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NBA Youngboy may be facing an indefinite leave of absence from the rap game and his lavish lifestyle. He has been arrested in his Louisiana hometown on several felony drug and gun charges that could land the rapper in prison for years. Youngboy, whose real name is Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, was taken into custody by…

For nearly 20 years, there were very few leads and no explanation for the ambush killing of Run-D.M.C.’s legendary deejay, Jam Master Jay, inside his New York City studio. It turns out the suspect authorities are charging with Jay’s death reportedly slept on the rap icon’s couch just a few days before allegedly shooting him…

UPDATE (Please read the original story below): Reality TV star Williams was released on her own recognizance from the Louisville Metropolitan Jail at approximately 3 a.m. on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. LHHNY star Yandy Smith and national activist Tamika Mallory were also let out. Outside the lockup, the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star posed with…

Canadian-based rapper Tory Lanez was arrested and charged with a felony after he was allegedly caught with a concealed weapon in an incident where fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion was sent to the hospital. A Hollywood Hills, California, house party had devolved into a verbal altercation overnight as an SUV that Lanez was driving was…

Bryshere Gray, one of the breakout stars of the blockbuster weekly drama “Empire,” has been arrested on domestic violence charges after a nine-hour standoff with a SWAT team in suburban Phoenix. Gray, 26, who played the youngest son Hakeem Lyon on the hit Fox show for six seasons, was finally taken into custody without incident…

A Black CNN reporter was arrested while covering the uprising in Minneapolis. On Thursday, May 28, 2020, reporter Omar Jimenez was reporting on the incidents that have occurred since the police-involved death of George Floyd. During a live segment, Jimenez was approached by multiple troopers with the Minnesota State Patrol dressed in riot gear. Jimenez…

The Georgia Attorney General is requesting the U.S. Department of Justice investigate the questionable handling of the shooting death of Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in February by two White men. Chris Carr asked that U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia Bobby Christine conduct a “complete and transparent review of how the Ahmaud Arbery…

NFL superstar Earl Thomas has emerged from a scary situation that could have turned tragic after his wife held him at gunpoint and later chased him around a car with a gun and knife, according to news reports. Thomas, who rocketed to sports fame as a member of the legendary “Legion of Boom” defense with…

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A man in California went on a crime spree and did not go to jail despite being arrested by police. On May 3, Glendora Police Department released a press release that detailed Dijon Landrum’s crime spree which took place on April 29. During the first arrest, Landrum was caught attempting to drive away with…

Former NFL star Telvin Smith has been arrested and charged with “unlawful sexual activity with certain minors” after allegedly engaging in improprieties with an underage girl. According to federal court documents obtained by TMZ, Smith, 29, a former stud linebacker with the Jacksonville Jaguars, had two separate sexual encounters with a girl below the legal…

Jason Mitchell, who is best known for portraying the late iconic rapper Easy E in the critically acclaimed film Straight Outta Compton, is on a dangerous downward trajectory that is punctuated by his latest arrest. The 33-year-old New Orleans-born actor has been arrested in Harris County, Mississippi, for possession of guns and a copious amount…

The Miami Police Department has just released the bodycam video of Trick Daddy’s January arrest for alleged drunk driving and cocaine possession. In the video obtained by TMZ, the officer’s footage shows the moment of the traffic stop in a nondescript parking lot of the “I’m A Thug” rapper, who was born Maurice Young. Trick,…

To decrease the spread of the coronavirus in prison, inmates who are considered to be low-level offenders have been released early. However, one ex-convict allegedly committed murder after his early release, according to WTSP. According to the Tampa Bay Times, Joseph Edward Williams, 26, was initially serving time at the Orient Road Jail in Hillsborough…

A detective in Birmingham, Alabama, has put herself on the opposite side of the law after allegedly killing a woman she caught with her lover. Detective for the Birmingham Police Department, Alfreda Fluker, allegedly decided to take action after she discovered her partner, an unidentified male detective, with another woman, Kanisha Necole Fuller. On April…

A White Kentucky doctor has been charged with choking a teenage Black girl because she and her friends disobeyed the state’s social distancing mandate. The doctor, who has been identified as John Rademaker, 57, and an unidentified woman are seen in a video that has since gone viral storming at the teenagers, who were hanging…

Even though he is an accomplished actor, most movie buffs know Miguel A Nunez, Jr. for the role in which he stole the identity of a woman and created the basketball phenomenon known as “Juwanna Man.” Nunez is making headlines today for theft again, as he was allegedly arrested for stealing groceries from a Los…

Pop culture normally frowns on entertainers who pull the “celebrity card” in their efforts to avoid arrests, and Pleasure P may face some backlash after his apprehension at a fast-food restaurant last month. Pleasure P, 35, a member of the R&B singing group Pretty Ricky, tried to use the “do you know who I am”…

As most pop culture fans know, there is no love lost between rap star Meek Mill and his ex-girlfriend Nicki Minaj. Therefore, when Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, 41, was arrested by the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, fans apparently wanted to know how Meek, who was born Robert Rihmeek Williams, felt…

The adopted daughter of legendary Hollywood director and producer Steven Spielberg has been arrested for domestic violence in Tennessee, according to police and jail records. According to a Metropolitan Nashville Police affidavit obtained by WZTV, officers said Mikaela Spielberg, 23, and her fiancé, Chuck Pankow, 47, had a verbal altercation after returning from a bar.…

Video has finally been released showing a traumatized and sobbing 6-year-old Black girl being handcuffed, arrested and taken to jail in Orlando, Florida, in Sept. 2019. The girl was also reportedly photographed and fingerprinted like a hardened criminal. The attorney of the family of the little girl released the footage to the media. It shows…