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JR Writer is apparently recovering well from a gunshot wound he sustained over the weekend in the Bronx. As previously reported, the Diplomats-affiliated rapper was shot in the leg on Saturday (October 10), but has logged into Twitter to let people know that he's doing fine...

While discussing his forthcoming book, 'The Tao of Wu,' with CNN, RZA revealed that, but for an incredible streak of good luck, the Wu-Tang Clan would never have made it off of Staten Island. RZA, born Robert Diggs, described two incidents that occurred during the Wu's formative years, and almost clipped the group's budding legacy before it started...

A man and a woman were shot in Allentown, Pa. on Sunday morning (Aug. 23), following a sold-out concert by Brooklyn rapper Fabolous. The shooting took place around 2:30AM ET, in the parking lot of the Crocodile Rock Cafe, when fans began to exit the venue...

Miami journalist and President of Don Diva magazine, Samuel Ferguson, was shot and killed on Friday, Aug. 14, while driving on the Florida Turnpike. According to police, Ferguson was heading north on the highway in his maroon 2001 Chevrolet Impala, when a black four-door car carrying several passengers pulled alongside him and fired several shots, causing him to crash into the concrete divider...

On Tuesday, August 11, troubled New Orleans rapper Corey "C-Murder" Miller was convicted of second-degree murder for the 2002 shooting of 16-year-old fan Steve Thomas. After two days of deliberation, the jury reached a 10-2 guilty verdict at around 1:30 PM, but they were told to return to the jury room and continue deliberation because one of the jurors had allegedly changed her vote to

Several fights broke out and at least one person was shot after a Drake performance at the House of Blues in Chicago this past Saturday. According to reports, the popular new rapper took the stage over three hours late and performed to a packed crowd of over 1,000 fans, until several scuffles interrupted his set, just before 4 a ...

According to a recent story in a New Orleans newspaper, Grammy award winning rapper Lil Wayne owes his life to an off-duty cop. In 1994, the then 12-year-old (although his birth certificate claims he was 14) Dwayne Carter Jr., was home alone, playing with a 9mm handgun, when he accidentally shot himself through the chest...

Rapper Trick Trick was allegedly shot in the leg during a Jim Jones show in Detroit this past weekend. According to the Detroit Free Press, Trick, whose identity was confirmed by police, is recovering in a local hospital. "We did speak to this individual," Sgt...

According to several sources, Long Beach, CA rapper Crooked I was shot in Los Angeles Friday night. While reports are still sketchy, a source close to the rapper confirmed that he had been "hurt badly, but he's alive." Fellow LA rapper G. Malone wrote via Twitter that "Something happened...