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Former Def Jam artist, Lady Sovereign was jailed in Australia this past weekend, after spitting at a nightclub doorman. The UK grime rapper and self-proclaimed "biggest midget in the game" arrived in Australia to perform five dates on the Parklife festival tour, but she apparently only got so far as a Brisbane gay club before getting extremely intoxicated, and hocking a loogie in a nigh

A bench warrant has been issued for Beanie Sigel after the Philadelphia rapper failed to appear in court for a drug-possession charge on Sept.14. State police pulled Sigel over in Wrightstown, New Jersey, on Aug. 16 while en route to a private performance at the local venue Kelly's Bar, owned by a local councilman...

Twenty-three fans were reportedly arrested at a Lil Wayne concert in western New York last week. On August 27, Wayne performed in Darien Lake Theme Park along with Young Jeezy, Soulja Boy and Jeremih, to make up for three recent Wayne no-shows in the Rochester area...

Troubled Philly rapper Beanie Sigel was arrested again on Sunday, Aug. 15, and charged with possession of marijuana. Sigel was en route to a private event at Kelly's Bar in New Jersey, where he was scheduled to perform, when his car was stopped in Wrightstown, NJ, at 12:44 AM...

We never thought we'd say this, but we feel bad for Alfamega. Last week, the Grand Hustle artist and T.I. protege was called out by The Smoking Gun as a DEA informant, then T.I. publicly severed ties with Alfa and dropped him from Grand Hustle...

West coast rapper Jay Rock has been cleared of all charges, after his April 29th arrest in Watts. The police held Jay (born Johnnie McKenzie) as a primary suspect in a neighborhood drive by shooting. Although the charges were eventually dropped, he remained in custody due to several outstanding warrants...

The eldest son of rap legend Rev. Run of seminal Queens, N.Y., group Run-DMC, was arrested for possession of marijuana Friday night. The 19-year-old 'Run's House' co-star, Joseph "JoJo" Simmons Jr., was seen purchasing marijuana and rolling a joint inside a car on Manhattan's Upper West Side...

Brian Dalyrimple, of '90s R&B group Soul For Real has been indicted in Georgia on 145 counts of aggravated identity fraud, according to reports. Dalyrimple, who has been running from Duluth police since February, also faces related charges from forgery to aggravated bank fraud, after being apprehended in North Carolina with his infant son, who has been missing for well over a month. Bro... Re

Kanye West has been charged with three criminal misdemeanors for his episode with the paparazzi at LAX, last Sept. 11. TMZ caught the "assault" on video, as West smashed a camera and a TMZ light, along with manager Don Crowley, who has also been charged with six counts of grand theft, battery and vandalism...