Though you wouldn’t be able to tell from Tekashi 6ix9ine‘s perpetually arrogant attitude, the rainbow-headed rapscallion isn’t exactly out of the woods yet. Despite securing the loyalty of Akon and Nicki Minaj — not to mention this mysterious “gangsta” Akademiks seems to be teasing — 6ix9ine remains an enemy to legions, having amassed no shortage of unresolved grudges. Now, one such grudge is returning to bite him in the ass, to the tune of a staggering $5.3 million dollars. 

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In 2018, 6ix9ine was slated to perform at  Washington, D.C.’s Echostage Club, an appearance that he ultimately ended up canceling. Though the suit was originally pulled by promoters Benhur Tesfalidet and Anton Alexander, Complex has confirmed that they’re getting ready to file it once again. According to their sources, the lawsuit will also be aimed at 6ix9ine’s former manager Shotti, MTA Booking, a booker named Will Cornish, and another of 6ix9ine’s previous managers Christian Ehigiator. The lawsuit seems to be attacking the rapper for contract, fraud, and defamation, with the latter having transpired during his infamous Breakfast Club interview.

Tesfalidet and Alexander maintain that 6ix9ine skipped out on the show without notice, only to perform a show that same night at Power 105.1’s Powerhouse concert in New Jersey; it should be noted that the young rapper had already been paid $58,470 in advance fees at the time. It’s unclear as to whether the case will prove successful for the promotors filing, as $5.3 million dollars is a lot of money. Still, it’s another notable problem for a rapper who seems to relish in his extensive collection.  

For those interested in his music career, look for Tekashi to drop off his Nicki Minaj-assisted “TROLLZ” at midnight tonight. 

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Released at the end of last year, Travis Scott came through with another smash hit in “Highest In The Room.” The record ended up being boosted all the way to the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 but, according to a popular producer, Travis used a prominent guitar melody without crediting him.

Travis Scott is at the center of a new lawsuit surrounding his #1 single “Highest In The Room.” Producer Benjamin Lasnier, who has worked with Trippie Redd, Desiigner, and even Travis’ artist Don Toliver, is claiming that the rapper stole part of a beat he created without giving him credit in a new lawsuit.

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According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, Lasnier claims he wrote and recorded the guitar refrain in “Highest In The Room” in early 2019 before uploading it three times to his Instagram Story. He then started shopping it to artists, producers, and engineers. 

In Spring 2019, Lasnier claims he was in touch with Jamie Lepr, who often works with Travis. He sent him a beat pack, which included the guitar melody. Months later, a slightly-tweaked version appeared throughout “Highest.”

The publication reached out to La Flame’s representatives for a comment, to which they note that this has nothing to do with the artist.

“This is nothing more than a frivolous dispute between producers and has nothing to do with Travis directly,” writes TMZ in their report.

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Boosie Badazz came under serious fire when he claimed that he got a grown woman to give his young sons oral sex. The remarks were enough for people to call on Child Protective Services to take action. The antic-filled rapper will likely have some explaining to do about his parenting choices because, in an unrelated case, he has been sued for allegedly not providing for his 11-year-old daughter.

According to Bossip, the state Department of Human Services has sued Boosie for not financially providing for his daughter Lyric Beyonce. 

The girl’s mother, Gelisa Hayes, reportedly reached out to Special Assistant Attorney General Don Snow to claim that the recording artist was not doing much to provide for the 11-year-old, which was enough for a suit to be filed.

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Hayes and the state are seeking immediate child support and, if Boosie is unsure that he’s actually the girl’s father, he will need to take a DNA test. She is also looking for health and accident insurance for Lyric Beyonce, in addition to Boosie’s wages being garnished.

Boosie Badazz has not commented on this case. He was scheduled for a court appearance this week but, because of COVID-19, it was rescheduled to a later date.

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Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others passed away in a tragic helicopter crash on January 26th. The accident shocked the entire world and since then, we have all been in mourning of the lives that were lost on that tragic day. People have been searching for answers as to why the crash happened. What is known, however, is that it was incredibly foggy that day and that no aircraft should have been flying as it simply wasn’t safe.

With this context in mind, Vanessa Bryant filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Island Express which is the company in charge of the helicopter. Now, the families of Alyssa Altobelli and Christina Mauser are also filing similar lawsuits, citing negligence on the part of Island Express.

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As the two families explain in court documents, Island Express didn’t do their due diligence on the morning of January 26th and that they are responsible for the deaths of nine people. In fact, the families are saying the company has caused them a large amount of physical, mental, and emotional anguish that won’t go away anytime soon.

With the recent lawsuits filed against Island Express, it appears as though they could go out of business as a result.

Stay tuned for updates on this story as we will be sure to bring them to you.

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LeBron James is one of the biggest names in sports. When you’re at the top, people are going to want to swoop in and bring you down if you show any sort of vulnerability. In the world of photography, copyright laws are written in such a way that you can be sued for using an image of yourself, which is an example of how vulnerable celebrities are. Numerous famous people have been sued for using images of themselves on social media, without asking the photographer for permission. Now, LeBron James has become one of those celebs.

According to new court documents, LeBron is being sued by photographer Steven Mitchell for using a photo of himself as a member of the Miami Heat, on Facebook. The lawsuit is for copyright infringement and Mitchell reportedly wants $150,000 in damages.

“Defendants did not license the Photograph from Plaintiff for its Website, nor did Defendants have Plaintiff’s permission or consent to publish the Photograph on its Website,” the lawsuit reads.

It remains to be seen what will become of this lawsuit as time goes on. LeBron has yet to comment on the matter and considering there are heavy legal implications, we expect his silence will carry on until more details are revealed.

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Rob Kardashian caught a slight break recently when he was awarded $45,000 in legal fees for a court case he fought with the help of Blac Chyna. Kardashian and Chyna were caught in a public feud with a former friend of Chyna’s, who claimed that Kardashian and Chyna outed him as gay. He also claimed that they had been threatening him. 

As reported by The Blast, Chyna’s former friend, Justin “Pilot” Jones, served up the lawsuit in 2017, after a picture of him and Chyna kissing had leaked. Jones claimed that Kardashian and Chyna wrongfully accused him of leaking and selling the photo. He also claimed that they publicly exposed him as a bisexual, before sharing his number with their followers. Jones denied leaking the photo, but could not convince the Kardashian-Chyna fans otherwise, receiving several threatening messages online as a result. Jones claimed his life was “ruined” by the couple and demanded $2 million in damages. 

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Kardashian and Chyna denied the claims made by Jones and asked the Judge to dismiss the case. The Judge found the evidence was non-conclusive and agreed to drop all but one case. Kardashian requested he be replayed $60,000 in lawyer fees, but the Judge only ordered Jones to pay Kardashian $45,109.01. 

Despite taking a small victory here, Kardashian and Chyna are still in court over custody of their daughter, Dream.  

Google is one of the most trusted entities in the entire world — Americans even have more faith in Google than they have in actor Tom Hanks according to a fact we oddly came across recently. However, those stats may see a dip on the negative side for the digital giant if this recent data breach lawsuit they were hit with proves to be true.

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Reuters is reporting that New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is suing Google parent company Alphabet Inc with allegations that the search engine’s educational software has been collecting personal data without consent from the likes of many young students. Kids across the nation have been relying on Google’s highly popular Chromebook laptops for years now, as seen above in the picture of two students working off Chromebooks gifted by Google to their school, Mildred Avenue K-8 School, back in 2014. Google has responded by calling the allegations “factually wrong,” although they stopped short of responding to a request to elaborate. The software in question is the free or low-cost G Suite for Education software package, which comes with email and writing tools. 

Balderas’ assistant attorney general Brian McMath states that recent testing by his team showed students younger than 13 years old had their Web browsing, location, passwords and other personal information transmitted to Google those same Chromebooks provided to their schools. Their lawsuit says Google violated the “Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act” by failing to gather verifiable parental consent before collecting the data.

Although McMath admits that no evidence points to Google misusing the collected data, his firm believes the company might generate revenue from the information they have on file. As a response, Google spokesman Jose Castaneda said, “G Suite for Education allows schools to control account access and requires that schools obtain parental consent when necessary.”

Read the full report over on Reuters, and let us know if this news makes you lose a little trust in Google by sounding off down below in the comments.

UPDATE: Attorney’s for Uninterrupted have responded to Game Plan’s accusations with the following statement: “The complaint filed by Game Plan today is meritless and contains numerous factual inaccuracies. Uninterrupted owns prior rights in and to the More Than An Athlete trademark.”

LeBron James is one of the most famous athletes in the world and he has a ton of endeavors outside of the sports world. One of his biggest accomplishments is his Uninterrupted brand which boasts television shows like HBO’s The Shop. One of the slogans that has been a huge part of the shoe is “More Than An Athlete.” LeBron has used this slogan on shoes and constantly refers to himself as someone who goes above and beyond the realm of sports. Over the last couple of years, James has centered many of his efforts around the “More Than An Athlete” brand.

According to TMZ, a youth organization in Maryland called Game Plan is currently suing the Los Angeles Lakers superstar as they believe he completely ripped off the “More Than An Athlete” phrase. The organization points to a 2017 NBA game where members of Game Plan attended a Cleveland Cavaliers game. The members were wearing T-Shirts that said: “I Am More Than An Athlete.”

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The organization says LeBron has been monetizing the slogan and since Game Plan holds the registered trademark, they believe they are owed some money. In fact, Game Plan is suing the likes of Uninterrupted, Nike, Disney and Take-Two Interactive Software Inc for $33 million.

Stay tuned for updates on this legal battle as we will be sure to bring them to you.

Future is still very much dealing with the drama surrounding his alleged baby mother Eliza Seraphin who swears her daughter is the seventh child of the rapper. The model and Future had a short-lived fling and now that a baby was the result of that, Eliza simply wants him to take responsibility. “At the end of the day, I kept quiet for months. I kept quiet. Nobody heard a f*cking thing. Like, I’m human. He’s human. [Cindy’s] human,” Eliza previously said on Instagram. “We’re not gonna take away from him…What my thing is and what the point I’m trying to make is: I don’t give a f*ck who the f*ck you are. At the end of the day, take care of your responsibility.”

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While Future has yet to confirm if the child is his, TMZ reports that he’s now sued Eliza for spilling details on their sexual encounters in an effort to secure more money. According to the publication, Eliza has given vivid descriptions of Future’s genitals and has been sharing them with whoever listens. Aside from their time together in the bedroom, Future’s suit is calling Eliza out for allegedly spreading lies about him. Eliza has stated that Future once hired someone to kill her after she refused to have an abortion.  

Future wants Eliza to stop trashing his name for publicity. 

It was previously reported that the victim who was allegedly assaulted and robbed by DaBaby at the beginning of January planned to pursue legal action against the rapper. The lawsuit has now been filed and TMZ has gotten hold of the documents detailing the compensation that the victim is seeking for his beating. The victim, an event promoter named Kenneth Carey, is suing DaBaby, his crew and his entertainment company for “well above $6 million” for battery, breach of contract, defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. 

According to Carey’s side of the story, the altercation occurred because DaBaby’s request to be paid more for a party appearance was turned down. DaBaby and Carey supposedly agreed on a fee of $20,000 for the former to host Stunna 4 Vegas’ birthday celebration at a nightclub – a fee that was lower than usual since Stunna is DaBaby’s friend and label signee. 

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The lawsuit states that Carey rented cars for the “Suge” artist and his team when they got to Miami. After one of the cars was returned damaged, DaBaby was billed for it. He asked Carey to be paid another $10,000 to cover this cost, but the promoter refused. This disagreement apparently fuelled DaBaby’s frustration and resulted in him and his team beating, robbing, pantsing and pouring apple juice on Carey. 

Following this incident, DaBaby was arrested and charged for battery. He proclaimed that he will emerge unscathed from this lawsuit after being released from jail. “Don’t allow yourself to be [misled] by janky promoters and lazy ass grown men itching for the opportunity to file a lawsuit that they won’t win,” DaBaby wrote on Instagram after he was released from jail. “I remain composed and focused knowing allegations made without honesty and integrity will never be honored by the most high.”