B.G., legal name Christopher Dorsey, continues to maneuver through legal restraints as he attempts to relaunch his music career post-prison. On Tuesday (June 18), the rapper faced a federal judge in New Orleans to advocate for his right to create and perform freely, without legal hindrance. According to The Times-Picayune, the 43-year-old testified his reasoning to U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan. “I just feel like Christopher Dorsey and ‘B.G.’ are two different people,” he explained.

Former neurosurgeon/ U.S. housing and urban development secretary Ben Carson got stuck in an elevator today (Apr. 12). Carson and six other individuals were stuck for about 20 minutes in Courtside Family Apartments, which are affordable housing developments in the Overtown area of Miami, Fla. According to The Guardian, “…a rescue crew from the Miami-Dade fire department prised open the doors with a crowbar. Carson emerged smiling and immediately received an apology from the waiting former professional basketball player Alonzo Mourning, whose non-profit foundation teamed up with the Housing Trust Group of Miami to convert the six-story building into a flagship development featuring 84 apartments.

Big Sean is facing some pretty big charges. According to The Wall Street Journal the 23-year-old Detroit rapper is being accused of having sexually assaulted a woman during a concert with Wiz Khalifa in upstate New York.  Police charged Sean— government Sean Anderson—with misdemeanor counts of forcible touching, unlawful imprisonment and sex abuse. The incident is also said to have been a tag team with a second man, Willie Hansbro, facing identical charges.

Chance The Rapper had a blast at Jamaica Carnival, but the internet is split on what they saw. The 30-year-old artist was recorded dancing provocatively with a woman, yielding a plethora of judgmental responses. The viral video, which surfaced on Monday (April 17), finds the Coloring Book rapper shirtless while catching a twerk from a woman. At one point, the Chicago artist slaps her behind twice before standing up and looking into the camera with enthusiasm.

Naya Rivera may be trading in her high school cheerleading outfit for a wedding dress. The Glee starlet’s rep reportedly confirmed to JustJared that she and rapper Big Sean are engaged after six months of dating. Their relationship sparked from the G.O.O.D. Music MC whispering into Naya’s DM box on Twitter. “I had followed him and he sent me a little message like, ‘I’m a fan.’ I tweeted that I followed him, I was trying to get his attention,” she told Access Hollywood.