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Method Man Facing Four Years in Prison Over Tax Evasion

Wu-Tang Clan man and ‘The Wire’ actor arrested in New York
Method Man has been arrested and charged with tax evasion in New York.
The Wu Tang Clan rapper, real name Clifford Smith, turned himself in to police on Monday (October 5), after an arrest warrant was issued due to him reportedly failing to pay almost $33,000 [...]

Rapper Coolio Reaches Plea Deal in Drug Case

Rapper Coolio has pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to felony cocaine possession in a deal that requires him to spend 18 months in rehab.
District attorney spokeswoman Jane Robison says the 45-year-old rapper, whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey, entered his plea Friday in Superior Court.
Coolio was arrested March 6 at Los Angeles International Airport. [...]

Phil Spector Found Guilty of 2nd-degree Murder

Rock music producer Phil Spector was convicted Monday of second-degree murder in the shooting death of a film actress at his mansion six years ago, a verdict that will send him to prison for at least 18 years barring a successful appeal.
A Superior Court jury returned the verdict after about 30 hours of deliberations. The [...]

Chris Brown Down, Depressed And Drinking After ‘Not Guilty’ Plea

Instead of singing “Take You Down” sources say embattled singer/songwriter Chris Brown is depressed, down and supposedly drinking !
Just hours after quietly pleading “not guilty your honor” in a Los Angeles area courtroom, rumors that Brown is depressed and down picked up steam.
“He has lost a lot of weight, about 15 lbs,” a source told [...]

Chris Brown Appears in Court on Felony Charges

Chris Brown briefly appeared in court, hours after he was charged with two felonies stemming from what a police detective describes as a brutal argument between the singer and his girlfriend, Rihanna.
Brown’s arraignment was postponed until April 6 on charges of assault likely to cause great bodily injury and making criminal threats. The 19-year-old R&B [...]