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Jim Jones is getting off easy. The Harlem native was sentenced to a 10-week anger management course after pleading guilty to assault in the third degree. The charges stem from an altercation that took place between Jones and a motorist after a car crash that prompted the MC to lose his cool...

R&B singer Mario made headlines in early October after getting arrested in Baltimore for allegedly assaulting his mother, but now, he's off the hook. Prosecutors have dropped the misdemeanor assault charges against the 24-year-old after his mom, Shawntia Hardaway, changed her story on the witness stand, claiming that she was under the influence when she called police on her son and that he nev

Brooklyn rapper Fabolous is scheduled to head to court this week to face an $85 million lawsuit filed by Philadelphia radio personality Lisa "Golden Girl" Natson. In the suit, Natson charges that she was assaulted by Fab's bodyguard after her radio station, Power 99's annual Powerhouse concert back in 2004...

Mario is in hot water. The 24-year-old was arrested this morning in Baltimore for second degree assault. Earlier this week, after flying into a rage, the platinum-selling R&B singer allegedly assaulted his mother Shawntia Hardaway, with whom he shares an apartment. A...

Drake may be the latest MC to find himself facing criminal charges, after a fan made claims that he and his bodyguard punched him in the mouth. Jeremis Soriano says that his female friend approached the squeaky clean Young Money rapper after a recent show in Florida, but was rudely shoved out of the way...

In an effort to clear up several inaccuracies regarding the incident, revered soul singer Aretha Franklin has finally made a public statement regarding the brutal beating of her 52-year old son, Eddie Franklin. The eighteen-time Grammy-winning singer disclosed that her son was assaulted by two men and a woman at a Detroit area gas station, all of whom were in their late teens, on the night of Mond

R&B singer Lyfe Jennings was sentenced to three and a half years in prison Wednesday (September 21) stemming from an altercation with his ex-girlfriend two years ago. Jennings revealed the news via his Twitter page. "This will be my last post," Jennings wrote. "T...

Busta Rhymes just got busted. A woman named Devin Cooper recently filed a $250,000 lawsuit against the New York rapper, claiming that a hot-tempered Bus-A-Bus threw a glass at her while they were dining at Mr. Chow's restaurant in Beverly Hills, Calif...

Too Short spent a few hours in Idaho's Ada County Jail on Thursday, July 15, after police nabbed him late the previous night on three counts of misdemeanor assault and battery. The rapper, real name Todd Anthony Shaw, was arrested following a show at the Knitting Factory in Boise, Idaho...

A woman is claiming that she was sexually assaulted while aboard the tour bus of Atlanta rapper and Gucci Mane affiliate Waka Flocka Flame. Flocka was in Akron, Ohio for WENZ FM's Summer Jam with Rick Ross, Plies and Trina. The complaint, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, was not filed against Waka Flocka Flame but someone else on his tour bus...