Jennifer Lopez’s exes and romantic partners have been a big part of 2024’s conversation for very different reasons. As if we needed more, her ex boyfriend Casper Smart reportedly found himself in a bit of legal trouble recently. According to TMZ, Los Angeles police raided his home last week following a tip-off that he allegedly ran a marijuana growth operation. Authorities arrived at the professional dancer’s property with a warrant and reportedly found a small to medium-sized growth operation during their search. While they did not arrest Smart at the scene, they cited him and let him go, awaiting any potential charges from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
As such, it seems like Casper Smart might luck out and avoid the brunt of this alleged drug operation’s legal consequences. But that wasn’t the case for another one of Jennifer Lopez’s former partners this year, as Diddy landed in prison due to his federal case for alleged sex trafficking. In fact, one of the many civil lawsuits against him in addition to this criminal case wants to call upon the singer as a witness in the legal matter.
Jennifer Lopez’s Ex Reportedly Busted For Marijuana Operation
Speaking of Jennifer Lopez’s exes, she recently spoke on her divorce from Ben Affleck. “I don’t see things as happening to me but for me,” she told British Vogue. “There’s always a lesson to be learned in the moment. Keeping a positive mindset helps me embrace those lessons and move forward. […] You kind of go, ‘That’s who I was at that time.’ There were parts of my soul that needed to grow. And they did, in their own perfect timing, in the way they were meant to, when I was ready. That’s part of life’s journey – healing the pieces of ourselves we don’t always understand.”
Meanwhile, Jennifer Lopez also recently reflected on her come-up as a Hollywood actress and as a music industry star. While it was a difficult path, she thanked those who helped her along the way, giving particular props to her friend and fellow superstar Jamie Foxx for curing her Los Angeles loneliness. We’ll see if any other past romances appear in the headlines…
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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022.
Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case.
Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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