Yosef Aranbayev, more famously known as Joe Anne of Anne & Co., has been charged with attempted murder and a hate crime after shooting a gun at a car he was chasing out of his neighborhood.

The charges were announced by Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, who claimed that things could have ended fatally. Anne, who is one of the celebrity jewelry behind a shop that outfits Travis Scott, Lil Baby, Blueface, Too $hort, and more, was charged with assault in the first degree as a hate crime, attempted murder in the second degree as a hate crime, reckless endangerment in the first degree as a hate crime, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, reckless driving, and additional charges.

During the incident in question, Anne was driving a Dodge Durango, following a black Chevy Tahoe before police officers intervened.

“Those guys were in my neighborhood,” reportedly said Anne to officers. “I’m sorry, officer. I didn’t do anything wrong. They were scouting my whole neighborhood the whole day … I was chasing those guys. We’re chasing them out of our neighborhood.”

The District Attorney has said that Anne will be held accountable for his “vigilante” actions.

“The defendant is accused of being a vigilante hell-bent on clearing his neighborhood of the two black men who drove through,” said Katz.

One of the central characters in Uncut Gems is loosely based on Joe Anne. 

Anne has not made a comment on this incident.

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Offset is not buying all of Guven’s Fine Jewelry’s claims in their lawsuit against him, in which they’ve accused him of skipping out on a $400,000 tab. On the day of Set and Guven’s scheduled court hearing for a default judgement in the case, the rapper filed documents requesting that the judge dismiss the case altogether. He’s claiming that the jewellers are not being totally honest in their reports of theft, noting that some of the prices they brought up were questionable. He asserts that, although he did in fact do business with Guven, there was no written contract outlining the conditions of the sale. He also adds that he didn’t actually accept all of the pieces mentioned in their claims and that he even returned one of them: an 18-carat white gold tennis bracelet worth $140,000. In addition to all these specifications, he adds that he allegedly purchased an SUV for the jewellers, which was held as collateral. 

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He also accused the company of failing to properly serve him the lawsuit by intentionally sending the legal papers to the wrong address. Set points out that the company must’ve been aware that he no longer lived at the Atlanta home where the documents were sent because Guven had sent pieces to his new address in L.A. before.

Back in September, Guven sued Offset for breach of contract, accusing him of failing to pay for several pieces including the aforementioned tennis bracelet, another tennis bracelet made of platinum with an emerald cut diamond worth $40,000, and a platinum diamond necklace with emerald cut diamonds worth nearly $95,000. In total, they’re claiming he owes them $359,490. This case is ongoing.

The Notorious B.I.G. passed away at the young age of 24 and, today, he would be celebrating his birthday. If he were still alive, the rapper would have been 48-years-old. It’s crazy to imagine how things would be if he was never murdered on that fateful day in 1997. Would he still be releasing music? Would he have helped some new rappers come up? We’ll never know.

As we celebrate one of the all-time greats on his birthday, Snoop Dogg came through by showing us a dope chain and pendant that he’s got in his collection, tributing the legend.

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The West Coast rap icon shared an image of his pendant, which shows Biggie wearing a crown and looking stoic. The gold version of the rapper is wearing a chain himself, stunting a Jesus piece in a little bit of chain-ception. 

Snoop Dogg is one of many that has been thinking of The Notorious B.I.G on his birthday. Having come up at the same time as the rapper, Snoop has stories for days about his work ethic and his relationship with Tupac Shakur. 

Take a look at his chain below and let us know if you would rock this. It’s definitely pretty unique.

Lil Uzi Vert has been in a trolling mood recently, getting into a month-long feud with his friend Playboi Carti and seemingly hacking into Future’s phone last night. He has a spotty history with Rich The Kid, running up on the rapper in the streets and forcing him to basically hide inside of a Starbucks location. Now that Tekashi 6ix9ine is beefing with RTK, he wants Uzi’s help.

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6ix9ine and Rich The Kid have been going at each other over an unpaid jewelry bill that Rich reportedly never bothered to deal with. His most recent response to the self-proclaimed King of New York was to get his own jeweler in check, claiming that he overcharges the rapper by hundreds of thousands. 69 wanted to hear none of that though. Instead, he summoned the spirit of Lil Uzi Vert to do his dirty work.

“@liluzivert I know I ratted but do me one favor,” commented 6ix9ine on a post about Rich The Kid trolling him. He had initially told the rapper to stop paying $500K for $100K watches. 

Clearly, 6ix9ine is already growing a little tired of his feud with Rich The Kid. So much so that he wants Uzi to run him back into a Starbucks. 

Do you think the Philly rapper will get involved?

Tekashi 6ix9ine took time out of his busy trolling schedule to do something nice for a change, donating $200,000 to an organization fighting to end child hunger in America. He explained that, because of the pandemic, children that depend on their public schools for healthy meals and nutrition have been unable to get what they need. That’s why he sent through a big check to the No Kids Hungry Foundation.

The next charitable donation in his plans is much less important and much pettier. 

Taking to social media, Tekashi 6ix9ine revealed that his next donation will be to Rich The Kid, in order for him to pay off the alleged jewelry bill that he put to the side.

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“Lets donate to rich the kid jewelry dept next,” joked 6ix9ine.

This week, the Atlanta–New York rapper was accused of stiffing a jeweler for over $200K in unpaid items. Rich has fought back, claiming that he only gets his diamonds from Elliott Eliantte, so there’s no way this can be true.

Despite saying he wouldn’t antagonize anybody on social media anymore, 6ix9ine has gotten carried away and it seems to be all he has to stay busy. Do you think he can sustain his music career this way?

Tekashi 6ix9ine has been doing his best to stay out of trouble but it’s just not working out for him. He has already re-sparked a feud with Meek Mill and now, it looks like he’s got time to entertain Rich The Kid too.

After it was reported that Rich The Kid owes a jeweler $235,000 over an unpaid bill, the rapper clapped back and said he only gets his chains and watches from Elliot Eliantte. Before he could defend himself though, 6ix9ine caught wind of the report and commented on the post.

“…,” he wrote, letting people wonder what he was thinking. Rich The Kid didn’t need much explaining though.

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“We can play if u want … I got the time & you sure as hell ain’t got more money than me or Jewelry or CARS,” wrote Rich The Kid as his official response. “YEA OK ALL MY ICE COME FROM ELLIOT.”

Tekashi 6ix9ine might want to start focusing less on poking the bear and more on his own safety. For the second time in several days, his location was reportedly leaked. 

The rapper recently broke records with the release of his new single and video “GOOBA,” earning over 100 million views so far.

Who do you think will come out on top of this? Tekashi or Rich?

Rich The Kid‘s facing a new lawsuit after a West Coast jeweler claimed that he did not cough up the dough for a six-figure tab. According to TMZ, Peter Marco of Extraordinary Jewels of Beverly Hills filed a lawsuit against Rich The Kid for $234K on claims that the rapper’s in possession of bracelets and watches that he hasn’t paid off. 

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Marco claims that he’s been working with Rich The Kid since October 2017 which seems to be around the time he released “New Freezer.” Marco and Rich The Kid had a payment plan in order for the numerous necklaces, pendants, and Patek watches that the rapper ordered. Though the rapper was keeping up with his tabs, the money stopped coming in and the bills kept piling on, Marco claims. Marco is suing Rich The Kid for $234,800 — the remainder of the money that he’s owed.

This is, unfortunately, not the only lawsuit filed against Rich The Kid in recent times. The rapper was sued by Blueprint Artist Group, his management company, for $3.5M over claims that he breached agreements in their contract. Blueprint Artist Group said that the rapper also screwed them out of over $3.5M from fees since they began to work with him. 

It didn’t take Tekashi 6ix9ine a long time to get acclimated to his old life after being released from prison because, already, the 23-year-old rapper has dropped major stacks on luxury cars and jewelry.

Technically, the Brooklyn rapper is still serving the rest of his sentence in home confinement but, obviously, he’s been granted a lot of freedom with the decision. Before he was widely known as a government informant, the star was spending money left and right on the wildest things. This man got a My Little Pony chain custom made for himself with real human hair… that’s how serious his spending was. 

Already, he’s back on that grind, dropping millions on new goodies with the label’s advance.

According to TMZ, 6ix9ine has been busy spending his money without a care in the world, buying himself at least five new cars, four new watches, and a $300,000 chain.

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Not concerned with making a flashy appearance on the street, 6ix9ine bought himself a new Lamborghini Aventador, a McLaren, a Rolls-Royce, a Range Rover, and a Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon.

As for his new jewelry additions, the rainbow-haired rapper copped a Richard Mille watch and three other timepieces, as well as a $300,000 chain shaped like a shark. 

He remains on house arrest but he’s been making moves for the future. 6ix9ine has reportedly been in contact with venues in Saudi Arabia, Australia, Europe, and South America, fielding $500,000 offers to perform once the coronavirus pandemic ends.

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The Atlanta rap music scene appears to be pretty close-knit, featuring some characters that will always stand at the forefront. Young Thug and Gucci Mane are two of the most well-known figures from the city’s hip-hop imprint, both classing their own labels and putting on talent from their hoods. Gucci Mane has his 1017 Eskimo hustle, which he is currently revamping with a bunch of new artists and rappers that he believes in. Young Thug has his YSL Records project, which houses names like Gunna, Lil Duke, Lil Keed, and more. Although their worlds may not always intertwine, Gucci Mane made sure his friend Young Thug always has a piece of him wherever he goes, gifting him an icy new chain.

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Much like he did recently with Lil Baby, Gucci Mane is back on his East Atlanta Santa tip. Good ole’ Saint Nick came through with an expensive gift for Young Thug, dropping off a new very, very shiny diamond pendant at his door and allowing him to represent the 1017 Eskimo gang whenever he pleases.

This week, Thugger showed off the chain on Instagram, pairing it with a handful of other necklaces and flaunting his very frigid neck. Guwop was excited to see that he was already enjoying the present, commenting on the post that they’re officially “twins.”

“Everything is perfect now,” wrote Wop, forgetting that the world outside has absolutely gone to trash for a moment.

It’s quite clear that Ari Fletcher and Moneybagg Yo are one of the most talked about couples in hip-hop at the moment, which might be due to some of their headline-grabbing public antics every other week. The glitzy duo seem to really be two peas in a pod though, especially when it comes to their interest in the finer things in life.

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Ari and the Time Served rapper share a clear affinity for iced-out jewelry, as seen in the photo above of the pair flexing backstage at one of his concerts in Atlanta back in January. Not a thing has change in recent times, except for maybe the chains have gotten bigger and the gems are shining just a bit more brighter by the looks of Fletcher’s latest Instagram Story. Many people saw it as way more than a mere flex though when it was reposted by The Shade Room, mainly due to the fact that Ari added a “That’s Just My Baby’s Daddy” gif in the corner that many took as a shot towards Moneybagg Yo’s baby mama who she currently has beef with.

Take a look at Ari Fletcher and Moneybagg Yo shiny IG moment below, and let us know if you think it was innocent or a jab towards a certain hater: