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Bobby Brown walked out of a Los Angeles County jail after serving just nine hours of a 55-day sentence imposed for his second drunken driving conviction in a year.

A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has drawn international outrage.

The global campaign to free Pussy Riot is gaining speed: Supporters of the punk provocateur band mobilize this week in at least a two dozen cities worldwide to hold simultaneous demonstrations an hour before a Russian court rules on whether its members will be sent to prison....

Federal officials say the rapper TI has been released from an Atlanta halfway house after spending about 10 months in federal prison on a probation violation.

Grammy-winning rapper T.I., who was moved to a halfway house this week after months in prison, is locked up again at a federal penitentiary....

Rapper DMX is shown in this booking mug shot by the Maricopa County Sheriff in Arizona released to Reuters August 25, 2011, after being arrested for speeding on August 24.

Hip-hop artist Ja Rule is expected to turn himself in for a two-year prison sentence Wednesday morning in New York, his publicist said in a statement.

Rapper and actor Ja Rule admitted Tuesday that he failed to pay taxes on more than $3 million in income, and he faces up to three years in prison....

Lil Wayne has agreed to go to jail in a gun case, but it has proven unexpectedly hard to put him there....

Last week, Lil Wayne commanded the spotlight and stage at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards -- but Tuesday, the multi-platinum rapper will find himself in a much less prestigious place: a jail cell at New York City's notorious Riker's Island.

The New Orleans rhymer, born Dwayne Carter, is due to be sentenced Tuesday in a Manhattan court room after pleading guilty in a gun possession case.