Rappers and the legal system have a long and complicated history. Frequently, hip-hop artists have found themselves on the wrong side of the law and are locked up in jail or have to serve a ...

Jay-Z was named as a defendant in a rape lawsuit on Dec. 8 — and he is fighting back. (Michael Tran/AFP via Getty Images) Shawn Carter, known professionally as Jay-Z, is in a legal war as he ...

Four doctors, including an NSG Major, were arrested and sent to judicial remand in Gurgaon for assaulting a police officer at a Karan Aujla concert. The doctors, who allegedly tried to enter ...

Devonte Kendrick, known as rapper Yak Gotti, requested an emergency bond hearing due to safety concerns at the Fulton County Jail, where he was recently stabbed. The District Attorney’s Office ...

Houston rapper and activist Trae tha Truth is asking for the public's help in locating his daughter who has been missing for months. His youngest daughter, Truth, disappeared about four months ...

Chance the Rapper and his wife Kirsten Corley Bennett are calling it quits. On Friday, Corley Bennett filed for divorce from the Chicago rapper in Cook County, Illinois, according to court records ...

The British rapper was previously charged with two counts of rape following allegations from a woman in Oxford in September 2021 Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been ...

On Monday, attorney Alex Spiro talked to reporters about Combs’ professional relationship with the “99 Problems” rapper — born Shawn Carter — as the incarcerated hip-hop mogul faces ...

Smile 2 is now available to watch on digital and streaming platforms, introducing even more people to its shocking ending. But while it's shocking to us, writer/director Parker Finn always felt it ...

Hip-hop artists from across the country dropped boisterous, infectious songs this year: some musicians released tracks to fuel the fire in their rap beefs, while others put out new songs to ...

Jay-Z’s lawyer expects the hip-hop mogul, whose real name is Shawn Carter, to soon be “cleared” from a lawsuit that accuses him and rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping a minor in 2000 ...

While the allegations are disturbing, we urge all to remember that Sean Combs’ story is not the full story of hip-hop and its culture. We aim to ensure that individual actions do not overshadow ...