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Crime "30 Rock" Actor Bobb'e J. Thompson Arrested At Airport With Loaded Firearm: Report The "That's So Raven" star was reportedly stopped by TSA at LAX. By Erika Marie June 25, 2021
Music Brian McKnight Asks Judge To Help Him Serve Jaguar Wright With Defamation Lawsuit Brian McKnight accused Jaguar Wright of spreading lies online about his alleged relationship dynamics and sexual activity. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 14, 2025
Music Pop Smoke's Alleged Killer Thinks He Deserved A More Severe Sentence Adam22 and No Jumper's controversial interview with Blockstar contained more revelations about Pop Smoke's murder. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 07, 2024
Politics Chance The Rapper Calls Larry Hoover A "Political Prisoner" While Addressing Commutation Chance The Rapper and Larry Hoover both rep the city of Chicago, and the former took to social media to address the latter's commutation. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 29, 2025
Music Soulja Boy Celebrates Release From Jail After Prosecutors Reject Gun Charge Earlier this week, Soulja Boy was booked on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm after a traffic stop in Los Angeles. By Caroline Fisher August 06, 2025
Music Eminem Goes Scorched Earth On Diddy In New Diss Remix "Fuel" has even more Diddy disses now. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 13, 2024
Music Plies Reacts To The FBI's Conclusion About Jeffrey Epstein's Death And Alleged Client List Plies tied this Jeffrey Epstein situation into his many critiques against United States President Donald Trump. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 07, 2025
Music Kid Cudi Smokes A Cigarette While Arriving At Court To Testify In Diddy's Trial Kid Cudi will likely be testifying about his relationship with Cassie and Diddy's allegedly furious reaction. By Cole Blake May 22, 2025
Music Jaguar Wright Arrested In Dallas For Alleged Theft Of Property Jaguar Wright is reportedly behind bars. By Caroline Fisher June 06, 2024
Music NBA YoungBoy Sports A New Look In Leaked Image From Court Hearing NBA YoungBoy is staying in prison for a while. By Alexander Cole November 19, 2024
Music Battle Rapper Pat Stay Dead At 36, Days After Dropping The Game Diss Track: Report The rap titan's friends have confirmed his tragic passing after a night out in Halifax, Nova Scotia. By Hayley Hynes September 04, 2022
Music Diddy Demands A Retrial To Overturn Charges Related To Prostitution Diddy was found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in his high-profile criminal trial. By Cole Blake July 31, 2025