Merely singing about shooting a sheriff would not convict Bob Marley of murder, no more than writing about burying a man under the floorboards would convict Edgar Allen Poe. But rapping about “a bloody murder scene, it’s killing season,” did help convict William Britton of second-degree murder in 2022, attorney…
Rapper YNW Melly appeared in U.S. Federal Court Friday for the first time as his defense team tries to get him released from jail, with his attorney arguing that his constitutional rights are being violated while in custody. YNW Melly, whose real name is Jamell Demons, is scheduled to be…
What is Drake doing? Tuesday night, Rap Twitter was sent into a frenzy when news of Drake withdrawing his legal action accusing his label UMG and Spotify of using bots and payola to push Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” diss track to one of the biggest songs in the world….
FULTON COUNTY, Ga. – The remaining defendants in the YSL RICO case – Damekion Garlington, Demise McMullen and Christian Eppinger — are expected in court this morning for a pretrial hearing. PREVIOUS:YSL RICO case: Prosecutors seek February trial for 5 remaining defendants What we know: Earlier this week, Tenquarius…
Syracuse, N.Y. – A Syracuse man’s rap music video played for a jury showed him raising his arm and miming firing a gun. The lyrics included a line that a gang expert says refers to a rival gang and a line about the murder of the songwriter’s sister. The rap…
ATLANTA (AP) — One of two men who was indicted along with rapper Young Thug and was stabbed in jail but appeared in court Monday, as jurors deliberated another day without reaching a verdict. Attorney Doug Weinstein confirmed that his client, Deamonte Kendrick, who raps as Yak Gotti, was injured…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville rapper charged in the 2020 shooting death of 23-year-old Charles “Lil Buck” McCormick Jr. and the 2019 shooting death of 16-year-old- Adrian “Lil Bibby” Gainer Jr. will be back in court Thursday. Hakeem Robinson is scheduled for a pretrial hearing Thursday on the murder charges….
An aspiring law student who addressed MPs in parliament has had his conviction for being part of a violent conspiracy quashed after new evidence showing he was wrongfully identified in a drill music video. Ademola Adedeji, 21, from Manchester, was among 10 black teenagers found guilty of using the Telegram…
Ka’mani Brightly-Donaldson, 25, from Enfield, Joao Pateco-Te, 28, from Hackney, and Jeffrey Gyimah, 23, from Hackney, were also handed life sentences. Brightly-Donaldson was told he would serve a minimum term of 38 years, Pateco-Te 37 years and Gyimah 35 years. All four defendants had admitted being associated with the E9…
Young Thug accepted a plea deal last month in what has become the longest criminal trial in Georgia history — but the YSL case is not yet done. Pre-trial hearings began this week for the four remaining defendants in a controversial case that has fascinated people locally and beyond due to…