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Hip-Hop Arrests

• Mistah F.A.B. Fireworks Case: Oakland hip hop icon Stanley Cox, aka Mistah F.A.B., was arrested after a three-week investigation...

Tay-K scored a tactical win when Texas' Fourth Court of Appeals granted his request to pause the appeal of his 80-year murder conviction so the trial...

While violent crimes often dominate hip hop headlines, Mistah F.A.B.'s arrest for illegal fireworks uncovered two firearms—including a stolen one—during the search, revealing quieter legal troubles for Bay Area icons.

A Drakeo security guard testified under oath that YG brandished a knife and slashed at him during the 2021 festival brawl that killed the rapper,...

Music videos became direct evidence against Miami rapper Lazaro Lesteiro-Diaz, with investigators citing his on-camera explanations of bank spoofing...

Hip Hop Crime Watch · Jul 24 Daily Digest

Rap Lyrics as Evidence

• 🔥 Yella Beezy Trial: Dallas judge weighs whether Yella Beezy's song lyrics...

Drill rap's dangerous cycle in Brooklyn shows no signs of slowing.

• 17-year-old arrested in Mother's Day shooting of drill rapper Quah’mir Cruz (Boe...

LAPD trace analyst Lisa LaHendro testified that fragments from a cut-up blue inflatable pool found in D4vd's rented Hollywood Hills garage matched...

50 Cent's letter offering £50,000 bail to free former tour staffer Samir Hassan failed, as the drug dealer received 18-and-a-half years for cocaine...

The Yella Beezy murder trial spotlights the constitutional clash over treating rap lyrics as criminal evidence versus protected artistic...

Chicago rapper Twista pleaded guilty to five counts of willfully failing to pay income taxes and now faces up to five years in prison.

Is Fat Joe crossing the line from lyrical warfare into real threats with 38 Spesh?

• The feud began when 38 Spesh dissed Fat Joe, Jadakiss and DJ...

Federal agents arrested 11 Bad Boys 7 members tied to the Trinitarios gang for killing influencer Ariela La Langosta, a close friend of 6ix9ine.

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• Charleston White says he was shot at in Houston's Fifth Ward after entering the Rap-A-Lot neighborhood alone and disrespecting James Prince for...

A 50-year-old rap artist and producer faces multiple felony charges for allegedly assaulting a girl on Feb. 17, 2024.

• Eldonta Khalep Dunbarmcfadden,...

Early Thursday, Burbank SWAT executed a homicide search warrant at rapper YG's property in connection with Drakeo the Ruler's 2021 backstage stabbing...

Boosie's $600k lobbying push for a Trump pardon collapsed into arbitration and denial, exposing the messy side of seeking clemency.

• Lil Wayne got a...

Dallas detective Eric Barnes testified that Yella Beezy's songs like Hitters and Keep It in the Streets reference paying for hits, tying directly to...

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