trouble Over Elevator Fight Video: Report Quavo and Saweetie could both be at fault in the LAPD investigation of their physical altercation caught on video. By Alex Zidel April 01, 2021
Crime Jonathan Majors Accuser Charged With Assault In Connection To Their Incident Majors has maintained that he was the real victim throughout the case. By Lavender Alexandria October 24, 2023
Pop Culture Dave East Is A "Big Fan" Of Pablo Escobar, Worked On "Fortune Favors The Bold" At His House Dave East says he admires Pablo Escobar's "mindset." By Caroline Fisher July 26, 2023
Gram Kodak Black Exposes Himself For Stealing From A Gas Station: "Had To See If I Still Had It" Looks like Kodak couldn't resist the five-finger discount. By Hayley Hynes January 28, 2022
Crime Rich Homie Quan's Drug Charges Dismissed Two Years After Arrest A holiday surprise. By Erika Marie December 27, 2019
Crime "Ghostbusters" Star Rick Moranis Assaulted; NYPD Reveals Suspect Comedic actor Rick Moranis allegedly suffered a random assault earlier today. By Isaiah Cane October 02, 2020
Music Rapper 23 Rackz, 16, Killed In D.C., Family Says He Couldn't "Stay Off The Streets" The rapper's father and sister spoke about the reported honor student who was both book and street smart. By Erika Marie June 02, 2022
Relationships Keke Palmer Court Docs Allege Darius Jackson Nearly Hit Her With Car, Used Words Like "Sl*t" And "Wh*re" Leodis' parents will have their day in court on December 5th. By Hayley Hynes November 14, 2023
Music Tiffany Red Wants To Sue Diddy & Various Record Labels Over New SA Lawsuit The songwriter known for her work with one of Sean Combs' accusers, Cassie, claims that these new allegations "f***ed" her work. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 29, 2024