May 25, 20242 yr Nicki Minaj has apparently been arrested in Amsterdam after drugs were found in her luggage at the airport.
August 31, 20241 yr US rapper Fatman Scoop has died aged 53, his family has said. In a post on the musician's Instagram, his family said with "profound sadness and very heavy hearts" that the rapper and hype man had died. Earlier, the musician, famous for his 2003 hit Be Faithful, was seen collapsing on stage during a performance in Connecticut.
August 31, 20241 yr US rapper Fatman Scoop has died aged 53, his family has said. In a post on the musician's Instagram, his family said with "profound sadness and very heavy hearts" that the rapper and hype man had died. Earlier, the musician, famous for his 2003 hit Be Faithful, was seen collapsing on stage during a performance in Connecticut.
September 8, 20241 yr Kendrick Lamar will be doing the 2025 Super Bowl half-time show @1832804884296405137
October 10, 20241 yr https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertai...s-b2626998.html Well, this may be the last we see of Yung Filly - he's arrested on rape and assault charges in Australia.
October 31, 20241 yr Young Thug has been freed from prison and just given 15 years of probation and been banned from Atlanta. He really got off extremely lightly there. Wonder if we'll get a 'first day out' song from him ~
November 23, 20241 yr Khalid has come out as gay after being outed on social media (apparently by one of his exes)
November 26, 20241 yr Drake has launched legal action against Universal Music Group and Spotify, alleging they conspired to artificially inflate interest in Kendrick Lamar’s diss track about him, Not Like Us, while suppressing his own music. In a petition filed to the New York supreme court on Monday, attorneys for Drake’s company Frozen Moments LLC accused UMG and the streaming service of having “launched a campaign to manipulate and saturate the streaming services and airwaves”, using various tactics to make Lamar’s song more popular.
November 27, 20241 yr Drake has filed a second legal action against record label Universal Music over Kendrick Lamar's hit Not Like Us, which was released at the height of the pair's feud earlier this year. The star has accused Universal of defamation, and his legal papers claim the company could have halted the release of a song "falsely accusing him of being a sex offender". Instead, his lawyers claim, Universal "executed a plan" to make the song "a viral mega-hit", and used Lamar's incendiary lyrics "to drive consumer hysteria and, of course, massive revenues". It comes a day after Drake filed papers in New York, accusing the company of illegally boosting the song's profile on Spotify. Universal has called the claims "offensive and untrue".
February 19, 20251 yr Rapper A$AP Rocky has been found not guilty of firing a gun at a former friend. A jury in Los Angeles acquitted the musician, whose legal name is Rakim Mayers, on two felony assault charges that carried up to 24 years in prison. Terell Ephron claimed the Grammy-nominated hip-hop star opened fire at him during an argument on a Hollywood street on 6 November 2021, grazing his knuckles with one of the shots. Mr Mayers, who is also a fashion mogul and the longtime partner of pop star Rihanna, denied the charges, arguing that the weapon was a prop gun and that his former friend, who calls himself A$AP Relli, was only after money. As the first not-guilty verdict was read on Tuesday, the court rang with screams and clapping. Mr Mayers rushed towards his family and Rihanna, who were seated behind him. He dived over a wooden barrier to embrace them.
March 29, 20251 yr Sean Kingston and his mother, Janice Turner, have been found guilty of wire fraud. The case involved them falsely claiming to pay for luxury items, including cars, jewellery, and other high-value goods, by pretending to make bank transfers that were never processed.
May 16, 20251 yr Chris Brown has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged over an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub.The American singer was arrested at Manchester's Lowry Hotel on Thursday and later charged over the alleged assault, which is said to have happened at the Tape club in London's Mayfair in 2023.Chris Brown remanded in custody over London nightclub attack - BBC News
July 19, 20251 yr ^ this latest crashout from her seems to have stemmed from a tweet by Punch (CEO of Top Dawg Entertainment) just saying 'Broken Barbies'... which had nothing to do with her at all and was just promoting a song of that title by a new TDE artist lmao
March 3Mar 3 Award-winning rapper Ghetts has been jailed for 12 years for killing a student in a hit-and-run collision in north-east London.The 41-year-old, whose real name is Justin Clarke-Samuel, was sentenced at the Old Bailey after he previously admitted causing the death of 20-year-old Yubin Tamang by dangerous driving.Tamang, a university student from Nepal, died in hospital two days after being struck by Clarke-Samuel's car on Redbridge Lane East, Ilford, on the evening of 18 October 2025.The court heard that Clarke-Samuel had been driving at more than 60mph in a 30mph zone when his BMW M5 hit Tamang as he crossed the road. He failed to stop at the scene.
March 9Mar 9 Dot Rotten, who flourished in the grime scene before crossing over to mainstream success, has died aged 37.
June 23Jun 23 Reading through this thread as I happened to google Silento, found out that he's currently serving a 30 year prison sentence and this is the only thread that mentions it. And looking through it seems like 75% of these posts are rappers getting arrested (or killed), which is a shame
Friday at 12:202 days Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to affray after a confrontation at a London nightclub in 2023.The 37-year-old star entered his plea at Southwark Crown Court in a hearing that took less than five minutes.His co-defendant, 40-year-old Omololu Akinlolu, a rapper who performs under the name Hoody Baby, also pleaded guilty to affray.Assault and grievous bodily harm (GBH) charges, which the pair denied, were dropped, as was a charge Brown faced of having an offensive weapon.Judge Tony Baumgartner scheduled the sentencing hearing for 26 October, 2026.How many chances?
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