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02 January, 2010

ATL Producer Shawty Redd Arrested for Murder!

Atlanta Grammy award winning producer Shawty Redd has been arrested on murder charges.

The super producer is currently being held and waiting for his arraignment. The incident apparently took place after he was involved in an altercation which led to the murder of an unidentified victim. Shawty Redd surrendered himself to the police early this morning.

Shawty Redd is best known for producing such hits as Snoop's "Sexual Seduction", Drama's "Left Right Left", and an array of Young Jeezy hits including, "Trap or Die", "Air Forces", and "Who Dat". Stay tuned as we continue to uncover details surrounding this story.

POSTED BY TY BANDIT

19 December, 2009

UPDATE: Lil Wayne Avoids Charges, Reschedules Show

Lil Wayne will not face drug charges related to a raid of the rapper’s tour bus yesterday (December 18) in Falfurrias, Texas.

The rapper and 11 members of his entourage were detained yesterday by United States Border Patrol, after drug sniffing dogs caught the scent of marijuana on two tour buses.

A search of the vehicles turned up an undisclosed amount of the drug. A lawyer for the rapper told TMZ.com that several members in the group were given citations, although Lil Wayne was not one of them.

The detainment caused Lil Wayne to miss a scheduled performance at The Laredo Entertainment Center last night, although the show has been rescheduled to take place tonight (December 19).

Lil Wayne is slated to begin a year-long prison sentence in February after pleading guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon, after a police officer found a .40 caliber pistol on the rapper’s tour bus in New York in 2007.

POSTED BY TY BANDIT

17 December, 2009

Jermaine Dupri Denies Abandoning Da Brat In Prison

So So Def CEO Jermaine Dupri has responded to critics who claim that he is not supporting incarcerated rapper Da Brat.

Da Brat became involved in an altercation with an aspiring model/Atlanta Falcons cheerleader named Shayla Stevens, who was working as a waitress at a night club Dupri owned outside of Atlanta.

In the ensuing altercation, Da Brat struck Stevens with a bottle of rum, causing multiple lacerations on her face which required stitches and left scars.

Da Brat, born Shawntae Harris, was sentenced to three years in prison in 2008 for her role in the assault.

According to Dupree he is in regular contact with Da Brat, who is serving her time at Arrendale Federal Prison in Alto Georgia.

“I spoke to her via letters back and forth and she’s good. She’s ready to come home and do what she gotta do,” Jermaine Dupri told V-103's Ryan Cameron this morning. “We are basically on the move to try and get her out.”

While he has corresponded with Da Brat via letters, he admitted that he hasn’t been to physically see her at Arrendale.

“Those people, they don’t really know me like that to say nothing about what I’m doing with my personal situation with Da Brat When Brat come home, I am going to be the person that take care of her and make sure she gets back on her feet and do what she gotta…that’s just like everybody talking about Tiger Woods. We know nothing about the situation and everybody should shut up.”

Dupri admitted that he hasn’t been to see Da Brat since her incarceration. He told Da Brat his reasoning in several of the letters he has written to her.

“I felt a certain way about seeing Brat in jail. That’s my little sister and I don’t really want to deal with that situation like that. I would prefer dealing with getting her out and seeing that day as opposed to going to see her…only reason I am saying this on the air is because I explained this to Brat. In my letter, I let her know the same thing."

Da Brat has remained productive throughout her incarceration.

Both Dupri and Da Brat are the subjects of a multimillion-dollar civil lawsuit filed by Stevens.

POSTED BY TY BANDIT