hip-hop behind bars

Four years ago today, rapper Gucci Mane released his album, “The State Vs Radric Davis.” The Birmingham born rapper has had a tenuous relationship with…

Lauryn Hill  has been released from prison after serving her three- month sentence for tax evasion.  According to the Bureau of Prisons, Hill — aka…

On the track “Excursions” from their 1991 album “Low End Theory,” rapper Q-Tip brags that he’s an Abstract Poet, “prominent like Shakespeare.”  It was a…

Rapper Lil Flip insists that it is not “Game Over” on his fight with the law over a recent arrest. The Houston-based artist was arrested…

It appears that Katt Williams is trying to break DMX’s celebrity arrest record. According to TMZ the embattled comedian was  arrested again in California for…

Beanie Sigel just can’t catch a break. The Philly rhyme legend was arrested for gun & drug possession weeks before he was supposed to report…

In his first interview since being released from prison, rapper Mystikal takes his fans back to where it all started, his hometown of Louisiana. The gravely…

Deongelo “D-Roc” Holmes, one half of the Ying Yang Twins rap group, was arrested in Georgia on June 1st and charged with with DUI, drug…

After confessing to the 1993 killing of John Henkel, rapper Trevell “G. Dep” Coleman has been sentenced to serve 15 years to life in prison.…

Former Bad Boy rapper G-Dep is being held without bail in a New York jail, after admitting to murdering a man during a robbery attempt…

Rappers and court seem to go together like Maury Povich and paternity tests. But what happens when the life you rap about  might lead to a meeting   with The Booty Warrior behind bars? HipHopWired.com has put together a penile playlist (pause) that should make rappers reconsider bangin’ on wax. Mystikal (2002, Rape, Extortion Charges) “Pussy […]

In what had been an otherwise good day for North Carolina rappers, “Raise Up” rapper Petey Pablo has been sentence to 35 months for possessing a stolen fire arm.  Last year Pablo attempted to board a flight in North Carolina on 9/11 with a loaded firearm. According to the Sacramento Bee, authorities say the gun […]