10 Rappers Who Are Still Currently In Prison (LIST) - Page 8
2. G. Dep
Crime: In 2012, G. Dep confessed to the police that he killed a man during a botched robbery back in 1993. The rapper confessed, he claims, because he was haunted by his actions. Sentence: G. Dep was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2012.
3. Beanie Sigel
Crime: Beans has been in and out of prison for the last decade. Last year, he went back in after he pleaded guilty to drug possession.
4. Bump J
Crime: In 2008, Original Chicago gangsta rapper Bump J was facing 20 years in prison for robbing a bank in his city. Sentence: In 2009, Bump took a plea deal. He got sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.
5. Tru Life
Crime: Tru Life once had such promise. The Lower East Side rapper was signed to Jay Z’s Roc-A-Fella records. Then everything changed in 2009, when Tru and his brother were arrested for stabbing a man to death. Sentence: Two years later, Tru would take a plea deal, copping to gang assault in the second degree. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
6. Remy Ma
Crime: After getting into an argument with a friend over money, rapper Remy Ma pulled out a pistol and shot the woman in the stomach in 2007. Sentence: She was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2008. Remy has been in for six years, but husband and fellow rapper Papoose revealed that she should be home this summer.
7. B.G.
Crime: B.G. has been and out the system for most of his adult life. Things really came down on him in the summer of 2012, when he caught a gun charge. Sentence: Because of his priors, the rapper was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
8. C-Murder
Crime: Never has a name been more appropriate. In 2002, the rapper shot and killed a fan in a Louisiana club. Sentence: The rapper was convicted of the crime in 2003 but had that conviction overturned on appeal. The case finally caught up to him in 2009, when he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
9. Big Lurch
Crime: Big Lurch was a pretty successful rapper from the Bay in 2002. And then he flipped. The rapper murdered a woman in a brutal way. The victim was found with her chest ripped out and bite marks all over her body. Witnesses say Lurch could be seen walking the street naked with blood all over himself. Sentence: The rapper was sentenced to life in prison for his brutal murder.
10. X-Raided
Crime: X-Raided was a California rapper from the early ’90s who got convicted for murder in 1992 after he killed a rival’s mother. Sentence: The rapper was sentenced to life in prison for his crime. But, remarkably, he kept on recording music through the phone throughout his time in jail.
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