Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Thursday for conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine, authorities said. Banton, a Grammy-winning artist, was also found guilty of another drug trafficking offense and a gun charge. Buju Banton, 37, was busted by an informant working for the Drug Enforcement Agency. He […]
omarbroadwayfilm.com From HipHopWired.com Getting an inside look at a maximum security prison isn’t usually something people look forward to, but one brave inmate has given us all the chance to see what really happens behind the walls. Omar Broadway, a prisoner at Northern State prison in Newark, N.J., managed to sneak a video camera into […]
From BlackVoices.com: Jabar Collins spent 16 years in prison for a crime he says he did not commit. He was freed after a judge discovered that prosecuters hid the fact that several of their witnesses who testified, benefited from doing so from the jury.
From SingersRoom.com Legendary R&B veteran Ronald Isley, of the Isley Brothers, is a free man — this after serving a three year sentence on tax evasion charges.
Via: www.newsone.com // VIERA, Fla. – A Florida man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for violating his probation by trying to break into the Brevard County jail. A judged sentenced 25-year-old Sylvester Jiles of Cocoa on Monday. He was convicted in January of trespassing on jail property and resisting an officer. Authorities […]
From VIBE: On Monday (March 8), Lil Wayne officially began a one-year prison sentence at Riker’s Island for gun possession charges. But with the sentencing being postponed several times prior (due to Wayne’s dental work and then a courthouse fire), it was an emotional ordeal for both his ex-wife Antonia “Toya” Johnson and their 11-year-old daughter […]
