The Seventh Circuit on Thursday upheld a $7.1 million judgment against rap artist The Game for sexually battering a contestant on his VH1 dating show, slamming his “deeply reprehensible” conduct.
Read moreTekashi 6ix9ine, the jailed Brooklyn rapper and braggadocious social media personality turned government cooperator, detailed how his ascendant viral popularity was inextricably entangled with street crimes and juvenile rap feuds in testimony against two accused gang members in a Manhattan racketeering trial this week.
Read moreRapper A$AP Rocky and two other U.S. suspects will be freed from jail until Aug. 14, when judges are expected to announce a verdict in the assault case against them, a Swedish court announced Friday.
Read moreU.S. rapper A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty to assault at his trial in Sweden Tuesday over a street brawl, saying he acted in self-defense in a case that has stirred diplomatic tensions and outraged fans.
Read moreA Swedish prosecutor on Thursday charged rapper A$AP Rocky with assault over a fight in Stockholm last month, in a case that has drawn the attention of fellow recording artists as well as U.S. President Donald Trump.
Read moreRapper Meek Mill will get a second chance to prove his innocence in a lengthy legal battle that has made him a spokesman for criminal-justice reform, an appeals court ruled Wednesday.
Read moreAfter a chat with Kanye West, President Donald Trump said Friday he will call Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven in an effort to free American rapper A$AP Rocky, who has been in police custody in Sweden for weeks.
Read moreRapper and criminal-justice reform crusader Meek Mill took one step closer to vindication Tuesday, with his attorney questioning the credibility of the sole witness in his decade-old criminal case and prosecutors conceding the former police officer couldn’t be put back on the stand.
Read moreOver a year after his incarceration sparked a national outcry for criminal-justice reform complete with its own hashtag, rapper Meek Mill returns to court Tuesday to push for a retrial.
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Los Angeles police have opened an internal affairs investigation into why the woman who drove the getaway car in the aftermath of rapper Nipsey Hussle’s killing was sent home when she tried to turn herself in during the manhunt for the shooter.
Read moreA lawyer’s unflattering comments about a judge’s handling of rapper Meek Mill’s criminal case cannot be considered off the record and were therefore not taped or leaked illegally, another judge ruled Thursday.
Read moreA grand jury in Los Angeles returned six-count indictment Tuesday against Eric Holder Jr., who is accused of murdering rapper and entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle on March 31.
Read moreThe attorney for a rap music producer convicted of drugs and firearms possession told the 11th Circuit on Friday that the government based its accusations against him on flimsy evidence including social media posts and text messages.
Read moreAfter a nearly 48-hour manhunt, police arrested the suspect they say gunned down Nipsey Hussle in front of the popular rapper’s South Los Angeles clothing store.
Read moreLos Angeles police are seeking a 29-year-old man who they believe shot and killed Nipsey Hussle outside the rapper’s clothing store, where he was trying to improve his community.
Read moreDoug E. Fresh, a celebrated rapper whose mother died in 2014, claims in court that the three-story apartment building he owns in Harlem has become infested with rodents because of shoddy construction work next door.
Read moreNipsey Hussle, the skilled and respected rapper who earned a Grammy nomination this year for his major-label debut and was greatly respected in South Los Angeles where he grew up, has been shot to death, authorities said. He was 33.
Read moreA federal judge has tossed a copyright lawsuit brought by the former manager of rap group N.W.A against the makers of biopic “Straight Outta Compton,” finding he made little more than passing contributions to the film’s screenplay.
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