shooting

Philadelphia rapper Beanie Sigel is the target of a lawsuit from a New Jersey man who says that he was shot at a party for the former Roc-A-Fella rapper at Philly's Club Solo in 2009. Tyheem Baker filed the lawsuit in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia County on Friday (Mar...

Looks like the longstanding legal battle between Suge Knight and Kanye West has finally come to a quiet end. The former Death Row Records CEO and gangsta rap kingpin has dropped his appeal in the lawsuit against Kanye West, reportedly reaching a confidential agreement with Kanye's attorneys to settle his legal costs out of court...

Three of the six men arrested for their involvement in the shooting and attempted robbery of Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka Flame's tour bus, will face a judge today. The shooting occurred on Feb. 16, when Waka Flocka stopped at Car Stereo Warehouse in Charlotte, to upgrade the stereo equipment on his bus, and a group of men approached and allegedly opened fire...

Plies has let his temper get the best of him. While performing in a club in Orlando, Fla., the Sunshine State native was pelted with a cup, prompting the rapper to go on an angry tirade. But things took a turn for the serious when the hotheaded spitter threatened the offender with physical violence, promising to shoot up the club...

G. Dep, who was arrested Wednesday (Dec. 15) after walking into Manhattan's 25th Precinct and confessing to the murder of John Henkel 17 years ago, admits that he came forth with the startling news because he wanted to make amends with a higher being...

Yo Gotti is currently being sought by police for his alleged role in a nightclub shooting, which occurred over Thanksgiving weekend in Memphis, Tenn. The '5 Star' performer, born Mario Mims, attended Memphis' Level II venue in November when a verbal argument began that involved both Gotti and another rapper, OG Boo Dirty...

A judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit filed against Plies and his music label, Big Gates Records, that alleged both had profited from a 2006 shooting at a Gainesville, Fla. concert. The concert, which also featured incarcerated rapper Lil Boosie, took place at a venue called Club 238, where members of Plies' entourage, including his older brother and business partner, Big Gates, allegedly fired s

Last Friday (June 18) former Death Row Records CEO and gangsta rap kingpin Suge Knight reportedly sat down with Kanye West in an attempt to settle their lawsuit. The suit was filed by Knight in 2008, and claims Kanye is responsible for a shooting that occurred at a Miami MTV Video Music Awards party he hosted in 2005, where Knight was shot in the leg and allegedly robbed of a $135,000 diamond ea

The woman whom Bronx rapper Remy Ma infamously shot in the stomach over a money dispute is renewing her lawsuit against Remy's record label, Universal Music Group. In 2007, Makeda Barnes-Joseph was shot twice in the abdomen by her former friend Remy Ma, now serving an eight-year sentence for the crime at New York's Rikers Island...

Though the original lawsuit was brought in Los Angeles, a trial date has now been set for December 6 in Miami, for the case brought against rapper/producer Kanye West by former Death Row gangster Marion "Suge" Knight. According to Knight's claims, he was shot in the leg at a party at the popular Miami hot-spot, Shore Club, where Kanye was hosting an MTV Video Music Awards pre-party back