Recent violent street protests over the imprisonment of a rapper are “inadmissible,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Friday, in comments that accentuated a rift with his coalition government’s junior partner.
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Police in Spain say 14 people were arrested in violent street protests in several cities following the arrest of Spanish rap artist Pablo Hasél, who had barricaded himself at a university with dozens of supporters to avoid prison and defend his fight for free speech.
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A 24-hour standoff in Spain between police and a rapper barricaded with dozens of supporters in a university ended Tuesday with anti-riot officers arresting the artist and sending him to prison, where he’s set to serve a nine-month sentence for insulting the monarchy and glorifying terrorism.
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ilento, the Atlanta rapper known for his hit song “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” was arrested Monday and charged with murder in the shooting death of his 34-year-old cousin, authorities said.
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Prosecutors in South Carolina want rap star Kodak Black transported to state custody to face a longstanding sexual assault charge after his federal sentence for gun law violations was commuted by outgoing President Donald Trump.
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Should someone’s creative work be used against them in a criminal trial? That was the question presented before the Maryland Court of Appeals earlier this year after rap lyrics sang in a jailhouse phone call were part of the state’s effort to convict Lawrence Montague of murder.
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Rapper Lil Wayne is facing another prison stint after pleading guilty to a gun charge in Florida federal court Friday.
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The rapper Casanova has surrendered to law enforcement following his indictment in a gang-related federal racketeering case, authorities said Thursday.
Read moreChance the Rapper’s former manager claims in Illinois state court he is still owed an unspecified amount of money after being fired when the musician’s most recent album and tour flopped.
Read moreA federal judge denied the Meek Mill documentary makers’ motion to dismiss a former police officer’s claims that she was wrongly portrayed as a “dirty and dishonest cop” in the documentary “Free Meek.”
Read moreA rapper who boasted in a music video about getting rich through a Covid-19 unemployment benefits scam — and then posted the video to YouTube — faces federal fraud charges in the $1.2 million scheme, prosecutors said Friday.
Read moreMarvel Entertainment and the movie studios behind the 2018 blockbuster movie “Venom” used the song “Super Hyphie” without permission, the record label Rah Muzic claims in a federal complaint.
Read moreThe rapper Quando Rondo faces a battery claim from the 16-year-old girl he spat on at the 2K18 Holiday Jam concert. An admission from the rapper whose real name is Tyquan Terrel Bowman is quoted in the complaint. “Idgaf That Bitch Spit On Me First And I Don’t Give AF About None of Y’all I’m Rich Y’all Broke,” Bowman posted to his 200,000-plus Instagram followers.
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A state judge on Thursday rejected rapper Kanye West’s bid to be listed as a presidential candidate on Virginia’s general election ballot, as part of a campaign that many see as helpful to President Donald Trump’s reelection chances.
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Two Virginians claim they were misled into supporting rapper Kanye West’s effort to get on their state’s presidential ballot this November according to a new lawsuit.
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Rivals in life, the rappers Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur are being united for an auction at Sotheby’s, the first-ever dedicated hip-hop auction at a major international auction house.
Read moreThe Second Circuit ruled against hip-hop artist 50 Cent in his dispute against Rick Ross arising for the latter’s use of a sample taken from 50 Cent’s song “In Da Club.” 50 Cent’s claim of violation of the Connecticut common law right of publicity is preempted by the Copyright Act.
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Two men have been indicted nearly two decades later for the killing of hip hop star Jam Master Jay, one of New York City’s most infamous unsolved murders, federal prosecutors announced Monday.
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Two men and two teens have been charged in the death of rising rapper Pop Smoke, who was killed during a Los Angeles home-invasion robbery in February, the district attorney’s office said Monday.
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Rapper and singer Post Malone filed a copyright lawsuit in Manhattan federal court Tuesday to extinguish claims filed earlier in the day in Los Angeles by a Canadian musician who says he’s been denied credits for playing on an all-night jam session that birthed the 2019 hit pop song “Circles.”
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