CA rapper could face life in prison over album.

[VScott]

You go, CA!!

Rapper Tiny Doo charged; his album 'promoted' shootings, D.A. says

Among the 15 suspected San Diego street-gang members charged in a string of shootings is Brandon Duncan, an aspiring rap singer.
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Duncan, 33, who raps under the name Tiny Doo, is not accused of providing the guns or being present at the nine shootings that terrorized a neighborhood where the Lincoln Park gang has long used violence to protect its turf.

Instead, prosecutors are going after Duncan over something else: His latest album.

Prosecutors say that shows that Duncan fits the legal definition of a gang member who “willfully promotes, furthers, or assists in any felonious criminal conduct by members of that gang.”

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Trial is set to begin Dec. 4. Duncan remains in jail in lieu of $1-million bail. If convicted, he could face a sentence of 25 years to life in prison, Watkins said.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-rap-singer-20141120-story.html

[shenmue]

1. Oh man

[Nye Bevan]

2. Surely Eric Clapton should be prosecuted too, for promoting the shooting of sheriffs? (nt)

[LeftyMom]

4. Be fair: He did NOT shoot the deputy. nt

[branford]

13. Or so he claims . . .

[Scootaloo]

6. No, but he should face charges for ruining better musician's songs

He turned "Crossroads" into a fucking party jam. That alone deserves SOME punishment.

[Scootaloo]

17. I wasn't serious.

At least not about the criminal charges bit.

[Logical]

18. Sorry my bad. My sarcasm sensor must be not working. nt

[MohRokTah]

9. He covered Bob Marley on that one.

So Bob Marley should have been charged?

[pinboy3niner]

15. Or for inciting illegal drug use

If you want to hang out, you've gotta take her out, cocaine
If you want to get down, get down on the ground, cocaine

She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie,
Cocaine

If you got bad news, you want to kick them blues, cocaine
When your day is done, and you want to run cocaine

She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie,
Cocaine

If your thing is gone, and you want to ride on, cocaine
Don't forget this fact, you can't get it back, cocaine

She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie,
Cocaine

She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie,
Cocaine

[morningfog]

3. Over zealous prosecutor eager to lose.

[arcane1]

5. Jeez, this again? At least they're not picking on metal this time

Unless he's giving specific instructions, I don't see how they have a case (based on the article's content at least).

[XemaSab]

8. I heard metal makes white kids worship Satan

Why do you want white kids to worship Satan?

[arcane1]

10. So they'll buy more metal, of course!

[jmowreader]

11. That's only if you play it backwards

How hard is it to get an iPod to play backwards?

Of course there's worse: when impressionable Idaho youth play their country records backwards, their dog comes back to life and it stops raining.

[MohRokTah]

7. So not only is the prosecutor an idiot, he's going to personally ensure this rapper gets rich

What a complete fuckwad of a prosecutor.

[angrychair]

12. sounds like BS to me

Serious bullshit. Sounds like some PMRC on steroids bullshit.

[Luminous Animal]

16. Frank Sinatra could have been sent to prison for hanging out with mobsters.