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A murder outside a restaurant in Atlanta involving a mother of 10 and part-time rap artist is currently under investigation. While attempting to break up a fight between her friend and another woman, 35-year-old Charlese Brooks was hit by gunfire by the woman and died on the scene.

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A criminal past isn’t a necessary requirement to become a rapper, but if your image is one of tough talk and the like, it’s helpful when fans don’t doubt the sincerity. Since the beginning, there have been rappers from the hardest hoods to the plushest suburbs, but there are a few acts that appear to […]

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A CD release party for 13-year-old rapper Lil Mouse turned violent after a gunman opened fired and wounded seven people in a Chicago nightclub. Police say that around 1 a.m. this morning, a fight broke out at Mr. G’s Entertainment Center in the city’s South Side which sparked the shooting.

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A Virginia man is slated to appear in court this summer after attempting to sacrifice a friend in hopes of joining the mysterious Illuminati, a move he thought would jump-start his floundering rap hopes. Last week in Henrico County, a judge scheduled a two-day trial for 27-year old Wafeeq Sabir El-Amin to begin on June 26, for […]

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A third candlelight vigil held last night (March 13) for slain Brooklyn teenager Kimani Gray began peacefully, but an angry group of protesters taunting police sparked a number of arrests. Tensions flared just blocks from where NYPD detectives gunned down the 16-year-old Gray, with demonstrators boldly confronting the cops who then pepper sprayed and arrested members […]

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New details surrounding the killing of 16-year-old Kimani ‘Kiki’ Gray have emerged, just two days after a candlelight vigil for the slain youth in Brooklyn erupted into a riot. The New York Times reports that Gray was hit with seven bullets in a hail of gunfire, according to the findings of an autopsy investigation. 

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A few nights ago, an unfortunate shooting that occurred outside of French Montana’s tour bus after a Philadelphia show deferred attention from the damn good concert the Bronx native put on prior to the incident. During his performance at the Theatre of Living Arts, the “Pop That” rapper surprised fans by bringing out Meek Mill to run […]

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A man was shot and killed last night in Philadelphia following an altercation that took place outside of French Montana‘s tour bus. 

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High on the list of things not to do is firing guns at police officers, but it appears that Frank Emmitt Nance didn’t get that memo. The 20-year-old Atlanta resident was charged with shooting a newly recruited police officer in the face Friday night, possibly resulting in the young man catching the fade. 

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Firefighters looking to combat an upstate New York house and vehicle fire earlier Monday (Dec. 24) were unsuspecting victims of a gunman who shot four of the first responders, fatally wounding two of them. According to Webster Police Chief Gerald L. Pickering, the firefighters may have stumbled upon a trap, reports ABC News. 

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President Barack Obama and the entire nation was faced with grim news this past Friday when 20-year-old lone gunman Adam Lanza entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., killing 26 children and adults before turning his weapon on himself.  Shaken by the news and swiftly moving into action, President Obama addressed the grieving community […]

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A vicious attack carried out by a Pakistani branch of the terrorist group Taliban has left a 14-year-old girl and education rights activist suffering from gunshot wounds. According to an Al-Jazeera report, Malala Yusafzai was travelling home with a fellow female student on a school van when a group of masked gunmen stopped the vehicle.