cocaine

Back in December 2009, reggae star Buju Banton was arrested on cocaine charges after attempting to buy five kilos from an undercover cop in Sarasota, Florida. After more than half a year of waiting for his case to go before a judge, the 36-year-old is in court today in Tampa, Florida on trail for the illegal attempt to purchase drugs, which could peg the singer with a life sentence...

Soulja Boy has issued a challenge to Fabolous. Fab publicly criticized Soulja Boy via Twitter last week, referring to him as "StupidBoySwag," after a video of the 20-year-old MC's alleged cocaine stash was leaked by notorious rap groupie Kat Stacks...

A representative for actor Sean Penn has responded to Wyclef Jean's allegations that the actor abuses cocaine, denouncing Wyclef's them as "ludicrous." Penn, who has spent the last six months working on the Haitian relief effort, has been a vocal critic of Wyclef's presidential campaign, publicly questioning the former Fugee's intentions...

Twenty-year-old rap star Soulja Boy is denying allegations made by "supergroupie" Kat Stacks that he uses cocaine. Stacks, who has been linked to and attempted to out rappers from Bow Wow to Nelly, recently released a video of Soulja Boy's alleged hotel room, replete with a table piled high with cocaine...

Former Miami drug kingpin Rick Ross is reportedly planning to file suit against his hip-hop namesake for using his street name without consent. At the height of his criminal career in the mid-80's, the "real" Rick Ross moved millions of dollars worth of cocaine weekly, and was one of the world's most respected and feared drug dealers...

Lawyers for dancehall artist Buju Banton, who was recently arrested for attempting to buy cocaine from an undercover law enforcement officer, are claiming that the United States government set the singer up. Buju's high-profile lawyers, David Oscar Markus and David Seitles have released a statement contending that the DEA used a paid informant to entrap the singer, pressuring him to purchase the

Reggae artist Buju Banton is currently sitting in a Miami jail facing federal drug charges. Banton, whose 'Rasta Got Soul' is nominated for the Best Reggae Album Grammy, was taken into U.S. federal custody following his arrest Thursday (Dec...

At one point, producer Scott Storch was a ubiquitous figure in hip hop. Then, after producing some of the biggest hits in 2006, working with every major artist from 50 Cent to Beyonce to Pink, the Canadian-born beat maker's career took a serious nose dive...