10 Rappers With The Longest Prison Sentences

rappers are renowned for their braggadocio and lavish lifestyles but because many rappers struggle with adversity it is also common for them to face trouble with the law some artists are able to arrange plea deals and avoid jail time but many are not so lucky today we were learning about the rappers with the longest prison sentences Bobby shmurda was born a kill John Pollard on August 1st 1994 he began rapping at the age of 10 the first song he remixed was crime mobs knuck if you buck in 2004 his shmoney dance became a rage nationwide which helped him sign a record deal with Epic Records stars like Beyonce and jay-z have also made reference to his dance style but the budding rappers Fame was cut short in 2014 when he was charged with conspiracy to murder weapons possession and reckless endangerment in 2016 he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven years in prison which was reduced to five years after receiving credit for the two years he had already served awaiting trial fans are eager for shmurda to get out of jail and produce more music Arlington Texas based rapper take a was born Taymor Trayvon McIntyre in 2000 in Long Beach California and lived in Contin and Las Vegas before moving to Arlington at age nine he got into rapping early as a member of the Daytona Boys and by the age of 15 he was posting his self-produced solo tracks online he produced various solo recordings and performed with the Daytona boys but was involved in a string of controversies and legal problems his best known for his hit song the race which reached number 44 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was certified platinum by the RIAA in January 2018 the song went viral following his arrest in Elizabeth New Jersey after a nationwide manhunt for murder Tamura is currently in custody and is connected to several crimes in Texas he was charged with the murder of 21-year old Ethan Walker during a home invasion robbery in Mansfield Texas Tamar was one of seven people connected to the crime Tamar is connected to a murder in San Antonio while he was on the run also he was identified as the attacker in a May 25th robbery of 65 year old skip pay pay though he is only 19 years old take a was sentenced to 55 years in prison for these crimes Cornell Jones better known as yay Jordan is a rapper from Detroit who is affiliated with chief Keef's glow gang label he's from Cureton Avenue which is often referred to as PA or yay hence the name yay Jordan some of his most popular tracks include strats one time and everybody getting shot he is allegedly a gang member this had an unfortunate effect on Jordan's life when his rap career came to a halt on October 17 2014 after he was added to Michigan's most-wanted list Jordan turned himself in to authorities and was charged with a September 2014 murder that occurred at a Motor City nightclub the shooting incident which left one person dead and a few others injured occurred at Club deja boo' for his involvement in the murder Jordan got a severe penalty according to a local Detroit news outlet Cordell Jones will spend 33 to 60 years in prison for the shooting that left one person dead and several others injured Jones gave a lackluster apology in court which seemed to really irritate the judge the judge asked Jones what he wanted to say before the sentencing but wasn't expecting the answer he got if the AEA Jordan ends up serving his full 60-year sentence it will be the longest of any rapper in history though he's technically not a rapper Suge Knight is a legend in the hip-hop world but he is equally infamous for his tenure as the CEO of Death Row Records as he is for his violent past Marion Hugh Suge Knight was born April 19th 1965 and grew up in Compton he was a football star at Lynwood high school and went on to play at the University of Nevada Las Vegas before being released by the Los Angeles Rams while at training camp he was also affiliated with the blood street gang who were feuding with the Crips while he was growing up but he is best known for turning death row into the biggest hip-hop label of the early 90s thanks to a stable of talent that included dr. Dre Snoop Doggy Dogg and Tupac death row brought gangsta rap to the top of the pop charts and made the West Coast into the epicenter of 90s hip-hop but along the way Knight acquired a reputation for using threats of violence as a business tactic and made little attempt to hide his gang connections in 2015 Knight intentionally crashed his car into two men taking the life of one of them for this crime he was sentenced to 28 years in prison Rondo number nine whose real name is Clint masse is a rap artist from the south side of Chicago Illinois like numerous other rap artists from Chicago Rondo number nine is part of the drill movement his songs tend to portray his daily life in the violent streets of Chicago unlike many rap beefs that tend to stay on wax many of the gang beefs from Chicago and in the streets and there have been numerous rappers who have lost their lives in what authorities believe was the result of gang violence though the killers are rarely caught in 2016 this lifestyle caught up with Massey he was sentenced to 39 years in prison on July 5th 2016 for murdering a jitney cab driver back in 2014 the driver was murdered on February 22nd 2014 when the gunman approached his car while he was waiting for a passenger prosecutors said the men asked boy diffused from the neighborhood and fired multiple rounds into the vehicle from the passenger side boyd was pronounced dead two hours after being taken to the hospital the Chicago Housing Authority got the incident on video surveillance and eyewitnesses pinpointed Rondo as being at the scene of the crime Massey was only 17 at the time of a crime Charlie Wingate better known as machs B is an American rapper and songwriter from Harlem New York and is known for his original rap style of mumbled delivery catchy choruses and hooks and his energetic personality in interviews and videos raised in New York City and a large and struggling family max be turned to street crime early in life and was in jail for robbery between 1997 and 2005 upon release he immediately began pursuing a rap career coming up with the stage name max big of le by combining the nicknames of his favorite rappers but notorious b.i.g s Biggie Smalls jay-z's and Tupac Shakur's short-lived Makaveli face ultimately going by max B for short he found success with his debut mixtape Million Dollar Baby but his fame and fortune were short-lived max B has been serving a 75 year prison sentence since 2009 after being charged of first degree murder first a gray robbery first degree kidnapping and more but as of 2016 all of those charges will be dropped the charges were dubious at best because max was not even present at the scene of the crime in the end his seventy five year sentence was reduced dramatically la rapper oh three Greedo came into his own on a series of mixtapes that began with 2016 s purple summer his multifaceted rhymes were heavy on references to drugs struggle and fame and he turned out quality material at a prolific clip he broke through to an even larger audience after signing a record deal but not even a month after the release of his 2018 debut studio album God level he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for drug trafficking Jackson initially used the alias greedy giddy under which he self produced six mixtapes including the bipolar series everybody weak and money powder regrets his early career was heavily influenced by southern rap with auto-tune harmonics and melodic trap instrumentals in 2016 Jackson was arrested in Texas on drug trafficking and possession of a firearm charges according to a police report Potter County Sheriff Deputies forced open his car's trunk after claiming to smell cannabis and found four pounds of methamphetamine and two stolen pistols Jackson originally faced 300 years for the charges though eventually was sentenced to 20 years in prison though he could be released in five years with good behavior he began his sentence in the summer of 2018 and is imprisoned at the Fort Stockton unit he is up for parole this year Abdul Ibrahim West better known by his stage name AR AB is an American rapper from Philadelphia Pennsylvania he's a member of obh or original block Hustlas the label and rap supergroup he co-founded with fellow rapper dark low complex named him one of 15 unsigned rappers who should get a deal after South by Southwest in March 2013 the same year he turned himself into authorities following legal trouble he signed with Cash Money Records in May 2016 but like the rest of the rappers on this list AR AB had some serious issues with the law jurors found the rapper and three members of his entourage guilty of turning their record label original block hustlaz into a large-scale North Philly drug trafficking operation implicated in at least two killings although federal prosecutors did not charge them in connection with those deaths they left little doubt as to whom they believed to be responsible every one of them had their hustles assistant US attorney Everett R with role told jurors during his closing argument last week but it all ran through mr. West he is facing a minimum of 15 years in prison travell Gerald Coleman better known as GM was born in Harlem New York in 1978 he became one of puff daddy's protegees and released his debut album child of the ghetto in 2001 despite his successful dancefloor single let's get it which introduced the Harlem shake he failed to make huge sales on the label and his album remains one of the most bootlegged albums today Coleman stated in an interview that he has been convicted of robbery and served time in Rikers Island Coleman's criminal record includes arrests for drug offences burglary and grand larceny more than 25 times since 2003 things got worse on April 17 2012 when the 37 year old former Bad Boy Records rapper was found guilty of the 1993 murder of Queens man John Henkel the verdict came after December 2010 when Coleman now infamously walked into the New York Police Department's 25th precinct in Harlem to make this startling confession that he shot and killed Henkel in a botched robbery attempt he was sentenced to 15 years in prison long before his cash money brethren the big-timers in juvenile hit the national spotlight with their best-selling albums BG whose real name is Christopher Dorsey was tearing up the regional charts with his poignant lyrics and inspiring flow although very few people outside of the deep south and Midwest had heard of baby gangsta prior to his performance on juveniles platinum selling 400 degrees Louisiana Natives recognized him as a seasoned veteran however in 2012 the 31 year old local rapper who gained international acclaim for his gritty songs detailing drug dealing violence and a no snitch mantra was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for gun possession and witness tampering Dorsey had previously pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm during a 2009 traffic stop in eastern New Orleans but later he obstructed justice by pushing one of his two associates to falsely claim ownership of the gun

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Published: Sat Feb 08 2020