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A federal judge in California has upheld Cardi B’s sweeping victory at the recent civil trial in Santa Ana where jurors found her not liable for using a portion of a man’s back tattoo on the cover of her early mixtape Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 1. U.S. District Judge Cormac …

Editor’s Note: Tory Lanez was found guilty of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in both feet during an alcohol-fueled curbside confrontation in 2020. Read more about the guilty verdict and what’s next for Lanez here. Below, see the closing statements that helped lead to the “Luv” singer’s conviction. Tory Lanez and …

Rapper Tory Lanez was found guilty Friday of shooting music superstar Megan Thee Stallion in both feet during an alcohol-fueled curbside confrontation in the predawn hours of July 12, 2020. After seven hours of deliberations, a Los Angeles jury convicted the “Luv” singer on all three counts, finding that he …

Speaking directly to the judge for the first time during his felony assault trial in Los Angeles, Tory Lanez declined to testify in his own defense on Wednesday. The move followed after prosecutors said they had a stockpile of possible impeachment evidence lined up against the rapper charged with shooting …

Tierra Whack was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct Wednesday morning after bringing a loaded gun to an airport, Rolling Stone can confirm. A rep from the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office said that the rapper was detained after she attempted to bring a loaded firearm through security at the Philadelphia …

The name of the 17-year-old suspect accused of killing 14-year-old Lyric Woods and 18-year-old Devin Clark was released Monday after attorneys for the teen failed to file an appeal to stop him from being tried as an adult (per ABC). Issiah Ross was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder. …

Following a three-day testimony where Paul Haggis admitted to having more than 20 extramarital affairs, the Oscar-winning director accused of rape called himself a “broken person” in court Friday and continued to deny he raped a publicist in 2013, per Variety. “I’m a very flawed human being,” he told the …

The Tinder swindler and Anna Delvey have some competition. On Thursday, a man from Rhode Island pled guilty to federal criminal charges of securities fraud and wire fraud after admitting he lied to investors and stole more than $4,200,000, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Now, he faces up to …

Cardi B‘s court battle over the cover art for her mixtape Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 1 is over. On Friday, days after the rap star appeared in court to battle the $5 million lawsuit, a jury in Santa Ana found that the artist did not use the likeness of Kevin …

On Monday, attorneys for Gunna (born Sergio Kitchens) filed a fourth motion for reasonable bond, days after a judge denied his release, stating that the State “has failed” to provide adequate proof that the rapper would intimidate witnesses were he to be released. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville …