Rappers Looking Drastically Different After Going to Jail

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), drug overdose deaths increased by nearly five percent from 2018 to 2019 and have even quadrupled since 1999. Big L’s legend grew even bigger at the end of the decade, following the shocking news that he had been shot and killed on February 15, 1999, not far from his home in Harlem. At the time, police detectives shared a theory (via Rolling Stone) that Big L’s death may have been « retaliation for something Big L’s brother did, » and arrested a childhood friend of Big L’s named Gerard Woodley, though he was later released. Uestlove of The Roots took to social media to claim that the statement was a forgery. By the age of 33, South Los Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle had established himself as an underground veteran.

Rapper Young Thug is a free man. Here are things to know about his plea.

Having been admitted to hospital following a drug overdose, he died of a heart attack after a week on life support. 6ix9ine started associating with a gang known as Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods in late 2017, and was involved in things ranging from drug trade to a shooting attack against a rival rapper. Per the BBC, in 2019 he faced charges for illegal firearms, assault, racketeering, and conspiracy to murder, but entered a plea deal.

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Prosecutors wanted Young Thug sentenced to 45 years, with 25 years in prison and the remaining 20 rappers who are sober on probation. The charges against him carried a potential maximum sentence of 120 years in prison, prosecutor Adriane Love said. Instead, the rapper went forward with a potentially risky non-negotiated or “blind” plea, meaning he was entering pleas without having a deal in place with prosecutors.

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That included a debut single, « Still Not A Player, » which hit No. 3 in the rap and R&B chart, as well as a double-platinum-selling debut album. De La Soul has remained one of the most respected groups in hip-hop throughout their decades-long career. Pioneers of collage-like sampling techniques and playful rhymes with complex rhyme schemes on their acclaimed 1989 debut « 3 Feet High and Rising, » the trio’s impact was indelible despite legal issues around their use of samples. The majority of their discography was missing from streaming services until 2023, when it was finally made available to great fanfare in the hip-hop community. Sadly, De La’s arrival on streaming was tempered by the tragic news that David Jolicoeur, who was known in the trio as Trugoy the Dove — or simply Dave in later years — had died on February 12 of that year at the age of 54.

• Over the following decade, he was arrested numerous times, usually for possession of illegal substances or firearms.
• In a 2020 interview with Malcolm Gladwell (via Essence), the rapper reflected on his criminal activities and said that his time in prison was ultimately a blessing in disguise.
• To close out 2021, President Joe Biden launched dual executive orders to combat what they call a “billion-dollar business” responsible for the deaths of 100,000 Americans in just the span of a year.
• At the time, a common retort from rappers to criticism of their lyrics was that they were merely reflecting the reality of the streets.

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Bender’s family later sued Proof’s estate for wrongful death, prompting the rapper’s friend, Mudd, also a rapper, to speak on the record to XXL magazine and claim the accusations against Proof were false. According to Mudd, who claims to have been in the club at the time of the shootout, Proof had gotten into a fight with another patron, causing the bouncer to shoot into the air in an attempt to break it up. Allegedly, Proof then snatched Mudd’s gun and fired in the air in response, causing the bouncer to open fire, striking both Proof and Bender — a version of events contrary to what had previously been reported.

“I use to think being sober would fuck wit my creative process, I see dats just a mind thing cuz I been more active skin glowing and I been dropping nun but pressure,” he wrote on social media in January as he denounced his biggest rap hit. In spite of the never-ending generational divide amongst Hip Hop fans, the common enemy of addiction continues to cut through the lives and careers of rap legends young and old. To make matters even more dire, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been solely blamed for making the nation’s drug epidemic “worse,” so reports the American Medical Association. To close out 2021, President Joe Biden launched dual executive orders to combat what they call a “billion-dollar business” responsible for the deaths of 100,000 Americans in just the span of a year. Yet, this country has seen “war on drugs” initiatives crash and burn in the past — a point JAY-Z so confidently pointed out in 2016. The culture was blasted by the mainstream for its vulgarity, “Gangsta Rap” in particular.

After testifying against the gang and providing information, he got away with a two-year sentence, as opposed to the 47 or more years he might’ve been facing. As part of this agreement, 6ix9ine also admitted to domestic violence between 2011 and 2018 (per Complex). Presumably, the victim was his former girlfriend, Sara Molina, who has spoken to Daily Beast of the rapper’s violence. As the BBC tells us, Curtis « 50 Cent » Jackson was shot nine times in 2000 — just three years before the release of his smash hit debut album, the aptly named « Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. » The rapper hasn’t always been on the receiving end of crimes, though. Per Biography, he was a drug dealer before he became a well-known rapper. He worked in this capacity from age 12 to age 19, when an undercover cop busted him in the act of selling.

• Young Thug has collaborated with other top artists including Drake, Chris Brown, T.I.
• Much like the battle against COVID-19, the drug and opioid epidemic has created its own host of challenges that influence the music, trends and peripheral creation of the art.
• « I was running from my old life tryna get high didn’t want to face them demons…I’m getting help I might just go to rehab. » Before his untimely passing, he stated he hadn’t taken a sip in two months.
• Ahead of a tell-all show at the Brighton Dome Corn Exchange in Brighton, Stephens described his 20s as a “whirlwind” in which Rizzle Kicks had hits including Down With the Trumpets and Mama Do the Hump.

Cult rapper and producer MF DOOM, real name Daniel Dumile, made a career out of being mysterious. Originally the KMD rapper Zev Love X, his career had hit rock bottom after his brother and bandmate Subroc had been killed in a traffic collision before the release of the band’s sophomore album. And so DOOM emerged at the backend of the 1990s, with the unusual habit of wearing a metal mask for all public appearances. The death came after years of congestive heart failure, which he discussed publicly.

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Just a cursory look at some of the most prominent projects reveals, however, an anti-crack meme that emerged in the late ‘80s and continued on through the end of the epidemic in the mid-’90s. If you or someone you know is dealing with domestic abuse, you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1−800−799−7233. You can also find more information, resources, and support at their website. It took 27 years for the identity of Shakur’s alleged killer to come to light. In 2023, Duane Davis, a former gangster and the uncle of Anderson, was indicted following several media appearances in which he confirmed his involvement in supplying the murder weapon and claimed his nephew pulled the trigger. According to Davis, the killing was more than just simple revenge, claiming that a bounty of $1 million had been put on the heads of Shakur and Knight by Sean « Diddy » Combs, their East Coast rival.

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Chad Lamont Butler (December 29, 1973 – December 4, 2007),better known by his stage name Pimp C, was an American rapper andrecord producer. He was best known for his work with Bun B as a founding memberof the Underground Kingz (UGK). He also appeared on Jay-Z’s hit “Big Pimpin” in2000 as well as “Sippin on Some Syrup” by Three Six Mafia. After serving aprison sentence, he returned to rapping and was reportedly working on acollaboration with Too Short when he was found unresponsive in his hotel roomon December 4, 2007. His death was ruled as accidental with and was attributedto the effects of Butler’s heavy usage of “purple drank” in conjunctionwith his pre-existing condition of sleep apnea. He was originally indicted and arrested May, 9, 2022, and more charges were added in a subsequent indictment that August.