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May 8, 2013 – As I Lay Dying vocalist Tim Lambesis was arrested Tuesday (May 7) after allegedly attempting to hire an undercover police officer to kill his estranged wife. The San Diego County Sheriff's Department has released a statement titled "Murder for Hire P...

March 18, 2013 – Gossip leader Beth Ditto was arrested early Saturday morning (March 16) for disorderly conduct after being denied service at a Portland bar, the Portland Mercury reports.A source at the scene told the Willamette Week that the 32-year-o...

March 5, 2013 – Randy Blythe is free. A Czech court has acquitted the Lamb of God singer of manslaughter charges, ITV reports. A spokesperson for Prague's Municipal Court confirmed Blythe's acquittal to WRIC in Richmond, Virginia, where the metal band is based.Blyth...

February 25, 2013 – Hip-hop fans woke up to a bit of good news this morning, when the exceptionally talented Miami rapper and Maybach Music soldier Gunplay tweeted that his armed robbery charges have been dropped.I jus gave da State of Florida back a life sentence!! Cas...

February 15, 2013 – Around 11 hours ago, 2 Chainz' Twitter account started lighting up with frustrated missives. The reason? He was busted in Maryland for marijuana possession (a charge he denies) and then asked to pose for a photo with his arresting officers:Locked me ...

January 30, 2013 – Emmylou Harris has been charged with hit-and-run, TMZ reports. The 65-year-old "Drivin' Wheel" singer allegedly crashed her rental car into another vehicle while driving on a Los Angeles freeway on October 1, 2012 and then fled the scene wi...

December 20, 2012 – Fat Joe faces up to two years in prison after pleading guilty to federal tax evasion today (December 20), the New York Post reports. The 42-year-old native New Yorker entered the plea in front of a New Jersey federal judge, confessing that he failed ...

December 19, 2012 – In what could be the most disgusting music story you'll read in the final days of 2012, Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins is accused of a crime so deviant, it makes Gary Glitter look like a model citizen. According to Sky News, Watkins was "remanded in...

December 18, 2012 – Assault charges against Cro-Mags founding member and former bassist Harley Flanagan, who reportedly stabbed a current member of the hardcore band in July, have been dropped, according to DNAinfo. Flanagan's lawyer, Sean Parmenter, confirmed...

October 18, 2012 – Chief Keef should be locked up for his own protection, prosecutors in Chicago said yesterday, arguing the "I Don't Like" rapper's Pitchfork video interview at a gun range violated his probation.As the Chicago Sun-Times reports, prosecutors said the t...