Crime

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Music Sexyy Red Shooting Victim Identified By Police In Florida The man killed at Florida flea market was 36-year-old Anthony Dennis. By Ben Mock September 23, 2023
Music DJ Akademiks Claps Back After Being Called Out By Spike Tarintino Over Kay Flock Reporting DJ Akademiks responded to video director, Spike Tarintino, after being called out for spreading misinformation about Kay Flock's murder case. By Brianna Lawson December 28, 2021
Crime Nipsey Hussle's Accused Killer Eric Holder Found Guilty Of Murder A Los Angeles jury finds Eric Holder guilty of fatally shooting Nipsey Hussle in 2019. By Aron A. July 06, 2022
Life USC Sues YouTubers For Posing As Russian Mafia During "Classroom Takeover" Prank Video Eric Kanevsky and Yuguo Bai were arrested at gunpoint in a university parking lot. By Hayley Hynes April 12, 2022
Music Turkish Rapper Ezhel Arrested Over Lyrics Allegedly Promoting Drug Use Lyrics can be criminal, if you live in Turkey. By Matthew Parizot May 29, 2018
Relationships Megan Thee Stallion Reveals How Tory Lanez Trial Impacts Her BF Pardison Fontaine During her testimony, the Houston native admitted to previously being intimate with the Canadian artist. By Hayley Hynes December 16, 2022
Crime Safaree's Childhood Friend Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison After Robbing $180K In Jewels From Rapper The "Love and Hip Hop" star was set up by his former pal Shawn Harewood and wound up losing a large amount of jewerly. By Hayley Hynes November 04, 2022
Pop Culture Alleged Victim Of Nicki Minaj And Kenneth Petty Details "Ferocious Attack," Seeks Default Judgement The security guard claims he's had to undergo seven jaw surgeries to repair damage from the attack. By Caroline Fisher August 20, 2023
Music Sauce Walka Arrested After Police Chase, Crashed Car At 130 Miles Per Hour The Houston rapper was charged with evading arrest or detention, but it's unclear why this chase happened in the first place. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 07, 2023
Crime Fredo Bang Reveals Drug Smuggling Tales From Behind Bars While he doesn't have ay first-hand experience, he learned that drug smugglers apparently call their butts "Gucci bags." By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 05, 2023
Crime Lil Zay Osama Enters "Not Guilty" Plea In Machine Gun Case The Chicago rapper is looking at two decades behind bars for gun charges. By Elias Andrews April 04, 2024
Crime Young Thug Co-Defendant Yak Gotti Compares Lyrics To Jack Nicholson's "The Shining" Yak Gotti's defense are trying to get the lyrics dismissed from the case. By Aron A. November 13, 2023