Rapper Coolio Pleads Not Guilty

On Friday, the rapper Coolio pleaded not guilty to drug possession and battery charges during his arraignment in a Los Angeles courtroom. Last month, he was arrested at the Los Angeles International Airport and was charged with felony cocaine possession and battery and possession of drug paraphernalia. He had grabbed a screener's arm at the airport to try to prevent them from searching his luggage. He is currently free on bail and has been ordered to go back to court on April 20th.

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.