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Yellowcard’s $15 Million Copyright Lawsuit Against Juice WRLD Is On Hold — for Now

December 10, 2019

Yellowcard's aggressive copyright lawsuit against Juice WRLD has run into a slight complication. Over the weekend, Juice WRLD reportedly overdosed after ingesting his pills stash to evade prosecution by federa... Read More...

Report: Juice WRLD Went into Convulsions as Federal Agents Searched His Plane

Colin Cohen

December 10, 2019

Photo of Juice WRLD More details about the death of Juice WRLD are emerging, with one report shockingly describing the rapper's final moments. It now appears that federal agents boarded Juice WRLD's plane on... Read More...

Juice WRLD Fallout Begins: Two Bodyguards Arrested at Chicago Airport; 70 Lbs. of Weed Found on Plane

Colin Cohen

December 9, 2019

Photo of Juice WRLD The fallout from the sudden death of rapper Juice WRLD is already beginning, with the arrest of two of his bodyguards, along with the onset of an investigation by Homeland Security. Early... Read More...

Juice WRLD Dead at 21 — Rapper Suffers Sudden Seizure at Chicago Airport

Paul Resnikoff

December 8, 2019

Rapper Juice WRLD (aka Jared Higgins) was pronounced on Sunday morning after suffering a massive seizure at Chicago's Midway Airport. The rapper was 21. Juice WRLD reportedly collapsed in a violent seizure a... Read More...

Juice Wrld Hit With a $15 Million Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Over ‘Lucid Dreams’ [Updated]

Marsha Silva

October 21, 2019

On Monday (October 21st), early 2000s emo rock band Yellowcard filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in a California U.S. District Court against Juice Wrld. Updated, 10/22 9:30 am PT: Yellowcard attorney Ri... Read More...

Juice WRLD — Who Was Uploading Songs to SoundCloud In 2015 — Inks a Global Publishing Deal With BMG

Ashley King

November 19, 2018

(l to r) Monti Olson, co-head A&R, Frontline Publishing, BMG US; Raj Jadeja, Senior Director, Creative, BMG US; Juice WRLD; George “G-Money” Dickinson, Grade A Productions; Zach Katz, President, Repertoire... Read More...

U.S. Government Sentences DMX to One Year In Prison for Tax Evasion

Paul Resnikoff

March 29, 2018

DMX will spend a year in prison for tax evasion — on top of a $2.29 million bill. Yeah, you can actually go to prison for not paying your taxes. At least when it involves this much money. According to th... Read More...

DMX Has 15 Kids + $1.7 Million In IRS Debt + Just Got Arrested

DMX Has 15 Kids + $1.7 Million In IRS Debt + 40 Years Of Possible Jailtime

Daniel Sanchez

July 14, 2017

DMX faces up to forty years in jail for failing to pay the IRS. Update (April 9th, 2021): DMX was pronounced dead this morning after a massive drug overdose — here's the full story. Federal authorities have... Read More...

Ruff Ryders and DMX Reunite for 20th Anniversary Show in Brooklyn

Daniel Sanchez

March 1, 2017

Will Marlow (CC by 2.0) Will the DMX & Ruff Ryders Brooklyn performance lead to a full-blown tour? DMX, Eve, Swizz Beatz, The Lox, and Drag-On will reunite for Ruff Ryders’ 20th anniversary in Brooklyn. ... Read More...

DMX Announced Clinically Dead Before Being Revived By Police

Charlotte Hassan

February 9, 2016

According to TMZ, DMX was found unconscious at approximately 6 pm yesterday outside a Yonkers Ramada Inn. According to police, the hip hop artist had no pulse and was clinically dead before being revived by... Read More...

Wu-Tang Clan Has the Largest Hip Hop Vocabulary, Study Finds

Nina Ulloa

May 5, 2014

So, who has the largest hip hop vocabulary? Inspired by the fact that Shakespeare used 28,829 different words in his works, data scientist Matt Daniels decided to analyze the vocabulary of various hip-hop a... Read More...

DMX Beats BMI In Performance Rights Battle

Paul Resnikoff

July 27, 2010

DMX the rapper is going back to jail. But DMX the B2B background radio provider is having better luck with the law. The company has just prevailed over BMI in its long-running performance rights battle, and... Read More...