Rapper Waka Flocka Arrested

Yesterday, the rapper Waka Flocka turned himself in to authorities on gun, drug, and gang related charges. On December 16th, the rapper’s home was raided by police who confiscated many different illegal items and issued him an arrest warrant. He was booked for many charges, which include possession of marijuana less than 1 ounce, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of hydrocodone, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, violation of probation for driving on a suspended license, and violating Georgia’s “Criminal Street Gang and Terror Prevention Act.” The rapper surrendered himself to police and is being held on $31,950 bond. A hearing is set for today.

Rapper T.I.’s Wife Charged with Possession of Ecstasy

The L.A. County District Attorney has charged rapper T.I.’s wife, Tameka Cottle, with possession of the drug ecstasy stemming from when the couple was arrested in Los Angeles last month. If she is convicted she could spend up to a year of incarceration. The District Attorney has already decided not to prosecute T.I. for charges related to the incident. He will already be serving time in Georgia for a probation violation related to the L.A. arrest.

Rapper T.I. Not to Be Charged in Recent Arrest

It has been reported that the L.A. County District Attorney has the rejected the drug case from rapper T.I.’s arrest last month. There supposedly has been legal problems with the case, including the facts that police say they smelled marijuana but there was no pot booked into evidence and the rapper was pulled out of his vehicle immediately after he made the illegal U-turn and prior to any registration check. Last month, T.I. and his wife were for possession of a controlled substance after being pulled over by police.

Lindsay Lohan to Wear Alcohol Monitoring Bracelet

On Monday, the actress Lindsay Lohan was ordered by a judge in court to wear an alcohol-monitoring bracelet. The bracelet receives a signal through the skin if she has been drinking and then sends the signal to the company that monitors it. Lohan also received strict restrictions on her probation that may affect her recent career plans. She has a probation hearing set for July 6th due to her not appearing in court last week for a scheduled progress report on the probation that involved two high-profile arrests.

Arrest Warrant Issued for Singer Bobby Brown

An arrest warrant has been issued to the singer Bobby Brown after he didn't show up to a court appearance to address his failure to pay child support payments. He owes more than $45,000 in child support payments for two of his teenage children that he has with his ex-girlfriend Kim Ward. Brown is suppose to pay $5,000 each month for the children. In 2007, he spent four days in jail for missed child support payments.

Issues Surrounding Custody of Michael Jackson's Children

The popular singer Michael Jackson died this past Thursday due to cardiac arrest and a possible drug overdose. Currently, there are issues surrounding who will care for his three children surrounding his untimely death. The decision will ultimately be left up to the courts to decide. The children are currently in the care of the extended Jackson family.

The person who has the strongest legal claim to his two oldest children, named Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. and Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, is their mother and Jackson's ex-wife named Deborah Rowe. She will have to have an evaluation done by the court to decide if she is the best person to care for the children. It is possible that the children may not go to her since the final decision is up to the court and they decide who is the best choice for the children to live with. Rowe has not had a close relationship with the children.


It is not known who the mother of the youngest child is, named Prince Michael II, but it is possible that she may not have signed away her parental rights even though she was a surrogate mother. It is not currently known who Jackson designated as the guardians of his children in his will. Jackson's will may have been done many years ago.

Singer Michael Jackson Dies

The popular singer Michael Jackson died today at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. The cause of his death will not be known until an autopsy is performed but his brother says that it may have been due to cardiac arrest. Doctors tried to resuscitate Jackson at his rented home in Holmby Hills for more than an hour. His body is now in possession of a coroner's office.

Usher's Wife Released From Hospital

The wife of the singer Usher, named Tameka Raymond, has been released from a hospital in Brazil after spending 11 days recovering from a cardiac arrest that she suffered before undergoing liposuction. She had went into cardiac arrest while being anesthetized before the surgical procedure and was revived in less than a minute due to a heart massage. She was placed into an induced coma and taken to the intensive-care unit. Usher didn't perform at the pre-Grammy party so that he could be with her in Brazil.

Singer Usher's Wife Recovering from Cardiac Arrest

Tameka Raymond, the wife of the singer Usher, is currently recovering in a Sao Paulo hospital after suffering from cardiac arrest soon before she was suppose to undergo liposuction. She suffered the cardiac arrest while being anesthetized for the procedure and was revived in less than a minute by a heart massage. She was also placed in an induced coma to avoid unnecessary complications before being taken to the intensive-care unit. Usher was suppose to preform at the Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party this past Saturday but didn't attend so that he could be with his wife in Brazil.

Singer Kelis Acquitted of Charges

Kelis, a singer and wife of rapper Nas, has been acquitted of all charges against her in an incident that happened in Miami where she was accused of disrupting a police operation by going towards the officers screaming racial profanities at them. The incident started when authorities were talking to men in March of 2007 in the South Beach nightclub district and they claim that Kelis rushed towards them and said that one of the men was her husband. She was charged with disorderly conduct while resisting arrest without violence. A jury acquitted her of the charges on Thursday.

Rapper DMX Arrested After Not Showing Up in Court

The rapper DMX has been arrested in Miami on a warrant for not attending a Phoenix, Arizona court hearing. His lawyer says that he checked into a Miami hospital on the day that he was suppose to go court in Phoenix and was planning on entering a rehab facility afterwards. A judge in Phoenix issued the warrant on Tuesday after he didn’t appear for a pretrial conference on his four counts on possessing drug paraphernalia and one count of possession of marijuana.

Rapper Yung Berg Arrested for Weapons and Drugs

The rapper Yung Berg was arrested on Saturday morning in New York City after police went to investigate a complaint that was made by a limo driver about a dispute with five passengers. After police investigated the complaint, they busted Yung Berg and some of his friends on many charges. Yung Berg was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of marijuana, and menacing.

Snoop Dogg Tour Bus Pulled Over and Two People Arrested

On Thursday, a tour bus that the rapper Snoop Dogg was riding in was pulled over and two people were arrested on marijuana possession charges. Members of a commercial vehicle inspection team pulled the bus over because it had an expired registration sticker. Troopers searched the bus for drugs after they smelled marijuana and they found two ounces of the drug.

Two men, named Ethan Calhoun and Kevin Barkey, were arrested on drug charges and were taken to Navarro County Jail. They could face fines of up to $2,000 and six months in jail if they are convicted. The bond was set at $1,500 for each of them. Snoop Dogg was not arrested and he was on his way to perform at a concert in Dallas, TX when the bus was pulled over.

Actor Shia LaBeouf Not Cause of Accident

The actor Shia LaBeouf was found not be the cause of the car of recent car accident that he was involved in this past weekend. Authorities say that the other driver is to blame for running a red light and will be cited. After the accident LaBeouf was booked for a misdemeanor DUI and had surgery done for injuries to his left hand.

Actor Shia LeBeouf Booked for DUI After Car Accident

The actor Shia LeBeouf was arrested and then later released for misdemeanor DUI following a recent car accident that happened this past weekend. He was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where he was treated for injuries to his left hand and knee. He also had a minor head injury. He was driving while intoxicated when he made a left turn in front of another car and caused a collision.

Kid Rock Sentenced to Probation

On Monday, Kid Rock was sentence to serving a year of probation and was fined $1,000 for his part in a fight at an Atlanta Waffle House this past fall. He was also sentenced to six hours of anger management counseling and 80 hours of community service. He pleaded no contest to one count of simple battery and four counts of battery were dropped.

Five members of his entourage were also arrested because of the fight. Two of them pleaded no contest and also received probation and community service. Charges were dropped against the other three people since the court decided that they weren't involved in the altercation after viewing the videotape.

Rapper Lil Scrappy Free After Arrest

The rapper Lil Scrappy is free from jail on bond after being arrested for getting into a fight with his sister’s boyfriend. He was released on a $1,500 bond from the Dekalb County jail in Georgia on Sunday.

Lil Scrappy had gotten into the fight with his sister’s boyfriend after the couple had an argument. The rapper was stabbed during the fight, but the injuries were minor. The police arrested him and charged him with felony marijuana possession, felony use of a weapon during a crime, misdemeanor obstruction of police officers, and misdemeanor battery. The boyfriend wasn’t charged with anything.

Khloe Kardashian Serves Three Hours in Jail

Kloe Kardashian, the youngest daughter of late lawyer Robert Kardashian and reality TV star, had to spend three hours in a Los Angeles jail for violating her probation that came from a drunken driving arrest that happened last year. Soon before she arrived, someone called in a bomb threat to the facility and it had to be locked down. The threat was not related to Kardashian and she was put in a holding cell for her safety.

Earlier this month, a judge sentenced her for up to 30 days in jail after she admitted that she violated her probation by not enrolling into an alcohol education class and cleaning up roadside trash.

Rapper DMX Arrested on Outstanding Warrants

The rapper DMX has been arrested at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on outstanding warrants. He was taken into custody on Wednesday morning after coming in from Florida. He is being held on a $1,075 bond for driving with a suspended license and a $10,000 bond from previous drug charges. He was scheduled to appear before a judge on Wednesday.

Rapper Young Jeezy Arrested

The rapper Young Jeezy was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and speeding after he was pulled over on Interstate 85 in his Corvette in Atlanta at 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday. He was also charged with driving with no proof of insurance or license plate, having an open container, and reckless driving. He was released from the Atlanta City Detention Center a few hours after being arrested on a $4,100 bond. He is scheduled to go to court on July 17^th.