murder

Brooklyn rapper Maino is to “turn-up” his talents by taking part in a new hip-hop-themed stage play, Freedom. The Play tells the story of the wrongfully imprisoned man David Ranta, who was convicted of the murder of rabbi Chaskel Werzberger in 1991 and served over 20 years until he was released on March 21st, 2013, due to new […]

Not without lack of trying, New Orleans rapper C-Murder will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a Supreme Court judge denied his…

South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius inspired the world when he competed in the London Olympics as a double amputee. Pistorious earned the nickname ‘Blade Runner’…

Several days ago friends, fans and family of the late Christopher Wallace, the Brooklyn MC known as The Notorious B.I.G., had to relive his murder…

An argument is believed to have sparked a shooting in East Germantown left a 30-year-old man dead on Monday. The victim, identified as Lonnie Workman, was shot once in the left side on the 5500 block of Blakemore Street, where he lived. He died a short time later at Albert Einstein Medical Center. Police did […]

The man was near 46th and Walnut streets just after 9 p.m. when he was approached by an unknown suspect who stabbed him in the back four times and stole his wallet, police said. The man was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and listed in stable condition as of 9:45 p.m.

According to reports at Allhiphop.com, rapper Tommy Hill was shot and killed in Philadelphia earlier this week. Robbery was the apparent motive. The rapper, born John Wilson, was a member of the hip-hop group R.A.M. Squad. Early Friday morning the rapper was coming out of a Philadelphia bar named Reuben’s Marc when he was shot […]

Baron “Dirty” Colon, who was a finalist on MTV’s “From G’s to Gents” in 2009, was arrested last week for the murder of Marcelo Vera during a botched robbery in January 2006. Colon, 24, of Miami Gardens, was a finalist on the second season of MTV’s “From G’s to Gents,” which offered $100,000 to the […]

NEW YORK-Rapper G-Dep, real name, Trevell Coleman has pleaded not guilty to murder in an Manhattan courtroom yesterday. Coleman had previously confessed to the murder of John Henkel in 1993. AllHipHop reports: According to his lawyer Anthony Ricco, the not-guilty plea was a procedural step, so that G-Dep’s confession to police could be scrutinized, because […]

The 20-year-old son of former NBA player Nick Van Exel has been charged with capital murder in the death of a close friend, Dallas police announced Thursday. Nickey Maxwell Van Exel was arrested Wednesday night and jailed on $1 million bond in the death of Bradley Bassey Eyo, 23. Police said Eyo was found on […]

It’s been nearly two years since the horrific murders of her mother, brother and nephew and singer Jennifer Hudson is still searching for closure.