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Reality TV star June Shannon, known widely as “Mama June,” was arrested this week on suspicion of felony possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. TMZ reports the 39-year-old mother was taken into custody Wednesday following a domestic dispute at an Alabama gas station. Mama June’s boyfriend, Geno Doak, was also arrested for the same drug-related charges […]
The college admissions scandal has it all: Schadenfreude at watching rich families get caught trying to rig the game; confirmation that the admissions process at elite universities is rigged toward the 1 percent; and a healthy helping of Gen Z influencers and IG-famous folks. In a complicated story like this one, it can be hard […]
Fat Joe has closed the door on 6ix9ine. Months before the DUMMY BOY rapper was arrested on federal racketeering charges, the artists sat down for a one-on-one interview in which Joe warned 6ix9ine about his looming legal troubles. The Terror Squad rapper pointed to the case of Bobby Shmurda, the NYC rapper who is currently locked up on conspiracy […]
R. Kelly‘s volatile CBS interview has received the primetime treatment. We received our first look at the sit-down earlier this week, when the disgraced singer denied his slew of sexual abuse allegations. The interview marked the first time Kelly addressed the accusations since his arrest on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Those charges involve four women, three of whom […]
The first season of the popular Serial podcast gave renewed attention to Adnan Syed’s 2000 murder conviction back in 2014, leading to a Maryland court granting him a new trial. Syed was convicted in 2000 of killing his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, in 1999. Serial brought the conviction into question, and for a while it looked as though Syed would get another […]
R. Kelly‘s former lawyer isn’t biting his tongue. More than a decade after he helped Kelly beat child pornography charges, veteran attorney Ed Genson told the Chicago Sun Times that the singer was guilty, actually guilty of those crimes—”guilty as hell” to be more precise. The 77-year-old spoke candidly about his ex-client’s behavior, but said he doesn’t believe […]
Queen Latifah said she will continue to support embattled Empire star Jussie Smollett—at least for now. During a recent interview with Zainab Salbi, Latifah explained why she refuses to turn her back on Smollett, despite the reports that the actor staged his own hate crime earlier this year in Chicago. “Until somebody can show me some proof […]
Juelz Santana has started his 27 months prison sentence. The 37-year-old rapper will reportedly serve his time at a medium security federal correctional institution in Hopewell, Virginia called Petersburg Medium FCI, the Blast reports. Santana, real name LaRon Louis James, got caught up in March of 2018 for an incident that went down at Newark Liberty International […]
Texas prosecutors claim incarcerated rapper Tay-K 47 attempted to form a criminal organization inside Tarrant County jail. According to court documents obtained by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the 18-year-old allegedly drafted a set of rules for a gang he called “Rug-Rats.” The rules, or “Laws of Power,” prohibited members from “snitching if caught in illegal activities,” stealing from […]
YBN Almighty Jay turned himself in to police, just over a week after they named him as a suspect for a felony grand theft. Jay was suspected of stealing $80K in jewelry and cash from another rapper. Surveillance footage puts the rapper at the scene where a crew allegedly walked off with tens of thousands […]
