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Music Lil Durk Receives New Trial Date In Murder-For-Hire Case Lil Durk will be heading to trial much later in the year than expected. By Cole Blake January 02, 2025
Music Sean Kingston Speaks Out Following His Guilty Verdict In Fraud Case Sean Kingston previously showed love to his mother Janice Turner after the court also found her guilty of various counts of fraud. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 31, 2025
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
Music Kid Cudi Alleges During Trial Testimony That Cassie "Played" Both Him & Diddy Kid Cudi alleged during trial that Diddy broke into his home, set his car on fire, and terrified his dog due to his Cassie fling in 2011. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 22, 2025
Music Young Thug Accepts Plea Deal In YSL RICO Case A massive update is here. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 31, 2024
Crime YNW Melly Prosecutors Submit Dozens Of Songs Into Evidence 58 songs in total had lyrics submitted as evidence. By Lavender Alexandria January 10, 2024
Music Diddy's Alleged Sex Worker Responds To His Possible Appearance In Sex Tape Shown To Jury Sharay "The Punisher" Hayes didn't know Diddy's "freak-off" sex parties were being recorded, which he had spoken of during trial. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 21, 2025
Music UMG Reportedly Files Motion To Dismiss Drake Defamation Lawsuit Over "Not Like Us" Drake isn't letting his legal battle slow his other efforts down, as he recently seemed to tease a new music video for "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U." By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 17, 2025
Music Rod Wave's D.C. Show Victim To Car Break-Ins: Details Rod Wave has yet to comment on the matter. By Zachary Horvath November 15, 2023
Music Celebrities Who Have Spoken Out About Alleged Hollywood Predators Molly Ringwald has been turning heads after opening up about Hollywood predators she faced in her early career. Here we dive into seven times celebrities have spoken out about abuse in the entertainment industry. By Christopher Gorrie June 05, 2024
Music Suge Knight Agrees To $1.5 Million Settlement To Avoid Hit-&-Run Trial Suge Knight says that he doesn't want to put the Carter family "through more pain." but maintains he didn't do "anything wrong" By Cole Blake April 30, 2025
Music Elliott Wilson Tells A Bizarre Diddy Story About Mogul's Interest In Tupac Shakur No way Diddy actually asked him this... By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 20, 2024