{"id":14700,"date":"2025-04-09T22:48:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T22:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T22:48:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T22:48:40","slug":"big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Big U Pleads Not Guilty to Murder, Extortion and Other Crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/big-u\/\" target=\"_blank\">Big U<\/a> has pleaded not guilty in his federal racketeering case, accusing him of murder, extortion and other crimes.<\/p>\n<h3>Big U Enters Plea<\/h3>\n<p>On Tuesday (April 8), the music exec and reported gang leader appeared in court in downtown Los Angeles and entered a not guilty plea to several charges, including murder, racketeering, extortion and fraud,<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\" target=\"_blank\">XXL<\/a><\/em>\u00a0confirmed on Wednesday (April 9).\u00a0Big U&#8217;s trial date has been set for May 20. If convicted, he is facing a life sentence.<\/p>\n<h3>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/hip-hop-rapper-trials-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\">There Are Some Serious Hip-Hop Trials Going Down in 2025<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Big U Accused of Running Criminal Enterprise<\/h3>\n<p><b\/>On March 19, the United States Attorney&#8217;s Office for the Central District of California unsealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-cdca\/pr\/longtime-rollin-60s-crips-leader-and-show-business-entrepreneur-charged-federal\" target=\"_blank\">an indictment<\/a> revealing Big U, born Eugene Henley Jr., was charged along with 18 other Rollin 60s gang members. The filing accuses the group of committing a series of racketeering crimes, including extortion, human trafficking, fraud and the 2021 murder of an aspiring rapper on U&#8217;s own record label.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say the rapper, who has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/big-u-eugene-henley-south-la-crips-not-guilty\/3673826\/\" target=\"_blank\">identified as Rayshawn Williams<\/a>, traveled to Las Vegas at Big U&#8217;s expense to record music. However, Williams did not record at the agreed-upon rate and instead made a diss song aimed at Big U. Big U then allegedly drove to Vegas to confront Williams before shooting him in the head and leaving his body in a ditch in the desert off Interstate 15. Big U is also accused of submitting a fraudulent application for a PPP loan for his label Uneek Music.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/big-u-arrested-rico-murdered-rapper\/\" target=\"_blank\">turned himself in<\/a> the same day he was charged. But not before denying the allegations in a video on social media. &#8220;I ain&#8217;t been nothing but a help to our community,&#8221; Big U said. &#8220;But, I guess it is what it is. This is the price of being Black and trying to help your community and do what you can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>XXL<\/em> has reached out to the U.S. District Attorney&#8217;s Office for comment.<\/p>\n<h4>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/26-of-the-longest-prison-bids-in-hip-hop-history\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here Are the Longest Prison Bids in Hip-Hop History<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">See Rappers Who Beat Major Legal Cases and Walked Away With a Victory<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>Hip-hop came out with a win in some way in these cases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=566&#038;gver=6&#038;bid=812&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DLT1Yn2pW9B5QzH6n4H2YlkQyVEfXVOOu82lt&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fpub.doubleverify.com%2Fdvtag%2F29287203%2FDV1106009%2Fpub.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big U has pleaded not guilty in his federal racketeering case, accusing him of murder, extortion and other crimes. Big<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-14700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Big U Pleads Not Guilty to Murder, Extortion and Other Crimes - Hip Hop News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Big U pleads not guilty to murder, extortion and other federal crimes.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Big U Pleads Not Guilty to Murder, Extortion and Other Crimes - Hip Hop News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Big U pleads not guilty to murder, extortion and other federal crimes.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hip Hop News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-09T22:48:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural\" \/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1267\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/\",\"name\":\"Big U Pleads Not Guilty to Murder, Extortion and Other Crimes - Hip Hop News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1200&resize=1200,800&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-09T22:48:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-09T22:48:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\"},\"description\":\"Big U pleads not guilty to murder, extortion and other federal crimes.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1200&resize=1200,800&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1200&resize=1200,800&ssl=1\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Big U Pleads Not Guilty to Murder, Extortion and Other Crimes\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/\",\"name\":\"Hip Hop News\",\"description\":\"Hip Hop News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\",\"name\":\"News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Big U Pleads Not Guilty to Murder, Extortion and Other Crimes - Hip Hop News","description":"Big U pleads not guilty to murder, extortion and other federal crimes.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Big U Pleads Not Guilty to Murder, Extortion and Other Crimes - Hip Hop News","og_description":"Big U pleads not guilty to murder, extortion and other federal crimes.","og_url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/","og_site_name":"Hip Hop News","article_published_time":"2025-04-09T22:48:40+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural","type":"","width":"","height":""},{"url":"https:\/\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural","width":1920,"height":1267,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/","name":"Big U Pleads Not Guilty to Murder, Extortion and Other Crimes - Hip Hop News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1200&resize=1200,800&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-04-09T22:48:40+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-09T22:48:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2"},"description":"Big U pleads not guilty to murder, extortion and other federal crimes.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1200&resize=1200,800&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1200&resize=1200,800&ssl=1","width":1200,"height":800},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/big-u-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-extortion-and-other-crimes\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Big U Pleads Not Guilty to Murder, Extortion and Other Crimes"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#website","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/","name":"Hip Hop News","description":"Hip Hop News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2","name":"News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","medium":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1","medium_large":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=768&resize=768,0&ssl=1","large":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1024&resize=1024,1024&ssl=1","1536x1536":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1536&resize=1536,1536&ssl=1","2048x2048":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=2048&resize=2048,2048&ssl=1","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=392&resize=392,272&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=390&resize=390,205&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=130&resize=130,90&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=800&resize=800,445&ssl=1","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1400&resize=1400,600&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1155&resize=1155,480&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=600&resize=600,417&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=285&resize=285,450&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=575&resize=575,198&ssl=1"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"News","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Big U has pleaded not guilty in his federal racketeering case, accusing him of murder, extortion and other crimes. Big","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["NEWS"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":30,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":2,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=1200&resize=1200,800&ssl=1",1200,800,false],"medium":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1",300,300,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/townsquare.media\/site\/812\/files\/2025\/04\/attachment-Big-U-Plea.jpg?w=1200&q=75&format=natural&w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1",150,150,false]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"News","author_link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/author\/admin\/"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-1\">NEWS<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}