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TLR&Co Hit With Cease & Desist By Lacoste Over Headless Alligator Design/Logo
Fashion ♦ Posted 02/06/2012
Santa Barbara-based streetwear brand TLR&Co made their tradeshow debut in early January, during the 2012 Agenda Show in Long Beach, Calif. Apparently, they made an impact ... and attracted the attention of French apparel company Lacoste, who recently hit them with a cease and desist over one of their popular designs. Since establishing the brand... |
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Judge Orders Bow Wow's Arrest For Contempt In Civil Suit
Music ♦ Posted 02/06/2012
Bow Wow has run into some new legal trouble and a judge has put out a warrant for his arrest due to his lack of cooperation in a civil suit with a Tennessee tour bus company. According to TMZ, the rapper was ordered to pay back nearly $100,000 to the company in 2009 for alleged... |
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Drake Sued By Alleged Ex-Girlfriend Over 'Marvin's Song'
Music ♦ Posted 02/03/2012
On Drake's 2011 single, "Marvin's Room," he talks to a young woman, telling her she "could do better" during drunken phone call. Well, he's being sued by the woman on the track, who claims to be an ex-girlfriend, saying she wasn't properly compensated for the track. According to The Hollywood Reporter (THR), Ericka Lee has... |
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Allen Iverson's Earnings Garnished To Pay Back Jeweler
Sports ♦ Posted 01/31/2012
A Georgia judge has ruled to garnish former NBA star Allen Iverson's earnings so he can repay a six-figure debt to a local jeweler. According to TMZ, court papers indicate that the 36-year-old baller was sued by Aydin & Company Jewelers back in 2010 after he stiffed them on a $375,000 bill. When Iverson failed... |
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Bruno Mars Cleared In Cocaine Possession Case
Music ♦ Posted 01/18/2012
Pop star Bruno Mars has been cleared in his felony cocaine possession case this week, after following the conditions of a plea deal he struck in February 2011. According to the Associated Press, his attorneys told a Las Vegas judge Wednesday (January 18) that the 26-year-old (real name: Peter Gene Hernandez) had stayed out of... |
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Wiz Khalifa Sued By Rapper Claiming He Stole 'Black and Yellow' Hit Single
Music ♦ Posted 01/06/2012
In 2011, Wiz Khalifa blew up thanks to his breakout single, "Black and Yellow." But, a year later, a rapper has come forward claiming the Pittsburgh rap star stole the song from him. According to TMZ, a Pennsylvania rapper named Maxamillion has filed a $2.3 million lawsuit against Wiz, claiming the idea for the hit... |
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C-Murder Denied Murder Conviction Appeal
Music ♦ Posted 01/03/2012
Just before New Year's Day, rapper C-Murder got some bad news, when he was denied a re-trial for murder charges. According to the Associated Press, a Louisiana appeals court upheld a 2009 murder conviction and life sentence for C-Murder, who argued that he wasn't given a fair trial. Back in 2009, shortly after being sentenced... |
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Flesh-N-Bone Catches Break In Domestic Violence Case
Music ♦ Posted 12/30/2011
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's troubled member, Flesh-N-Bone, caught a break to end 2011. According to TMZ, the rapper (real name: Stanley Howse) copped a plea in domestic violence case involving his wife and won't face any additional jail time. Flesh was arrested back in January for on suspicion of domestic violence after a fight with his wife... |
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Jay-Z Sued For Failing To Pay Worker's Comp Issurance In 2009
Music ♦ Posted 12/29/2011
Jay-Z was hit with a new lawsuit recently, which claims he put his employee's health and safety at risk. According to TMZ, the Workers Compensation Board of New York has filed suit against the hip-hop mogul for failing to pay workers' compensation insurance for three months in 2009. Sources close to the situation told TMZ... |
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AMEX Sues Nelly Over Unpaid Credit Card Debt
Music ♦ Posted 12/26/2011
Nelly got some nice Christmas news, that he's facing a new lawsuit from American Express. According to TMZ, the credit card company filed a lawsuit against the 37-year-old hip-hop star back in October, claiming that he's delinquent just over $20,000 in debt he's rang up on his card. AMEX says they've served Nelly with notices,... |
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Ex-NFL Players Jamal Lewis, Dorsey Levens & Two Others Sue League Over Concussions
Sports ♦ Posted 12/22/2011
Four former NFL players, including Jamal Lewis and Dorsey Levens, have filed a lawsuit against the league, claiming that brain injuries that sustained during their career left them struggling with medical problems years after retiring, reports ESPN. Lewis and Levens, along with Fulton Kuykendall and Ryan Stewart, filed the suit against the NFL and FNL... |
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Floyd Mayweather Sentenced To 90 Days In Jail For Domestic Violence Charge
Sports ♦ Posted 12/22/2011
While everyone awaits a possible super-fight between him and Manny Pacquiao, they may have to wait a bit longer, because Floyd Mayweather just received some jail time. The undefeated boxing champ was sentenced to 90 days in jail on Wednesday (December 21), after pleading guilty to a reduced battery domestic violence charge and no contest... |
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Young Buck's Assets Face Liquidation, Rapper Preps Maybach Music Mixtape
Music ♦ Posted 12/21/2011
G-Unit outcast, Young Buck, was due in court on Tuesday (December 20) to discuss the fate of his assets, as part of bankruptcy proceedings. The Tennessee-bred rapper's estate trustee Jeanne Burton filed a motion asking for the case to go from Chapter 11 reorganization to Chapter 7 liquidation, because his former boss 50 Cent would... |
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Former Drug Kingpin Frank Lucas Faces Jail For Taking Feds For $17K
Life / Culture ♦ Posted 12/14/2011
Frank Lucas, the 1970s heroin kingpin who saw his life depicted by actor Denzel Washington in the 2007 film "American Gangster," is facing jail time ... again. Lucas, now 81 and confined to a wheelchair with hands swollen from arthritis and diabetes, appeared in court on Monday (December 12) facing allegations that he bilked the... |
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