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Music Pras Fails To Avoid Prison In Conspiracy Appeal, But It's Not All Bad News Pras received a 14-year prison sentence for charges of money laundering, conspiracy, foreign lobbying, witness tampering, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 23, 2026
Music Prosecutors Fight To Keep Lil Durk's Music As Murder-For-Hire Trial Evidence Federal prosecutors in Lil Durk's murder-for-hire case compared his OTF collective to a Liberian anti-terrorism unit that engaged in torture. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 01, 2026
Music Rod Wave's Lawyers Claim He Was "Profiled" In Gun Charge Arrest In Atlanta Rod Wave has since posted bail, but it's clear that his legal team is not happy that their client was still arrested, and unjustly so. By Zachary Horvath November 13, 2025
Music Prosecutors Reveal Their Lengthy Demand For Diddy's Prison Sentence Diddy will return to the courtroom for his sentencing hearing on Friday, October 3, where he'll face 20 years behind bars. By Cole Blake September 30, 2025
Music 50 Cent Makes It Clear He Has No Gang Ties By Distancing Himself From Embattled G-Unit MC 50 Cent recently reacted to former G-Unit rapper Bang Em Smurf seeking asylum in the United Kingdom due to alleged gang threats in Trinidad. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 12, 2025
Pop Culture When Will D.Rose Be Released From Prison? Rapper's New Mugshot Comes With Shocking Incarceration Projection Rose was originally imprisoned in 2016 for the murder of a 14-year-old. By Ben Mock November 12, 2023
Crime Former Police Officer Brett Hankison Sentenced In Breonna Taylor Case In November of last year, Brett Hankison was found guilty of violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights while executing a search warrant. By Caroline Fisher July 22, 2025
Music Celeste Rivas Died "Several Weeks" Before Her Body Was Found In D4vd's Car Authorities discovered the dismembered body of Celeste Rivas in the trunk of a car belonging to D4vd, earlier this month. By Cole Blake September 29, 2025
Music Sauce Walka Pleads Guilty To Evading Police In High-Speed Chase Sauce Walka must now complete 50 hours of community service and faces two years of probation for this evasion charge. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 17, 2025
Music Lil Zay Osama Indicted On Federal Kidnapping & Robbery Charges Lil Zay Osama and multiple other men are accused of carrying out a home invasion in Winnetka, Illinois, last month. By Caroline Fisher April 29, 2026
Music Young Dolph’s Sister And Murder Suspect Take The Stand In Hernandez Govan Trial Prosecutors call Hernandez Govan the alleged mastermind behind Young Dolph's murder, and his trial began this week. By Caroline Fisher August 19, 2025
Music Burna Boy Offers To Cover Funeral Costs For Children Killed In Stockton Mass Shooting Three children and one adult were shot and killed during an attack at a birthday party in Stockton, California over the weekend. By Cole Blake December 03, 2025