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Gucci Mane Sentenced To 39 Months In Jail On Gun Charges

A federal judge has sentenced the rapper known as Gucci Mane to 39 months in prison after serving a sentence on the firearms charge for which he was indicted late last year. The judge, who told the rapper that his grandchildren consider him to be “quite cool,” also informed the 34-year-old performer that he might […]

As I Lay Dying Frontman Tim Lambesis Will Serve Six Years In Prison

A year has passed since As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis was arrested in connection to a murder-for-hire plot the vocalist was allegedly attempting to construct against his wife. Today, Lambesis was sentenced to six years in prison for his involvement in the plot, and according to reports he has no chance at parole. […]

Ian Watkins Sentenced To 35 Years For Child Sex Offenses

Following his arrest in December 2012, former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins has been given a 35 year sentence after pleading guilty in November 2013 to a number of child sex offenses, including attempted rape of a child under the age of 13. Watkins, 36, appeared in court Wednesday. The courtroom heard that he was “deeply […]

Lauryn Hill Sentencing Pushed Back, Signs $1 Million Record Deal With Sony

It is no secret that Fugees alumni Lauryn Hill has been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons this year. She evaded paying taxes from 2005 to 2007 and is looking to spend time in jail for failing to pay an astounding $968,000. TMZ has reported that Hill’s sentencing date has been pushed back […]

Chief Keef In Jail For Violating Probation; Sentencing Hearing Scheduled For Thursday

Seventeen-year-old rapper Chief Keef is in jail this morning after a Cook County juvenile court judge in Illinois ruled that the rapper violated his probation during an interview with Pitchfork in Summer 2012, Chicago Sun-Times reports. Keef (real name: Keith Cozart) was sentenced to 18 months of probation in January 2012 after he was convicted […]

BULLSH*T: Pussy Riot Found Guilty Of Hooliganism

A Russian judge in Moscow has found three members of feminist punk band Pussy Riot guilty of hooliganism. The judge said, and I could not make this up, that the three band members committed hooliganism driven by religious hatred and offending religious believers. The three members were original arrested back in March following a guerrilla […]