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With Drake and Kanye West set to come together in Los Angeles for the Free Larry Hoover Benefit Concert on Thursday, Billboard caught up with J. Prince to discuss his role in ending the rappers’ longstanding beef. While discussing how Drizzy and Ye came together in an effort to advocate the clemency of Larry Hoover, J. Prince credited the co-founder of Chicago’s Gangster Disciples with […]
62-year-old Missouri man Kevin Strickland was exonerated this week after spending over 43 years in prison, and just days after his release he’s set to become a millionaire. As the New York Times reported earlier this week, Strickland was convicted in 1979 for the murders of 22-year-old Sherrie Black, 21-year-old Larry Ingram, and 20-year-old John Walker. He has […]
The four Black men who were wrongfully charged with raping a 17-year-old white girl in 1949 have been exonerated in the state of Florida 72 years later. The group has been dubbed the “Groveland Four.” According to CNN, Circuit Court Judge Heidi Davis in Lake County, Florida, posthumously dismissed the indictments of Ernest Thomas and Samuel Shepherd […]
A New York man who once shared a cell with R. Kelly was sentenced Monday to 19 months in prison for threatening to kill politicians in Washington D.C., per the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. In April, Brandon Hunt, 37, was convicted of threatening to assault and murder members of […]
Sheff G was recently sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty in connection with a traffic stop arrest earlier this year. As first mentioned by the New York Daily News over the weekend as part of a separate report on a lawsuit against the “Drum Dummy” artist over an August 2020 crash in […]
After 15 years behind bars, Offset’s brother returned home from prison on Thursday. The Migos member recorded the reunion, which featured Offset greeting his brother with a warm embrace. “15 years and he back,” Offset captioned the clip on his Instagram Stories. It’s unclear why Offset’s brother was locked up. It’s worth noting Offset was just a teenager the last time his brother was […]
El Chapo’s wife, Emma Coronel Aispuro, might be facing a 4-year prison sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering charges. CBS News reports that the Department of Justice asked for this sentencing, with prosecutors also requesting she has five years of supervised release and pays a fine of $1.5 million. Aispuro previously pleaded guilty to the […]
Joe Exotic, who earlier this month informed his supporters that a prostate biopsy had revealed an “aggressive cancer,” has now been transferred to a federal prison in North Carolina that focuses on inmates who have special health-related needs. The Tiger King and Tiger King 2 star was moved from Federal Medical Center (FMC) Fort Worth to […]
A man was spared prison time Tuesday after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting four teenage girls because the judge believed putting him behind bars “would be inappropriate,” NBC News reports. In court documents obtained by the New York Times, Christopher Belter, 20, pleaded guilty to raping a 16-year-old girl when he was also a teenager inside his family’s New […]
After Drake and Kanye West squashed their beef at the Toronto rapper’s mansion, Larry Hoover Jr. has confirmed the two will indeed appear at a benefit concert to help free his father. Last month, J Prince said he was working with Drizzy and Ye in an effort to help advocate the clemency of Larry Hover, the […]
