Crime

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Music Kay Flock Proposes Release On $1.4 Million Bail Kay Flock's trial is scheduled to begin in September, 2024. By Caroline Fisher February 19, 2024
Music Lil Durk’s Former Artist SlimeLife Shawty Admits He Previously Treated YSL Like An Alleged Gang SlimeLife Shawty testified in the YSL RICO trial today. By Caroline Fisher October 23, 2024
Music Yung Mal Charged With Murder: Report Yung Mal and five others were reportedly charged with murder in connection to a deadly gas station shooting. By Alex Zidel July 13, 2021
Music JayDaYoungan Co-Defendant Reportedly Commits Suicide Tommie Diamond died via self-inflicted gunshot wound after a standoff with police. By Ben Mock June 03, 2023
Pop Culture Touré Calls Out Jaguar Wright For Her Bold Claims About Saving Girls From Diddy's Alleged "Freak-Offs" Touré's comments about Jaguar Wright come as Diddy's criminal trial has been underway for weeks in New York City. By Cole Blake June 02, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Insinuates The Industry Is Blackballing Him After Dropping New Album "PETERSON" Tory Lanez recorded his new album "PETERSON" entirely behind bars, and also focused on incarceration heavily in his lyricism. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 07, 2025
Music Kay Flock Faces Life In Prison As Prosecutors Push To Use Lyrics As Evidence Kay Flock's legal battle continues. By Caroline Fisher February 19, 2025
Music Diddy Fails To Exclude His iCloud Searches And Other Queries From Trial's Evidence Pool Diddy's legal team called the government's applications for phone and home warrants "Intentionally misleading" and "grossly distorted." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 10, 2025
Crime Phora & His Team Shot At In Drive-By On Highway, Video Shows Someone Bleeding The rapper shared a brief video that showed bullet holes in a Lambo & a person bleeding in the passenger seat. By Erika Marie March 06, 2021
Music Rapper Quez 2RR Pleads Guilty After Sneaking Machine Gun Into Maternity Ward Federal law enforcement reportedly searched Quez 2RR's home this February and allegedly found guns linked to various crimes. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 24, 2025
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 AllStar JR Reportedly Hires Pooh Shiesty's Lawyer In Gun Case AllStar JR and Pooh Shiesty are both currently behind bars. The former faces charges in alleged connection to NBA Ben10's shooting. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 21, 2026