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A rapper’s release date used to refer to their album or CD, but now it’s becoming synonymous with the end of their jail bid. We’re in an era where incarceration of hip-hop stars has become a marketing tool for reality TV shows that ignore the actual time they spend on lockdown or how it effects them afterward.

The following gallery is a partial–yet tragically long–list of hip-hop artists who are either currently incarcerated or have served time for one reason or another.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Stan_Vinyl/ Stan_Vinyl

    Not cute… what about HipHop doing great things in the community? I know you can dig up several THOUSAND pictures of that!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kountry_Mayne/ Kountry_Mayne

    I think the thread is mislabled. It should be rap not hip hop. Hip hop has done alot and with plenty of good people doing good things to back behind. but rap on the other hand who do we have out here that is making a positive impact on our society ? whos giving back to the community ? dont get me wrong i love rap as you can see its on my page and thats really all i listen to. but when you got these parents lettin these little kids get into they lose the part of the whole label ( entertainment ) and most of them think what they see on tv should be a reality for them. There are a few rap / hip hop artists that are out there making positives for example lyfe , ludacris, common and a few others along with old timers. But most of the rap artists, hip hop artists and althletes are making big money and what do they do with the money ? use it to endorse illegal activities instead of trying to give back to the community or doing something for the kids.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sub-Negro/ Sub-Negro

    24 people good lord. And ya’ll did’nt even put Mac on here.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DMY41/ DMY41

    THEY FORGOT STEADY B TOO…GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT…COOL C, WHAT’S UP HOMIE…..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/C4pricorn/ C4pricorn

    damn, Foxy look like schitt homie

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BarrowJ06/ BarrowJ06

    @Stan, I’ve posted galleries of rappers doing community service and folks just didn’t seem to care. Sad, but true. This post has already gotten triple the attention of that one. I can report it, but I can’t make people look at it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BarrowJ06/ BarrowJ06

    @Stan, I’ve posted galleries of rappers doing community service and folks just didn’t seem to care. Sad, but true. This post has already gotten way more attention than that one. I can report it, but I can’t make people look at it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/fox99/ fox99

    Talkin about Foxy look bad DMX looks crazy as hell!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/flythugg77/ flythugg77

    Maino was 16 yo…. I read the article in the Feds mag…. Midget Molly was on the cover !

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/popasito/ popasito

    sadness

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/simmo3/ simmo3

    Fifty Simmons is still waiting for the hook up. The future of HIP HOP and FASHION is waiting to show itself. tkomusic@aol.com 252 474-4527. Take a look at our designs and listen to the high lite of a more profatable future

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Miss_Dirty_85/ Miss_Dirty_85

    lawd let ti and c murder free

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/oohshethick04/ oohshethick04

    Why they didnt put Jigga up there? I think he went to jail for stabbing someboby.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Phlexible15/ Phlexible15

    Hell, Im speechless. I didnt even know half of these rappers were incarcerated at one time..Remy Ma and Mystikal shocked me.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shaime17/ shaime17

    Jay Z was tried for stabbing that dude, but he got acquitted of charges. He never spent a day in jail.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DLOCSTA52/ DLOCSTA52

    DAY NEED TO GET OFF OF FLESH N BONE NUT SACC N LEVE DMX DA FUCC ALONE…R.I.P 2PAC R.I.P PIMP C WE ALL MISS YA

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/afrikasun/ afrikasun

    REST to tha realist cat on there pimp c

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Northstar1321/ Northstar1321

    Money does not a person any smarter.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mzz_g0tdatcumback/ mzz_g0tdatcumback

    ok so yall commented on a article about who locked up but none of yall bothered to comment and probaly didnt even read the article about mlk a few days ago….he would be crushed if he was still living and saw what our black community wastes there time doing…..DO SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE PEOPLE

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tennis_freak/ tennis_freak

    It’s 2009 now. Rappers ain’t scary or looked up upon. The people who are more dangerous are people who were laid off from a job. The die and kill in shootouts not go to jail for a year and come out with a new record deal.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ultimatefantsy3/ ultimatefantsy3

    Idiots. It’s a shame they don’t have that much of a sense of responsibility to set a better example for the kids that look up to them for what they’ve accomplished prior to getting locked up.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/missluv24/ missluv24

    DMX LOOKS LIKE HELL!! REMY MA STUPID AS F**K TO RUIN HER CAREER FOR SUM B***H!! MYSTIKAL RAPIN B***HES,HOW PATHETIC AND DESPERATE.. SO U KNOW HE GETTIN PASSED AROUND…BRAT WASNT DOING ANYTHING ANYWAY..CAN U SAY “C” LIST?!?! SHYNE WILL BE OUT SOON AND WE WILL FIND OUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IM SURE OF IT…FOXY BROWN IS SUFFERING..LIL KIM HAS A DENT IN HER NOSE..TUPAC AND PIMP C ARE DEAD AND GONE,WHY IS THAT RELEVANT?? T.I. KEEP YA HEAD UP AND THE REST OF THESE MUTHAFUKAZ…HUH???

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kennyd4/ kennyd4

    well u gotta give it to them they certainly try to live up to this tuff muthaf**ker persona.seems kinda stupid if u sit back an think about it,y would u throw away all the hard work an pain they went through to end up like this.u cant make no $$$$in the joint.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Shezsoolegiit/ Shezsoolegiit

    Styles P’s charge xDD

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/UHH_WHAT/ UHH_WHAT

    Why do these idiots fail to complete community service?
    Why do they violate easy parole? They are just stupid!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Shesruff/ Shesruff

    Well when you make a name for yourself by rapping about negativity and drugs and violence you can’t exactly turn around and play role model once your foot is in the door. They rapped about street life and they apparently lived it..it got them where street life takes everybody else..to jail.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Hostonian25/ Hostonian25

    so sad life hits anyone anywhere dosent matter whom or why we as a people must stay strong and black for the good of our race

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/divadarkness2/ divadarkness2

    you know what so sad about them they forgot where they came from, and what i dont understand is they are suppose to be someone role model you have to be kidding. i live where 2 people made it and one is doing good, but comes to town to stand on the streets and smoke weed and wont move for the children coming out of school with his crowd and the other one getting high all the time and going to jail. i make sure to let my young daughter know that these two men are no role model for her, i dont care how much money you have, they have no respect for the town they come from and i know that i am not the only one that feels this way, peace

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CNoriega/ CNoriega

    idiots! some of these charges they are getting are so stupid, its not even funny. The really sad thing is, there is people who think they are cool for this.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/IWalkAlone247/ IWalkAlone247

    Okay…first of all, ALL of them deserve whatever the f**k they got. I’m tired of these dickheads who sit there and yap about “FREE *add your favorite dummy’s name here*”…and it’s always people in my community. How f**king stupid have we become….

    Much love to those of you who are smart enough to call a spade a spade and not make dicks of yourselves by trying to make a case to leave your favorite rappers alone just because you wanna drag them in a corner and suck them off…

    New York has some of the toughest (if not THE toughest) gun laws in this country….so why the hell are these MORONS trying to act like they’re untouchable. The main reason why I have no sympathy for these fools if because they yap about shooting and murder in their “songs”…and then want sympathy when they get caught up in what they glamourize. ESPECIALLY Lil Kim….this busted broad really is the poster child for this one on the female side of it. It made me sick to my f**king stomach when legions of dumb ass chicks were screaming for her to be released.

    Time out…am i seeing some EXTREMELY stupid ass broad WITH HER CHILD and what looks like a camera in her hand with a big smile on her face in that TI photo? And for that matter some dumb ass dude trying to sell shirts with “big things poppin” on them?

    Is this what we have become in our community?

    Now, don’t get me wrong…the brat is my wife and everything, but f**k it…you do the crime, you wanna be who you say you are in videos, you get what yuo get…you will never see ME telling people to free her. We’ll bone when she gets out….lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Official_Girl01/ Official_Girl01

    TO THE DUMB ASSES ON THE FIRST PAGE MAC AND STEADY B WERE ON THE LIST… N THIS IS SAD… SOME MORE PITYFUL THAN OTHERS… DON’T EXPECT MF’S TO ACT RIGHT JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE A RECORD DEAL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/keldykel72/ keldykel72

    man first of all i like to say i dbt know about everybody else lil jail time problems…but umm tupac didnt raped that girl…cus the news also reported she was givin head to him on the dance floor..come the dance floor…thats bigger den hoe

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/IWalkAlone247/ IWalkAlone247

    Very true about Pac…can’t believe I forgot about that….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/missmotivated2024/ missmotivated2024

    Actually, I think the problem is that they never LEAVE BEHIND where they came from. It’s a sad testament to our generation; where being from the hood or the gutter is some kind of badge of honor instead of simply meaning what it really is: a location of circ**stance. Everyone has struggles and obstacles they face throughout life, some more so than others. Being from the hood shouldn’t allow people to use that as a scapegoat for their actions and behavior because regardless of where you’re from, you know the difference between right and wrong. And a lot of these rappers have the unique opportunity to get out of the ghetto and become more financially stable than their humble beginnings would let them imagine. But they lack the ability to realize that in order to maintain success, you have to adjust your behavior accordingly. Bad behavior eventually equates to a bad/poor lifestyle and rappers don’t seem to get that becoming rich and successful means that they can no longer behave like criminals. If they wanted to keep doing that, they should’ve stayed in the hood. I have no sympathy for any of them. To me, it only proves how uneducated they are and completely unaware of what it means to be a responsible, mature adult.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/IWalkAlone247/ IWalkAlone247

    Question…..

    How the f**king HELL is DMX allowed to walk the streets anymore?

    Had that been you or me, they would have put us UNDER the jail for impersonating a cop and car jacking someone…

    I’m a DMX fan and all…but come on now…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Arabian-goddess/ Arabian-goddess

    i think missmotivated24 said it all… its a shame that these people got the opportunity to better their lives and instead of doing something positive with their blessings and helping show others how they can get out of the hood and be successful too and leave the violence behind they think they are ABOVE the law with all their money and fame.. but guess what? THEYRE NOT! and its clear that it always catches up with them in the end..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bimistakeimbak/ bimistakeimbak

    FREE MAC , FLESH N BONE
    AND MYSTIKAL AND MOST ALL C- MURDER!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/beautifulfreedom/ beautifulfreedom

    you reap what you sow…they livin their lives and how they choose to make it…don’t act right get locked up like everybody else…can’t make an impression or a living from prison.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Eyesix/ Eyesix

    When the Talent runs out some folk like go to the Big House, It gives them some to rap about. I myself really don’t want to hear about any bodies time in the prison system. I hope that when “TI” gets out of the JOINT he does not come to public buyers with raps dealing with his time in the Big House. This includes those others who are currently in there or planning to enter the Big House. Please stop trying to glorify prison life. For you young and OLD rappers who like spending time in the prison system; do what it do, and enjoy the stay, I don’t want to hear about, nor do I want to read your new books on the subject matter. Prison is not a place to play, nor is it for kicks and giggles. You all need to do better, if its the fact that you have lost your minds that’s cool, but keep in mind there are places set up for that too. If its the fact that you are trying to stay current or stay in the public eye there are other ways. Maybe you need to pay the big bucks for better PR reps, or you just need to find and pay for better “Handlers” because who ever it is that has your public and private back is not doing their job well. Ah! Really.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/msthing297/ msthing297

    They forgot Eve was on house arrest and Lyfe was in jail. Most of the rappers go to jail for some dumb crap all of this could be avoided but they tend to think they are invincible then turns out when they stupid self gets caught or ratted on they find out they just like everybody else.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/biggsexxy2k1/ biggsexxy2k1

    Today’s hip hop artists wear their stupidity and ignorance as a badge of honor, and this is where stupidity and ignorance gets you.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/msbabyphat_/ msbabyphat_

    and these dont even cover the ones that was charged and aquitted! like lil wayne got off a lil too easy if u ask me!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/JasonMays/ JasonMays

    whats worse? Hiphop artist or Pro athletes?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Butterfly_Bowles/ Butterfly_Bowles

    PERSONALLY, I DNT GIVE Fu(%..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chriscampbell1/ chriscampbell1

    When did you hear that a rockstar or Country singer is behind bars ??And these guys are even wayy wealthier and smarter with their money than hip hop artists.Yet they dont brag about what they got,they never get in s**t with the law but why do these rappers always got s**t wit the law??Whats going on is a disgrace to blackmen allover the world.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MrsBlackEssence/ MrsBlackEssence

    Lyfe Jennings is not a rapper he os R&B also Jaheim

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BIGNASTY215/ BIGNASTY215

    Don’t these famous black ppl realize they are under a microscope? I am sure white ppl commit crimes too. But they receive lesser charges or rehab. Black ppl get jail. If they get community service they must do it all and pay court cost and fines, white ppl do what they want. Bottom line is everyone is wrong and should all receive the same sentence for their crime!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blackdiamond184/ blackdiamond184

    Reap what you sow !
    If you wanna be hard or act like it then you finna do hard time son. That is the consequences, TI don’t weight enough to portray that sort of lifestyle anyway. Behind bars is where you ultimately end up if you are the hardest then you can say goodbye to the women and the fancy things. Rap about having fun and leave the thug lifestyle to your entourage let them do the time.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SWANKness/ SWANKness

    this is what you get, you can be in da jects or da penthouse, yaddamean. black ppl get jail && white ppl get rehab & probation? wait a minute, lindsay lohan aint tried to kill two people ! britney spears aint got caught sellin dope..from remy ma shooting muthaf**kas to shyne doin 10 years for diddy’s bulls**t..you can’t compare the crime..aint it leaves hip hop & goes into sports, plaxico, stallsworth, KOBE ! if you dont do, you wont go to jail !

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/RealBrooklyn2/ RealBrooklyn2

    I would like to write a rap song and go to each one of them that’s locked up and have them rap a part of it, I miss seeing a few of them and how on earth did C get house arrest? Ok what am I missing and TI get’s a year and a day..come on what’s really going on and hey where is the Suger Hill Gang? Dam I’m Old…hehehehehehehehe

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/NJA_2008/ NJA_2008

    wow…i didnt even know what happen to half of those people. I do now

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cooosta/ cooosta

    lack of education, lack of self control, it sad because we still dont understand that you trying to fit into a flawed system made by people with flaws, intended to govern people with flaws, problem is, its not about right and wrong its about money and power, its not fair its called life, but you get back what you give out, these people got what they wouldnt take. TIME.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/simplesolutionstudio/ simplesolutionstudio

    It is sad and tragic to see how some of these young people have turned out. I guess they felt that life owes them all the success and fame. I could not believe from larceny to lethal injection.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/honeybeekita/ honeybeekita

    Amazing how a lil money can drive u crazy, I forgot about half of these ppl. I guess they feel like they have to maintain that persona so that is why they do what they do.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/FaTb0YfR3sH/ FaTb0YfR3sH

    LMFAO LMFAO LMFAO LMFAO @ STYLES STABBING SUM 1 IN THE @SS LMFAO

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tiredtea33/ tiredtea33

    THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS WIN U SELL YOUR SOUL TO DA DEVIL!!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MSFaithfullyUrs27/ MSFaithfullyUrs27

    I’ts always the ppl wit so much talent to do stupid things!You live and learn

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LADYOFMAIL/ LADYOFMAIL

    DAMN SHAME AND A WASTE OF TIME AND FOR SOME A WASTED LIFE!!!! HOPE OTHERS TAKE HEED AND FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE LAW!!!! DAMN, DAMN, DAMN!!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/HurryKaneMamii/ HurryKaneMamii

    wow cool c gets death sentence crazy

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Rudy836/ Rudy836

    Where Im from everybody go threw this same stuff.The stars in hip hop are people just like us.

    Imagine if you got money and everybody know it.You want to go threw the neighborhood you grew up in.You know how many dudes is going to be trying to rob you or test you.Some dudes would love to say to their homeboys I did this or that to this star just out of jealousy.So a star having a gun could save his life.And you now know why they might have to kill somebody.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/YOURNAWTEEGIRL/ YOURNAWTEEGIRL

    WHY IN THE HELL DID STYLES P STAB SOMEONE IN THE ASS? LOL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Raahtid/ Raahtid

    Why does everyone have to mess up by doing stupid S**T! Come on guns , drugs, assault, rape and Murder? No wonder we can progress any further as black people, Cause sake of these stupid Ni***s!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Haitian_Sausage/ Haitian_Sausage

    after seeing all these bright people in jail or doing stupid act… make you wonder, does all the civil rite work went to waste

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/GEMINILOVER86/ GEMINILOVER86

    JOHN FORTE HAD A PLAN HE WAS BOUT TO GET PAID

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sweet-francine/ sweet-francine

    so so sad…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/School-boy_05/ School-boy_05

    If that is really what money and talent leads to then I am Blessed to be whom I am. Thank you JESUS!!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tastycoco305/ tastycoco305

    and we wonder why other race view owers as being ignorant,or just plain dumb

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/karnage/ karnage

    One word for all of this : STUPID…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PRFUC2002/ PRFUC2002

    Dont understand all this rappers are gifted talented and dont know how use they common sense to better there lives but prefer to do dumb ass shyt ruin wonderful future
    all because they making mad money think they can get away with shyt.. wrong some may have come back but once label u always remain label in eyes of the law as well as many that judge you!for your stupidity wrongful actions
    sometimes horrific mistake made at the time point.I just hope that up coming younger genders dont make the same mistake and follow .

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1FYNE_SUMMER/ 1FYNE_SUMMER

    d*amn shame!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/babytonnie/ babytonnie

    What is this stupidity? The good lord blessed these people with talent and the intelligence to make it in a industry that many strive to get in to but few manage to penetrate. Then they go do stupid s**t like beat people over the head with bottles and buy guns? These are the leaders of my generation, I feel sorry for those younger than me because they will have some very questionable role models.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Martymar29/ Martymar29

    Ok, first off let us keep in mind that these rappers are ordinary people, just like you and me, but they make their living off of making music. Their ignorance and letting themselves get into trouble has nothing to do with the color of their skin. We as a people need to stop looking at everything and throwing in the race card. Second of all, to those of you make posts, please use spell check and grammar check, especially when you’re going to call someone else ignorant or just plain dumb. Third; to all the rappers and hip-hop artists, how about waking up and finally noticing that our youth of today actually look up to you for some crazy reason. Start being role models and stop giving the illusion that all we do is party, shoot each other, use drugs, and degrade our women. Not all of us are like that and your giving the image that it is ok to be that way.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Chevi_Got_Gifta/ Chevi_Got_Gifta

    okay this is just too much
    the amount of years they are getting is just ridiculous!!!
    serving ten years bcuz kidnapping someone @ age 11?
    lets be real…this is sp racist..this just pissed me off…everyone makes mistakes…I’m sure that if it was a person on another race they wouldn’t have gotten so much time for stabbing someone on the butt…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sexycancerad7/ sexycancerad7

    ALL I CAN IS WOW!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BMCCAINE/ BMCCAINE

    he should be released today. police tried to set him up, misunderstanding.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/UnRealz_YTuT/ UnRealz_YTuT

    IM GOING TO SAY IT LIKE THIS 1ST OF ALL HIP-HOP IS A POSITIVE CULTURE NONE OF THESE NIGGAS DOING ANYTHING POSITIVE TO HELP THE YOUTH REALIZE A MISTAKE EXPECT T.I. A LIL LAST MINUTE BUT HE HELPED THATS ALL THAT MATTERS. THESE PEOPLE ARE RAPPERS ALL THEY FOCUS ON IS NEGATIVE SO THEY LIVE NEGATIVE LIVES IM NOT REALLY FEELING SORRY FOR NONE OF THESE PEEPS EXCEPT T.I. HE ACTUALLY LEARNED FROM HIS MISTAKE AND DID SOMETHING TO CHANGE IT. FAR AS THESE OTHER GUYS GO DONT CALL EM HIP-HOP ARTIST JUST CALL EM RAPPERS AND THERE IS A DIFFERENCE LOOK IT UP IF NO ONE BELIEVES.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lexxmc/ Lexxmc

    a lot of higher prison time is race based…folk need to wake up and see that rascism is alive and wee and will never go away…..the media leads u to believe otherwise and just cause u aint had no rascist shyt happen to you or maybe you are just to dumb to know when it is happening to u and as far as grammar goes we aint in school so why are niggas always concerned about grammar??????? grow the fukk up urself and wake up…..niggas these days let these other folk fool and dupe hem into thinking shyt is cool yall silly as hell!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MLDEAN71/ MLDEAN71

    If you violate probation, carry guns with no paper work, murder someone, or rape somebody you will go to jail. Sound like good reasons to put people in jail to me. That aint racism, thats stupidity of these people to commit thet crimes. If a everyday regular Joe Blow did these things he would go to jail. With exception to the guy that robbed the bank and killed the copy no one else has life in prison or death sentence. If you violate probation what should happen to you, you go to jail. If you rape somebody, what should happen to you, you should go to jail. If the police catch you carrying a gun with no paper work, they should confiscate the gun and have a nice talk with you about paper work but I am sure that this was not their first time getting caught with a gun. Sorry but most of these hiphop people look like they got what they deserve, with exception to Little Kim, she did the right thing and I honor her for that one,.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BLACQUEBABY09/ BLACQUEBABY09

    Interesting to me how BLACK people make comments about racism being a real issue and still refer to each other as NIGGA! Make up your mind if you want to be part of the problem or part of the solution. We need to soul search and look at the man in the mirror before we can expect anyone else to even consider taking us seriously. The world is the way it is and we can either dwell on it or exist in it…..Think about it! Progress does not take place overnight but if we dont kick it off ourselves and respect one another we give THEM just what they want….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BIG_BLOCK_HEMI/ BIG_BLOCK_HEMI

    R.I.P. PIMP C who cares bout them they shouldnt done wat they have done if it was up to me i keep all their asses in jail because it seems like the like jail so keep them in, and have u noticed that some of them like to keep going back

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bigtox75/ bigtox75

    Too bad that people who ordinarily should be role models are epitomes of bad character no wonder they don’t get no respect from anyone its time for them to rethink cos the world and time is not waiting for them.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BlaQue-Eye/ BlaQue-Eye

    This is For Lexxmc. You are truly ignorant. These people commited these crimes. I agree that race plays a heavy role in the sentencingof blacks and latinos. But these dummies committed the crimes. some of these crimes were extremely violent and against women. What if these crimes wre against your family? You would demand justice right? Or would you take it to the streets? That would only lead to you incarcerated.
    As far as your statemtn about grammar is concerned… that is why your post looks like a 4th grader wrote it! You say, “we aint in school” But good brammar is good grammar regardless of where you are. We learn grammar to effectively communicate. You need to turn off BET and read a book. Those fake gagnstas care nothing about you or your situations. They propogate (look it up) an image of thuggery, ande mysogony. This harms our community more than any outside influence. You are the one who needs to GROW UP and see what the world really is and stop beleiving the fantasies of these artists!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Scrablmonics/ Scrablmonics

    I’m appalled.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/andrajennique/ andrajennique

    Finally a forum on which i can comment. Confidently i say, WE should STOP acting like these “representations” of society are the “reflection” of the common or average AMERICAN youth. Please pay closer attention to the latest impression(s) of “colored Folk” being both conveyed by the “bonafide US media” as well as accepted by todays’ Black “Grammas” and other caregivers of todays youth. It is my firm belief that on average in the US we MUST choose to “raise” our youth as a priority higher than supplying the material, Fleeting desires of our children. In other words—–Decide to be physically available to your children versus being physically available to …that industry providing your family with financial assistance, i.e. your job. Balance IS key, however, your personal input should be the balance that keeps YOUR child out of these harrowing circ**stances.
    I’ve always told my children,”Police are simply parents for those who still need parents, no matter what their age.”
    Quote:EmpressAndrajennique

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/imbeautiful418/ imbeautiful418

    OH PLEASE DONT ACT LIKE U REALLY LOOK UP TO THIS PEOPLE. THEY R HUMAN LIKE THE REST OF US. THEY GET IN TROUBLE TO. THERE R HERE TO ENTERTAIN. YOUR PARENTS R YOUR ROLE MODELS.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/magikk/ magikk

    If they weren’t prepared to do the time then they shouldn’t have done teh crime. If you think that you area bove the law because you can write songs and sell cds then you are in for teh shock of your life. On this list there are about 3 people that I belive didn’t deserve the sentences they were given [Lil' Kim, Shyne, and Mystikal]. I am NOT saying that they shouldn not have gone to prison [They should have] but noit for the term in which they were sentenced. Everyone on this list violated teh law and they should have been and were punished accordingly. “Imbeautiful418″ said it best: These people are entertainers and not role models. If your role model is glorifying the selling and distribution of cociane in your community and ewhat does that say about you. I’m not trying to preach or anything liek that I just think that people need to re evaluate the difference between entertainment and reality.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaramelHoneyBun33/ CaramelHoneyBun33

    CALM DOWN PEOPLE, EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES, IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE OF US, ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE THEM, AND REMEMBER U CAN’T!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MaxWell2010/ MaxWell2010

    I do not consider carrying an illegal weapon as a mistake. It doesn’t make sense to me. Is there a “rule” in the rap game that said “if you go to jail or do stupid thing you’ll sell more album. I love Hip Hop I’m a big fan, but come on people…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/stubbs-20/ stubbs-20

    This is real s**t that goes on in the hood ok u may have money but u still a nigga real things going to happen to you

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bigapplefashions/ bigapplefashions

    damn i feel bad that my girl DaBrat got caught up. negros need to chill when they get that money.I was wondering what happen to my man Steady B..Damn,Damn,Damn.. And what was Remy Ma thinking..”(

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Dremers/ Dremers

    Reality….a lot of people fail to realise that these are still humans but the way of streets will teach you something important. React first and think later, a lot of these people react without thinking.

    Youre a product of your environment.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nigafalyfe1/ nigafalyfe1

    BUT THE WHITEBOY GETS AWAY WITH DOING THE SAME CRIME YA DUMBAZZNEGROS. WHITEBOYS TOTE GUNZ ILLEGALLY, VIOLATE PROBATION(IF THEY GET IT) SELL DRUGS(METH, PILLS THE LIST GOES ON) BUT GETS LESS TIME OR NO TIME. WASNT BEING BLACK A CRIME AT ONE POINT YA DUMBAZZNEGROS.
    IF THE CRIME WAS SO BAD THEN YOU PUT THA BROTHA IN JAIL. OH NO CAN’T DO THAT I’LL LEAVE IT UP TO THE WHITEMAN YES THE SAME WHITEMAN THAT ENSLAVED MY PEOPLE, RAPED OUR WOMEN DISCRIMINATED AGAINST MY PEOPLE AND LYNCHED THA BLACK MAN YA DUMBAZZNEGROS.
    AT ONE POINT BEING BLACK WAS AGAINST THE LAW AND NOW YOLL COSIGNING? WHY? CAUSE I’M A DUMBASS NEGRO. WHAT YOLL SCARED SOME WHITEMAN IS GONNA POP UP CRACK YO BLACK AZZ WITH A WHIP?
    MARTIN LUTHER KING AND MALCOM X DID JAIL TIME. DID THEY DESERVE IT? YA DUMBAZZNEGROS.
    BLACKPANTHERS WENT TO JAIL. DID THEY DESERVE IT YA DUMBAZZNEGROS?
    REMEMBER THEY PUT PAC IN JAIL? AND NOT FOR RAPE! FOR TOUCHING A BLACKWOMAN “INAPPROPRIATELY” IN A CLUB!WTF
    I’M A DUMBAZZNEGRO
    THE WHITEMAN MAN CAN DO NO WRONG
    I SUPPORT HIM
    EVEN WHEN HE PUTS MY PEOPLE WHERE THEY DONT BELONG
    THEY SET UP RAPPERS
    IN MILLIONDOLLAR STINGS
    AND THE WHITEBOY
    OH HE GETS AWAY WITH EVERY DAM THING
    I’M A DUMBAZZNEGRO
    I SUPPORT THE WHITEMAN WAYZ
    EVEN IF BACK IN THA DAY
    I WAS HIS SLAVE.

    SOMEWHERE IN SOME BUILDING WHITEMEN ARE TELLIN DUMBAZZNEGROS “THANKS 4 YOUR SUPPORT! YA DUMBAZZNEGROS!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CRPWATTS/ CRPWATTS

    pure and simple you got dough you should not let what the next person say cause you to flip. mystikal could have got a lawyer if the woman was stealing from him that is what cosby did,brat drinks to much and got anger issues,remy it proved that she was broke so yeah she was upset but she could have went hands with the girl,c murder talked himself into a case,dmx got demons,ti got family and kids plenty of money all them guns he feared something and i know as a convicted felon feds giving 5 yrs on gun charges my man got 71 months so how the f**k ti end up with a yr and a day say it loud he laid somebody down and cliff if you dont like what i said come to nc man up,lot of rappers aint never been in any trouble.and they products of there environment but guess what they changed there environment and njoying life. Probation violation go see ya PO stay out the club drinking and its over. I did 5 yrs probation for feds after 6.5 yrs incarceration went to work to school got my degree and it wont hard. I am celebrating 10 years free this july people look up to me like staying free is major hard it aint all you have to want is not be back in cinder block hell.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/WEEZIE70/ WEEZIE70

    all i can say is all of it is “JACKED UP”…but NO matter what….BLACK or WHITE PEOPLE we all have a CHOICE….whether u have money or BROKE!….Violence IS just that VIOLENCE….it AFFECTS all parties involved…i came from “da hood” and BROKE…PLUS STRUGGLED AS A BLACK WOMAN IN AMERICA..ive never been in the joint….AGAIN its all a CHOICE….CHOOSE ONE!…Yea sum of us get caught up…Im just saying….some things are UNNECESSARY….AND we as people should ALL THINK B4 REACTING…Blessings everyone!

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Deep_Dizzle/ Deep_Dizzle

    This is truly sad. These were very talented individuals. You can take gals & guys from the hood but cannot take the hood from them…Rest in Peace Pimp C & Pac…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chocolatecoveredlegs/ chocolatecoveredlegs

    DON’T MAKE NO DAMN SENSE. WHAT THE PROBLEM DO THEY NOT CARE THAT THEY MAKE MONEY AND HAVE A PROFESSION AT THESE TIMES…OH THAT’S THE PROBLEMS THEY REALLY MAKING MUCH MONEY SO THERE OUT DOING RECKLESS S**T BECAUSE THEIR MAD AS HELL!
    I KNOW THAT FEELING. IF I THOUGHT MY PRODUCER/BEST FRIEND COULD AFFORD TO BAIL ME OUT I WOULD BE BUSTING PEOPLE OVER THE HEAD;STABBING PEOPLE IN THEIR ASS WHERE THEY PROBABLY DESERVE IT AND TAKING NAMES LATER ALSO.
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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/true_loverboy_c/ true_loverboy_c

    Hey Clark, like jay said to seagel when he had the court issue. Some rappers aren’t fully ready to become a artist because of their behavior. This is a job and people need to know the difference between the rapper and artist. Sometimes I grow in a different form because I know how to rap,but I takes years to actually become a rap artist for career wise. We know jail is the place for some of our most talented rappers,but it takes away the spiritual person and it could make them worse. “The System”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/true_loverboy_c/ true_loverboy_c

    Hey Clark, like Jay said, You half to grow from a rapper to become a artist and someone rappers aren’t ready to become artist. I remeber him saying that when Seagel had court a few years ago,perphaps this could help most people overstand the pointed issue. I can rap,but I’m more fucos on the artist part of having a career. My studies shoe that either you could learn about what you love to do in this life today or you want things to work really fast and not have patients. You are given choicees in life,perphaps jail is the only choice our people have when the system is on your ass…….1

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