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Former NBA star Shawn Kemp has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a drive-by shooting on Wednesday in Washington. According to King 5 News, an altercation between two groups of individuals occurred around 2 p.m. at the Tacoma Mall. Authorities were called after the dispute between two vehicles in the parking lot escalated into gunshots. One driver allegedly fired several […]
A Florida teen has been arrested after he fatally shot a rival gang member then bragged about the murder in a rap song. Fox 13 reports La’Darion Chandler, 19, of Lakeland, Florida has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the December shooting death of John Daniel McGee, 33. After surviving the shooting, McGee, a known gang […]
Brooklyn-based rapper Fetty Luciano is no longer facing a murder charge in connection to a 2022 shooting out on Long Island. AllHipHop reports prosecutors have decided to not pursue the attempted murder charge against Luciano. The 27-year-old rapper had been charged with second-degree assault, criminal possession of a weapon, attempted second-degree assault, misdemeanor assault and reckless endangerment. Fetty, […]
California’s new “rap lyrics” law has secured a man’s freedom. According to ABC 7, a state appellate court has reversed the murder conviction of Travon Venable Sr.—a San Bernardino resident who was charged in connection to a 2014 drive-by shooting. The court based its decision on a “prejudicial” rap video presented during the trial. The judges ruled […]
A man who was left paralyzed from the waist down after being shot by a police officer in Florida in 2021 has filed a federal lawsuit. Per the office of attorney Ben Crump, who announced the lawsuit on Wednesday during a press conference with co-counsel attorney Hunter Shkolnik and attorney Sue-Ann Robinson, the suit against […]
A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal St. Louis shooting seen in video. The graphic footage, which has been circulating widely on Twitter without content warnings, shows a man standing over another on a sidewalk. Deeper into the short clip, the suspect points a gun at the other man, then […]
As expected, Tory Lanez’s sentencing in the Megan Thee Stallion shooting case has been postponed. As reported by KTTV and others, a new potential sentencing date (April 10) was set during a hearing with Superior Court Judge David Herriford on Tuesday. This outcome was more or less predicted, per court reporter Meghann Cuniff, who also shared […]
A settlement has been reached between a Florida city and the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a police officer in 2015. Per a report from the Palm Beach Post, the City of Palm Beach Gardens has reached a $2 million settlement with the family of Corey Jones, who was shot […]
Nicole Joseph, associate dean for the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College, issued an apology last week to its students for relying on the AI tool ChatGPT to write a statement in the wake of the mass shooting at Michigan State University. “While we believe in the message of inclusivity […]
Diddy’s former bodyguard claims the story surrounding Biggie Smalls’ death was a flat-out lie. While speaking to the Art of Dialogue, Gene Deal was pressed about his involvement in one of music’s most notorious unsolved murders. Deal, who worked as Diddy’s security in the 1990s, insisted Biggie wasn’t killed in a drive-by, as many were made to […]
