Rapper native Kid Cudi was arrested early Friday morning after an alleged altercation at a Chelsea apartment. The Daily News reports, "The 26-year-old rapper - whose real name is Scott Mescudi - yanked the woman's door off the hinges and smashed her cell phone against a wall about 4:15a.m., police said. It was not clear what sparked the fit of rage, but sources said Mescudi appeared intoxicated. Cops also found a glassine envelope of an unknown substance in his front pocket, sources said." He was charged with criminal mischief and possession Still, he made it Bonnaroo. more ›

Back in 2007, rapper Ja Rule was arrested on West End Avenue, where he and his crew were pulled over for speeding. However, the cops found a .40-caliber pistol in the car (which ended up having a trace amounts of Ja Rule's DNA on it). According to the Post, Ja Rule and his lawyer argued this morning that cops had no cause to search his car, but Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Richard Carruthers denied the motion. He did, however, say that the weed the rapper admitted to having on him that night won't be used against him. He's free on bail right now, but his next court date is March 3rd, and he faces a minimum of 3.5 years in prison. more ›

Licensed daycare worker Akwasiba Radellant claims she didn't know about the drug-dealing operation that was going on in her Hamilton Heights apartment—in front of the children! She took the stand on Monday, and plead not guilty to drug possession and other charges. more ›

A special-education teacher who was one of the two joggers mowed down by a drugged Staten Island cover girl, died this morning. Daniel Kelley, who was just 23-years-old, fought for his life until early this morning, then succumbed to the head and chest injuries he sustained during the crash on Jan. 5. "The family is suffering so much right now," a neighbor told the Daily News. Meanwhile, the model is free on bail. more ›

It's no shocker that the vast majority of marijuana arrests in NYC ensnare blacks and Latinos. But what's really incredible is how, um, high the number of pot arrests have risen during Mayor Bloomberg's first two terms. The lowest-level marijuana arrests rose 50 percent since Giuliani time, according to a recent study [pdf] by Harry Levine, a sociology professor at Queens College. Last year, the NYPD made more low-level pot arrests "than in the 12 years of Mayor Koch, plus the four years of Mayor Dinkins, plus the first two years of Mayor Giuliani" combined. And all this happened under the Mayor who famously told New York, "You bet I did [smoke pot], and I enjoyed it." more ›

Chances are you probably smoke pot, you are probably smoking it right now...at least according to the latest reports, which say that "the number of people arrested for small amounts of marijuana in New York City has increased tenfold in the past decade." more ›