The 44-year-old British native was charged with misdemeanor simple assault for a Dec. 4 scuffle at Wiley's Tavern in Sioux Falls. He faced a maximum punishment was one year in jail and a $2,000 fine.
Surveillance video of the fight became a viral smash. Jones and another bar patron, Jesse Bickett, got into an argument over a game of pool which resulted in Bickett striking Jones in the head with a beer glass. Jones said one of the two men at the table said, "You're Juggernaut from 'X-Men.' You're not getting in the game."
DMX is turning to religion and wants to become a Christian preacher on TV.
Just being released from prison after serving over 90 days for drug, animal cruelty, and fraud charges stemming from various arrests in 2008, the rapper finally wants to put his criminal past behind him.
Willie-D from the infamous old school group, The Geto Boys, was just popped in a scam he was running with iPhones:
A Houston rap artist is being charged in wire fraud scheme involving Apple iPhones, according to federal officials. William James Dennis — better known as Willie D of the Houston rap group the Geto Boys — was arrested Wednesday at Bush Interncontinental Airport where he was returning from an overseas trip.
Dennis appeared in federal court in Houston today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mary Milloy. He is slated to appear again Friday, and prosecutors indicated they will fight his release on bail, contending he is a flight risk. A wire fraud conviction carries up to 20 years in federal prison and up to a $250,000 fine. Through a front company, Dennis received thousands of dollars from foreigners and promised to ship several foreigners bulk orders of iPhones, according to an FBI affidavit. But he always made excuses, never delivered the goods and kept the money, authorities said. He eventually stopped responding to e-mail complaints, according to offiicials.
NEW YORK — You can forgive some of the Green Day fans packed inside a Manhattan Best Buy if they got a little bit pushy. After all, some of them had been waiting in line for nearly 30 hours for this moment.
On Friday night (May 15), 500 lucky GD fanatics — who had spent the night camping out on the sidewalk, including an MTV News intern — finally got a chance to meet their idols, at a raucous meet-and-greet filled with tears, screams and lots of hugs. There were autographs signed, pictures snapped and terrified-looking Best Buy employees trying their very, uh, best to keep order.
Things aren't looking so wavy for Max B.In early 2009, the former Dipset member has been implicated by a former girlfriend as the mastermind behind a 2006 heist that left one man dead.