Rapper JayDaYougan
is in some trouble again.
Police are looking to tie him
to a birthday party shooting
that left one person dead.
Here’s the wild story…
JayDaYoungan is a rapper
from Bogalusa, Louisiana,
known for tracks like 23 Island,
Elimination,
and Opps.
The rapper came up in the late 2010s
after stacking up millions of plays on SoundCloud.
He dropped his debut project
RuffWayy,
which started to gain him some attention in the area.
The track Interstate from that project
blew up pretty quickly
and reached over 4 million views in under a week.
He followed up with another mixtape
called The Real Jump Man 23,
followed by Wake Up
and Taking Off.
His breakout hit Elimination
would be released in 2018,
which was featured on his fourth mixtape, 23.
He’s continued to drop music at a fast pace
and released four more mixtapes by the end of 2019,
each doing bigger and bigger numbers
on streaming services.
He is one of the hottest young artists
coming out of Louisiana
and was inspired by rappers like Lil Boosie,
Kevin Gates,
and Chief Keef.
But being a street rapper
from a wild state like Louisiana,
JayDaYougan has faced a lot of legal problems
since blowing up.
On May 11th, 2019,
he was arrested and charged
with felony possession
of a controlled substance
without a prescription.
He was pulled over for speeding
by Florida Highway Patrol
in Gadsen County Florida,
with three other people in the car.
Police smelled marijuana
and when they searched the vehicle,
they discovered 20 grams of marijuana,
drug paraphernalia,
and oxycontin pills.
Another person in the car
was also carrying a firearm.
The following day,
he was released on a $2500 bail.
He was originally scheduled
to perform at Rolling Loud
but had to cancel because of his arrest.
Less than a year after that arrest,
Jay got in trouble again
for allegedly assaulting a pregnant woman.
In March 2020,
Jay’s ex-girlfriend called the police
and claimed that he had assaulted her.
She was pregnant with his child at the time
and she alleges that following an argument,
he grabbed her by the hair
and punched her several times.
She also says that he choked her
until she almost lost consciousness.
Police then went to his residence
on the 1400 Block
of Rocky Glen Lane in Houston, TX.
They raided the house
and uncovered $24,000 in cash,
promethazine,
oxycodone,
and multiple guns.
They eventually found Jay hiding in the attic
and he was charged with assaulting a pregnant woman
and illegal drug possession.
A man who was in the house at the time
named Kardell Robertson
was also arrested for unlawful possession of a firearm.
Jay was given a $20,000 bail,
which he quickly posted,
while Robertson’s bail
was only $100.
His baby mother
would eventually release photos of her bruises,
during a fight on Twitter
with female rapper Cuban Doll.
It’s not clear how the beef between her and Cuban Doll started.
But she tagged her in the caption
“this what Im black mailing him on?
This what the lil joke was bout on the live…”
under pictures of herself with a black eye
and marks on her neck and stomach.
But despite the alleged attack,
she and Jay seemed to make up not long after.
They would be arrested together,
along with five others
just a few weeks later in April 2020.
Authorities raided their AirBnB in Georgia
and found several bottles of codeine cough syrup,
OxyContin pills,
11 firearms,
and $2,949 in cash.
They were arrested on charges
that included narcotics possession,
tampering with evidence,
and possession of a weapon.
If that wasn’t bad enough,
Jay would be arrested a second time
for domestic violence,
after an incident
that went down in October 2020.
He was arrested on a fugitive warrant
near Columns Drive
in Cobb County, Georgia
for allegedly attacking his girlfriend again.
The police report states
that he punched,
pushed,
and grabbed the victim,
leaving visible marks and scars.
This time he was charged with battery,
family violence,
and three felony fugitives
from justice charges.
By this point,
she must have given birth to their child
because it doesn’t mention
anything about her being pregnant.
So,
Jay has faced some serious accusations
and it seems like these are mostly open cases he's still fighting.
To make matters worse,
it’s now being reported
that Jay was arrested again,
this time
for being an accessory
to 2nd-degree murder.
In late September,
Jay posted a video to Instagram,
showing himself getting arrested with the caption
“I only wanna change my city
not be framed in it.
Judgment off unreliable resources
ain’t right.
I’m an artist,
not a statistic.”
At first,
rumors were going around
that the rapper was being arrested for a home invasion
on a former gang rival
that was a retaliation for the death of a close friend.
Jay allegedly went into the home,
shot two individuals,
and stole two loaded guns
and other stuff.
But so far,
this rumor is unconfirmed.
More information later came out
that revealed that the rapper was being arrested
for tampering with evidence
after a murder that took place in Louisiana
in August 2020.
The murder took place at a birthday party
for a Louisiana woman named Big Ray.
It was her 27th birthday
and she hired a few local club promoters
to help her get the word out about the event.
The party took place on August 8th
in Roseland, Louisiana
and there were over 100 people in attendance.
Around 7:30 PM,
a group of men pulled out automatic weapons
that looked like AK-47’s
and started firing shots at the crowd.
Three people ended up getting shot
and one would pass away.
The victim who lost her life
was a 21-year-old woman
named Zion Hutchinson
from Buffalo, New York
who stayed in Baton Rouge.
A few days later,
two suspects would be arrested.
30-year-old Brandon Perry
and 23-year-old Tommy Diamond
were arrested and charged with second-degree murder
and two counts of attempted murder.
Another man would also be arrested
in connection with the party,
but not for being a shooter.
Craig Brown,
who was one of the club promoters
that helped plan the event.
He would be arrested for possession of illegal drugs
with intent to distribute,
negligent homicide,
and two counts of negligent injury.
So it seems like the police caught him on a drug charge
and were also holding him responsible
for Zion’s death
because he was in charge of the event.
If that wasn’t crazy enough,
Raven Warford,
aka Big Ray,
the woman celebrating her birthday that night
would also be arrested.
She was also charged
with one count of negligent homicide
and two counts of negligent injury,
just for hosting the party.
She later turned herself into police
on September 8th, 2020.
A 19-year-old
named Jaylonh Mitchell
would be arrested in Houston, Texas,
just a few weeks after the shooting.
He was accused of being the third shooter
and was charged with one count of second-degree murder
and two counts of attempted murder.
Finally,
a sixth suspect
named Raheem Harold
was arrested in Montana
and accused of being the fourth shooter,
getting hit with 1 count of murder
and two attempted murders as well.
There’s been a lot of confusion about this case
and many have criticized the police
for arresting the wrong people.
Louisiana is a state
known to have a corrupt justice system
and many have accused the cops
of targeting the wrong people in this case.
The fact that they are holding Big Ray
and the promoter responsible for a death
they seemingly had nothing to do with,
just for hosting the event
does seem suspicious.
Unless maybe there is more to the story
that hasn’t been made available to the public.
Now,
a year later,
JaydaYoungen
is somehow being tied into the case,
but not as a shooter.
He is being charged with accessory to second-degree murder
and obstruction of justice
after the fact,
which means police believe
that he somehow helped the killers flee the scene
or cover up evidence
by disposing of a murder weapon
or intimidating a witness.
There’s not a whole lot of information
available on the case
to suggest why Jay was charged over a year after
all the other suspects
or what ties he has to the alleged shooters.
The rapper was released
on a $175,000 bond
before the news even broke on social media
and Jay has not made a public statement about the case,
other than his original Instagram post.
The whole thing does seem a bit sketchy.
The police already arrested two people
who seemingly had nothing to do with the shooting,
other than hosting the event.
Now they're pulling a random rapper into the case,
with little evidence
to suggest that he was involved.
Unless someone is snitching,
it seems like the police
are just arresting whoever they can
to get someone to talk because they have no other leads.
What’s also crazy
is that his bail was set at such a high amount
just for tampering with evidence.
When he allegedly assaulted his pregnant girlfriend,
the bail was only $20,000
and now he’s being forced to put up almost 10 times that
just for tampering with evidence.
At this point,
there aren’t enough facts available
to prove exactly what happened
or tell whether Jay is being unfairly targeted
or if he is somehow involved.
Stay posted for more updates
on this wild story.