Bump J

Bump J's got some fire in the works.

Bump J is now a free man.

Bump J was about to be the next big thing ‘til the street life caught up with him. After six and a half years in prison, he's figuring out what’s next.

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Bump J was in line to be one of the next artists from Chicago to break into the mainstream before he was sentenced to a ten year prison sentence for a bank robbery he allegedly committed in 2007. Though he's been locked up since '09, Bump's name still rings out heavy in the streets and he has been name dropped in numerous songs from big time Chicago MCs, most notably by Kanye West on the "I D

Chicago rapper charged with armed robbery...