Some rappers catch a charge and get right back on the streets.
But sometimes the cops hit them with something serious
and they have to sit down for a while.
Today we’re taking a look at the biggest rappers who are locked up right now
and breaking down the cases they’re fighting.
Let’s get right to it.
Yungeen Ace’s homie Ksoo
was one of the most feared shooters in Jacksonville,
and now he’s locked up fighting two separate murder cases.
In September 2020,
Ksoo was booked for the murder of a rapper named Lil Buck.
And while he was locked up,
they hit him with another murder charge
for the death of Foolio’s homie Bibby.
It’s a wild situation,
and Ksoo’s homie Dominique Barner
ended up telling a confidential informant everything.
Barner didn’t know the dude was wired up,
and he admitted to driving for Ksoo on the Lil Buck hit.
After the cops heard the confession,
they were able to track down the gun Ksoo allegedly used.
Barner even got Ksoo’s dad locked up
when he told the informant that he helped them get away.
Nobody liked being locked up
and Ksoo’s been having a pretty rough time inside.
Last year, a video came out
showing him getting body slammed by prison guards.
Ksoo posted it on IG and said
“I’m still being targeted & abused everyday while I’m in here !
These officers still have not been suspended or no consequences !
I’m fighting for my life mentally and physically.”
Ksoo was also allegedly roughed up by Y&R Slugga Tee inside too,
but there’s no evidence to confirm the rumor.
But he got hit with some cold news back in May
when his own dad decided to testify against him.
Ksoo’s pops allegedly drove the getaway whip after the Lil Buck hit,
but he says he’s innocent
and isn’t gonna take a charge for his son like that.
The case won’t be easy to beat with his own dad working against him,
but Ksoo and his legal team are doing everything they can.
He was denied bond again back in March,
but Ksoo’s lawyer seems pretty confident they can win.
He told a local news channel
“All their witnesses -
convicted criminals that were pending prosecution…
Meanwhile, we have the truth like the video and witnesses
that prove Mr. Robinson cannot be the shooter.
That’s why we’re not concerned.”
Ksoo also changed his IG name to Operation Free Ksoo,
letting it be known he’s not going down without a fight.
Gucci Mane thought Foogiano
was gonna carry his new 1017 roster to the mainstream.
He had hits and street cred,
and linking up with Gucci should have made him a star.
But after he signed with Guwop,
Foogiano tried to do the race after he got hit with a gun charge -
and now he’s serving a five year sentence.
He would probably already be out if he just took the original charge
and didn’t cut his ankle monitor off,
but now Foogiano is spending the next few years behind bars.
Luckily it doesn’t seem like he’s letting the situation get to him.
A few months ago he was interviewed by BBC for a documentary,
and Foogiano revealed that he still has his $100K permanent grills in.
Foogiano has spent his whole life in and out of jail,
and apparently he feels pretty comfortable in there.
He told them
“This is where I grew up.
Like these are all my people.
These guards,
I’ve been coming to this jail since I was a little boy.
This the jail, this is where I’m from.”
Catching a charge like that right when you’re blowing up is tough,
but Foogiano is still grinding and dropping music from behind bars.
Luckily his sentence isn’t too crazy,
and he’ll still have plenty of fans waiting to turn up at his shows after he gets out.
Rondonumbanine started dropping music
right when the drill scene in Chicago was blowing up back in 2012.
He repped the 600 set of the BDs
and was cool with dudes like LA Capone and Lil Durk.
But instead of going all in on his music,
Rondo stayed active in the streets
and ended up catching a 39 year sentence for murder.
Rondo was always a wild dude,
and he even went viral back in the day
after he posted a picture of himself on social media
with a rocket launcher.
His music was popping off too,
but on February 21st, 2014,
Rondo and his homie Cdai murdered an innocent cab driver after a party.
Rondo, Cdai, Tay600 and some other dudes
went to a party in their opps hood that night.
Eventually everyone from their crew left
except for Tay and some girls he was with.
It’s not clear exactly what happened next,
but someone at the party ended up letting off a shot.
Tay didn’t get hit, but he called up Rondo and Cdai and told them about it.
They all met up at a local Wendy’s,
and that’s when they decided to go look for whoever let the shot off.
When they slid back into the GDs territory,
they spotted a car on the side of the road and decided to stop.
A cab driver named Javan Boyd was inside the car
waiting to pick someone up at the party.
Rondo and Cdai got out and pressed him,
and that’s when one of them allegedly upped a strap and shot him seven times.
Rondo and Cdai were both convicted of murder
and got 30 plus years each.
Last year, Rondo hopped on IG
and let everyone know he wasn’t letting the sentence keep him down.
And back in March
he told fans that he plans on coming home this year.
He’s not supposed to be eligible for parole until 2053,
but apparently Rondo has a lot of faith in his legal team.
You might think getting sentenced to over three decades
would make you chill out,
but it looks like Rondo is still ready for whatever.
A few months back
he posted a pic of King Von on IG and said
“...That get back coming soon for em.”
Rondo should probably focus on beating this case
before he starts planning another one,
because getting out on an appeal
is gonna be a lot harder when he’s sending threats from behind bars.
Young Thug and Gunna
aren’t the only Atlanta rappers facing a RICO charge right now.
Back in 2020,
Hoodrich Pablo Juan got caught up in a huge investigation
with 45 other dudes that
the courts say are affiliated with the Rollin 20 Neighborhood bloods.
Pablo blew up back in 2018
off tracks like We Don’t Luv Em and Do What I Wanna Do,
but according to the cops
he’s still in the streets too.
They put together a year-long investigation called Operation Caged Dove,
and they’re accusing Pablo and the rest of the crew of assault,
robbery, trafficking, murder, and more.
He’s been sitting in jail for two years now,
and there still hasn’t been a trial date set.
He’s been keeping his head down and staying out of trouble though,
and fans are hoping he’ll get out on bond soon.
He was already denied bail once,
but the judge might change their mind
since Pablo isn’t causing issues inside.
Beating a RICO case is tough though,
and Georgia is handing them out left and right.
Hopefully Pablo has a good legal team ready for war,
because it seems like Atlanta wants to lock up every street rapper.
New details could break any day,
so tap in for updates on the case.
Sheff G helped kick off the whole Brooklyn drill movement
when he dropped the track No Suburban back in 2017.
It was a response to 22Gz’s song Suburban,
and ended up sparking a whole new wave of hip hop in the city.
Sheff has been in and out of jail a few times,
but fans thought he’d leave the streets for good
after he started popping with his music.
But last year
he got caught with a strap
and was sentenced to two years in prison.
Back in August,
22Gz hopped on Twitter and said
Sheff is "getting extorted" behind bars.
But Sheff clapped back
and said he’s a “million dollar n**** chilling in general population,”
and that his reputation speaks for itself.
Sheff has been in jail for a while,
but it’s not slowing down the grind at all.
Back in July
he dropped a new project called From The Can,
and it’s clear that his fans haven’t forgotten about him.
Every track on the tape racked up over a million plays just on Spotify,
with two of them hitting 50 mil each.
If Sheff stays out the way
and doesn’t cause any drama inside
he should be out soon.
Hopefully this time he switches up how he moves,
because if he stays out of trouble
he could really blow up and hit the mainstream.
03 Greedo is a rapper from LA
who popped off with tracks like Substance and Run For Yo Life.
He had a wild come up selling drugs and being homeless,
but before he was booked in 2016
he was on his way to blowing up.
Greedo had been hustling in the rap game for years
and it was finally starting to pay off,
but then in 2016
he got caught in Texas with four pounds of meth in the trunk of his whip.
At first he was facing a wild 300 year sentence,
but he copped a plea deal and got it down to 20 years.
Greedo’s been trying to get out on parole since 2020,
and in June reports started going around that he finally got it.
According to some sources,
Greedo was granted parole and just had to complete a program
before they let him out.
Fans went wild on social media,
but a reporter named Jeff Weiss hopped on Twitter
and said the rumors were all cap.
He said that Greedo wasn’t granted parole,
but he had talked to his family and the situation was looking positive.
There haven’t been any other major updates,
but it’s looking like 03 Greedo
will end up getting out a lot sooner than 2036.
When it comes to rappers who really live the life they rap about,
it’s tough to find anyone more certified than AR-Ab.
Before he got in the rap game
he was catching charges for drugs and murder,
and popping off in the industry didn’t keep him out of the streets.
In 2011,
Ab survived getting shot ten times -
and two years later
he got caught up in another drug case.
After he came back fans hoped he would stay out of any more trouble,
but last year he was sentenced to 45 years in prison
for federal trafficking and conspiracy charges.
According to the cops,
AR-Ab turned his label into a crime ring
and ran the whole operation like a mob boss.
What’s wild is that Ab got more time than Big Meech
from the Black Mafia Family.
And he’s not the only dude in his crew who got hit with a massive sentence.
Back in October
the news broke that AR-Ab’s homie Skinny Me
was sentenced to life plus 25 years.
Ab’s homie Dark Lo also got hit with seven years
after he threatened a witness in Ab’s case.
And if that wasn’t bad enough,
in 2020 AR-Ab’s cellmate stabbed him..
His brother Lik Moss went on Da Interrogation Room
and said Ab’s cellmate attacked him
and got sent to a psychiatric facility immediately.
And apparently the wounds were so bad
that Ab couldn’t walk after it happened.
Right now he's in a position where he can't walk at all.
He can't get out the bed to use the phone,
he can't get out the bed to check his-
he can't get out the bed at all.
Hopefully AR-Ab is doing better behind bars now,
because it’s probably gonna be a long time before he gets out.