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YG continues to use his platform to give back to the community. As reported by TMZ, the Compton-bred rapper stopped by Los Angeles’ Amity Foundation House on Friday to speak with recently released prisoners who were serving life sentences. As part of his visit, YG blessed the ex-inmates with pairs of his Block Runner sneakers released under […]
Foogiano was hit with a lengthy jail sentence this week. Music executive and Authentic Empire founder Boomman told fans the New 1017 artist was hit with a five-year sentence by officials in Green County, Tennessee. Complex has reached out to a rep for comment. Foogiano seemingly confirmed his sentence with an Instagram post vowing to be “be back before y’all […]
A judge ruled two weeks ago that a former restaurant manager in South Carolina owes $546,000 to a man he enslaved, deeming the manager guilty of “coercing an African-American man with an intellectual disability to work extensive hours at a restaurant for no pay.” The manager, 56-year-old Bobby Paul Edwards, is serving a 10-year prison sentence […]
If you’re even remotely familiar with the state of Georgia, then you’ve probably heard a thing or two about the infamous Fulton County Jail. Earlier this year, for example, a report from regional news outlet WSB-TV found that the facility was over capacity by an estimated 400 inmates, resulting in conditions described by one Atlanta councilman […]
Philadelphia rapper AR-Ab is expected to spend the next four decades behind bars. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the 38-year-old artist—legal name Abdul West—was sentenced Thursday to 45 years in prison for his alleged role in a drug-trafficking ring. The news comes less than three years after AR-Ab and eight other men were arrested on federal drug charges. […]
Bernie Madoff, notorious convicted fraudster who pleaded guilty in 2009 to 11 federal felonies, is dead at 82. According to a source quoted in an Associated Press report, Madoff died from natural causes at the Federal Medical Center in North Carolina on Wednesday. Last year Madoff’s legal team attempted to get Madoff released from prison due […]
Lil Snupe’s promising career was tragically cut short when he was murdered in 2013 at just 18 years old. While the music world has had time to mourn his death in the open, Lil Snupe’s father Charlie Brown was incarcerated at the time of his death. Now that he’s a free man, Brown was able to finally visit […]
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has granted clemency to No Limit rapper McKinley “Mac” Phipps Jr. after 21 years behind bars. HuffPost reports that Phipps, known to hip-hop fans as Mac, served 21 years of a 30-year sentence for the murder of a teen fan that he says he did not commit. Phipps was 22 at the time […]
Ronnie Long’s fight for justice isn’t over. After serving 44 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, the 65-year-old Black man received $750,000 in restitution—the maximum amount North Carolina pays to victims of wrongful incarceration. Long argues that amount doesn’t nearly make up for everything he lost. “Ain’t no way in hell that […]
While things seemed to be on the up-and-up for Famous Dex after he reportedly checked into rehab in December, it looks like he’s found himself in another jam. The Chicago rapper is now facing multiple charges, spanning domestic violence and gun possession. TMZ reports he’s been hit with a total of 19 charges from three […]
