Rappers Who Were Found Not Guilty
It's no secret that hip-hop and the law sometimes have a hard time coinciding. With an ongoing battle between the two parties, there are times when things fall into a bit of a gray area. Looking back over some of those incidents XXL presents "Rappers Who Were Found Not Guilty."
Lil Boosie
Year: 2012
Charge: First-Degree Murder
Recap: Despite an abundance of evidence including the Boosie's own lyrics on “187,” which seemed to incriminate himself by rhyming out a blueprint for the alleged 2010 murder, Boosie was found not-guilty of first degree murder. He still, however, must serve out the remainder of his drug charge sentence, the rapper is set to be released in December 2013.
Diddy
Year: 2000
Charge: Gun Possession, Bribery
Recap: Following a scuffle at an NYC nightclub in Dec. 27, 1999, Diddy was in the hot seat nabbing both a gun and bribery charge from the incident. However, the mogul was cleared of all charges with Shyne taking all the heat. The then Combs protege who faced an attempted murder charge, was instead convicted of two counts of assault in connection with the shooting.The highly publicized trial went for nearly seven weeks, with 59 witnesses taking the stand.
2 Chainz
Year: 2013
Charge: Marijuana Possession
Recap:2 Chainz was found not guilty of marijuana charges stemming from a traffic stop in Maryland in February 2013. Acquitted of the charges, both the marijuana possession and possession of paraphernalia charges were dropped due to a lack of evidence.
Snoop Dogg
Year: 1996
Charge: Murder
Recap: With the charges lingering for about two and a half years, Snoop Dogg was found not guilty of murdering 20-year-old Phillip Woldemariam in 1996. Mum on the topic for that period, Snoop did externally face an voluntary manslaughter charge on which the jury deadlocked.
Irv Gotti
Year: 2005
Charge: Money Laundering
Recap:Irv and Chris Gotti faced federal charges of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering back in 2003. That year more than 50 government agents raided the Murder Inc. offices in connection with a guy named Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff. The feds tried to prove that the brothers had accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegally gained cash from McGriff, authorities believed that the label heads cleansed the tainted money by cutting checks to McGriff, written from the label's corporate bank accounts.
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