A $15.5 million settlement has been reached to end the legal battle over the case of a man who was held in solitary confinement for two years without a trial and was so neglected that he took out his own tooth. Stephen Slevin spent 22 months in a New Mexico county jail after being arrested […]
Okay, so the Jigga man didn’t “lose” the 40/40 Club in Atlantic City, not in a sold the business type of instance. The lease of the club is up however, and will be closing where it stands on Mississippi and Atlantic Avenues. Atlantic City, or AC as some like to call it, is a popping […]
Jerry Buss — owner of the Los Angeles Lakers — died early this morning at the age of 80, this according to multiple reports. Buss had been hospitalized for the past few months due to a previously undisclosed intestinal problem … though it was revealed yesterday he’d been battling cancer the entire time. After starting his career […]
It looks like the cast for the TLC Biopic is set, and filming can begin. Less than 2 weeks ago, it was announced that Lil Mama scored the role as Left Eye in the upcoming biopic for TLC. The roles of Chilli and T-Boz have just been announced as well. “Keke Palmer has been cast as Rozanda […]
Mary J. Blige’s financial issues just seem to get worse and worse. The singer, 42, has been hit with a $901,769.65 tax lien in the State of New Jersey, according to documents obtained by TMZ. And to make matters worse, thisdelinquent tax issue is only one in a handful of monetary woes Blige has been faced with […]
Lil Wayne is upset. Last night at the finale for All Star Weekend, Weezy let a few things off of his chest before leaving the stage at the Beats By Dre party in Houston. If you remember a few days ago at the Miami Heat/L.A. Lakers game, Wayne was escorted from the American Airlines Arena after allegedly making threatening gestures […]
The NBA’s marquee event will have some added flavor in 2013. The league’s best, including LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant, will compete against one another in not only the weekend’s main event on Sunday, but in an East vs. West skills competition on Saturday. The action began last night with the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game […]
A ‘loving’ mom visiting her son in a New York jail French kissed him to pass over drugs, according to police. Kimberly Margeson, 54, is alleged to have given William Partridge, 30, two strong Oxycodone painkiller pills when they locked lips during a visit on Tuesday last week. It is not known whether they used tongues to […]
Victims of ‘non-threatening’ crimes such as burglaries, thefts, and simple assault in Chicago will no longer be visited by officers when they call 911. Chicago police are now enforcing an austere new measure where officers are not dispatched to scenes where the offender has fled and where no one is in immediate danger. The Windy City is […]
For those of you wondering, “What has Waka Flocka been up to?,” Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club has you covered. The Atlanta rapper stopped through the station to provide updates on his work ethic, Gucci Mane’s turn as a speaker at a middle school and venturing off into other genres of music, for safety concerns. After Angela Lee asked […]
The aunt and uncle of San Francisco 49ers tight end Delanie Walker were killed in a car accident Monday shortly after 5:30 a.m. CT, hours after the 49ers lost to the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans, Louisiana State Police confirmed Wednesday. Walker’s agent, Vincent Taylor said Alice, 42, and Bryan Young, 54, were […]
A Detroit man, in trouble for allegedly threatening to kill his girlfriend, thought he’d show off his freestyling skills to plead his case. Callius Moon rapped during a video arraignment Tuesday (Feb. 5), and managed to impress the judge presiding over his case. During the short flow Moon spit about people trying to “put it on me like Mike,” among other topics. “Not […]