Charged

A month and a half after he was shot to death while walking home with a Snapple and a bag of Skittles, 17-year-old Florida teen Trayvon Martin's killer, George Zimmerman, has officially been charged with second-degree murder. The hip-hop community stirred up an uproar over the Feb...

Jay-Z's Roc Nation signee K. Koke has officially been charged with attempted murder. The up-and-coming rapper, who signed with Jay-Z's Roc Nation in January, was remanded into custody in April, after police raided his home and accused him of shooting a 27-year-old man in the back in North West London's Harlesden train station...

Incarcerated Baton Rouge rapper Lil Boosie continues to bolster his 'Bad Azz' rep by piling on charge after charge, while awaiting trial on an initial first-degree murder charge in an Louisiana prison. The rapper, born Torrence Hatch, has been charged, along with two other inmates, for attempting to smuggle codeine syrup -- a Southern rap staple -- into the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola,

After taking home the Best Reggae Album Grammy for 'Before the Dawn' last night, Buju Banton is back to fighting for his freedom. Banton was tried last year on charges of conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine, and aiding and abetting the possession of a firearm, but the case was brought to mistrial when the jury was unable to reach an unanimous verdict...

Kid Cudi was arrested in New York City today for possession of a controlled substance. TMZ reports that the popular 26-year-old MC and 'How to Make It in America' star was busted in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood after taking a 24-year-old woman's phone, smashing it into pieces and breaking her apartment door off of its hinges...

After much speculation as to whether she would receive legal repercussions over her controversial 'Window Seat' video, singer Erykah Badu has been officially charged with disorderly conduct for filming herself walking naked on a crowded Dallas street, without the consent of the city...

Although he has yet to be formally charged, Michael Jackson's former physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, is expected to surrender himself to the authorities this week, according to his legal team. Murray's lawyer told CNN that his client is "more than ready to surrender and answer to any charges," though he claims that they have not yet been informed as to where or how Murray should surrender.

An employee of 50 Cent has been accused of assaulting a woman at the rapper's Connecticut mansion. According to reports, G-Unit employee Dwayne McKenzie asked the woman for oral sex during a party at 50's Farmington mansion on Aug. 16. McKenzie, who lives on the property, was rebuffed and an altercation ensued...

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...